Speaker

Constantine J Karvellas, MD, SM, FRCPC, FCCM

University of Alberta
Constantine J Karvellas, MD, SM, FRCPC, FCCM

Biography

Dr. Constantine (Dean) Karvellas is a Professor of Critical Care Medicine and an Adjunct Professor in the School of Public Health Sciences at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. He has been an attending intensivist in the E. Garner King General Systems Intensive Care Unit since 2009 and is involved with the Liver Transplant program as a Hepatologist. Dr. Karvellas previously was a co-investigator in the NIH-funded United States Acute Liver Failure study group (US ALFSG). He previously served as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Hepatology and the American Journal of Transplantation and is an incoming Associate Editor for Hepatology. Dr. Karvellas has over 200 publications reflecting his interests in acute liver failure (ALF), acute on chronic liver failure (ACLF), liver transplantation and extracorporeal liver support.