Speaker

Koji Hashimoto, MD, PhD

Cleveland Clinic

Koji Hashimoto, MD, PhD

Biography

Koji Hashimoto, M.D., Ph.D., is the Director of Liver Transplantation at the Cleveland Clinic Main Campus and Professor of Surgery at Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. His areas of special interest include living donor liver transplantation, pediatric liver transplantation, liver transplantation using partial livers, liver malignancy, organ preservation, and transplant immunology. Dr. Hashimoto has been involved in basic and clinical research projects and has authored more than 200 scientific articles. He holds professional memberships nationally and internationally, including American Society of Transplant Surgeons, The Transplantation Society, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, Society of Pediatric Liver Transplantation, and International Liver Transplantation Society. He also serves as the chair of the ILTS Pediatric Committee. He is a graduate of Kyushu University School of Medicine in Japan. He completed his surgical residency at Kyushu University Hospital and a clinical fellowship in abdominal organ transplantation at Cleveland Clinic. After his surgical training, Dr. Hashimoto joined the Cleveland Clinic Liver Transplant Program as a full-time transplant surgeon. He received the Cowan Family Endowed Chair in Living Donor Liver Transplantation in 2016.

Sessions

8:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Convention Center - Bluebird Ballroom 3ABC

American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society Transplant Course, Parts 1–5 (Ticketed)

Peter Abt, MD | Moderator,

Ramesh Batra, MD, MA(Bioethics), FRCS | Moderator,

Valeria M Mas, PhD | Presenter,

Babak J Orandi, MD, PhD, MSc | Presenter,

Abhinav Humar, MD | Presenter,

Tarunjeet Klair, MBBS | Presenter,

David C Fipps, DO | Presenter,

Randhir Dr Sud, DM | Presenter,

Eran Shlomovitz, MD | Presenter,

Varvara (Varia) A Kirchner, MD | Moderator,

Arpit Amin, MD MPH | Moderator,

Renumathy Dhanasekaran, MD, PhD | Presenter,

Adam Slivka, MD,PhD | Presenter,

Koji Hashimoto, MD, PhD | Presenter,

Mark Ghobrial, MD, PhD | Presenter,

Prasun K Jalal, MD, FRCP (UK), FAASLD, FACG, FASGE, AGAF | Moderator,

Helen Hyosun, MD | Moderator,

Carmen Vinaixa, MD, PhD | Presenter,

Jennifer C Lai, MD, MBA | Presenter,

Ryan Chadha, MD | Presenter,

Riad Salem, MD | Presenter,

Rajender Reddy | Presenter,

Rajiv Jalan, MD, PhD, FRCP, FRCPE, FAASLD | Presenter,

Bandar Aljudaibi, MBBS | Moderator,

Zahid M Vahora, MD | Moderator,

Manhal J Izzy, MD | Presenter,

Moira B. Hilscher, MD | Presenter,

Faouzi Saliba, MD, PhD | Presenter,

Peter Abt, MD | Presenter,

Tami Daugherty, MD | Presenter,

Gaurav Gupta, MD | Presenter,

Karen Krok, MD, FAASLD | Moderator,

Ahmed El Sabagh, MD | Moderator,

Prashant Bhangui, MBBS, MS, Masters in HPB Surgery, European Inter U | Presenter,

Constance M Mobley, MD, PhD | Presenter,

Ramesh Batra, MD, MA(Bioethics), FRCS | Presenter,

Arpit Amin, MD MPH | Chair,

Peter Abt, MD | Chair,

Prasun K Jalal, MD, FRCP (UK), FAASLD, FACG, FASGE, AGAF | Chair,

Ramesh Batra, MD, MA(Bioethics), FRCS | Chair,

Valeria M Mas, PhD | Chair

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