Michael R Lucey, MD, FAASLD
Biography
Michael R. Lucey MDBrief BiographyJune 29, 2025Dr Michael Ronan Lucey was born in Dublin, Ireland, and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, graduating with the degrees of M.B., B.Ch in 1976. He was awarded an M.D. by thesis in 1985. He completed his internship at the Meath Hospital, Dublin and residency in Internal Medicine at the Federated Dublin Voluntary Hospitals. He undertook a fellowship in Gastroenterology at Saint Bartholomew's Hospital, London and subsequently a fellowship in Liver Diseases in Kings College Hospital, London. In 1985 he came to the University of Michigan, initially as a fellow and then as faculty in the Division of Gastroenterology. While at the University of Michigan, he became Medical Director of the Liver Transplant program. From 1995 to 2001, he was Director of Hepatology at the University of Pennsylvania. In 2001 he became Professor of Medicine, the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, where he was Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology until 2024.Dr Lucey's research interests include selection for and outcome of liver transplantation, alcohol-associated liver disease, and management of end-stage liver disease. He was president of the American Society of Transplantation in 2003. He was treasurer of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases from 2007 to 2010. From 2011 until 2016 inaugural Editor in Chief of Clinical Liver Disease, the on-line multimedia journal of the AASLD. Dr. Lucey has been elected as AASLD councilor for 2023-2028, and will become president in 2027.
Sessions
8:00 AM
- 5:00 PM
Convention Center - General Session, Hall A
Postgraduate Course, Parts 1–4: Advancing Hepatology—Breakthroughs Shaping Tomorrow's Care (Ticketed)
Lorna Dove, MD, MPH | Chair,
Bernd Schnabl, MD, FAASLD | Chair,
Michael R Lucey, MD, FAASLD | Chair,
Hanna Blaney, MD, MPH | Moderator,
Brian P Lee, MD MAS | Presenter,
Meena B Bansal, MD, FAASLD | Presenter,
Gene Y. Im, MD, FAASLD | Presenter,
John P Rice, MD | Presenter,
Rotonya Carr, MD, FACP, FAASLD | Moderator,
Patrick Northup, MD, FAASLD | Moderator,
Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao, MD, FAASLD | Presenter,
Robert S. Brown, MD, MPH, FAASLD | Presenter,
Virginia Hernandez-Gea, MD, , MD, PhD, FAASLD | Presenter,
Patrick S. Kamath | Presenter,
Anahita Rabiee, MD | Moderator,
Norah Terrault, MD, MPH, , FAASLD | Moderator,
Cynthia Levy, MD, FAASLD | Presenter,
Heiner Wedemeyer, MD | Presenter,
Giuseppe Cullaro, MD | Presenter,
Anjana Pillai, MD, FAASLD | Presenter,
Scott Biggins, MD, MAS, FAASLD | Moderator,
Gregory Gores, MD | Moderator,
Mia Lozada, MD | Presenter,
Ashley Spann, MD, MS | Presenter,
Vincent WS Wong, MD, | Presenter,
Kim M Olthoff, MD | Presenter,
Veeral Ajmera | Moderator
9:45 AM
- 10:45 AM
Convention Center - Mile High Ballroom 2A-3A
Public Policy: Alcohol Around the Globe
Saul J Karpen, MD, PhD, FAASLD | Presenter,
Michael R Lucey, MD, FAASLD | Presenter,
Michael A Heneghan, MD, MMedSc, FRCPI | Presenter,
Michael R Lucey, MD, FAASLD | Moderator,
Manal El-Sayed, MD, PhD | Panelist,
Mario G Pessoa, MD, FAASLD | Panelist,
Debbie L Shawcross, BSc, MBBS, PhD, FRCP, FAASLD | Panelist
2:00 PM
- 3:30 PM
Convention Center - Bluebird Ballroom 1C
Results of the Multi-Society ACLF Harmonization
Debbie L Shawcross, BSc, MBBS, PhD, FRCP, FAASLD | Moderator,
Paolo PA Angeli, MD, PhD | Presenter,
Mark MW Sonderup, MBCHB, MMED | Presenter,
Jacqueline G O'Leary, MD, MPH | Presenter,
Wendy Spearman, MBChB, FCP, FRCP, MMed, PhD | Presenter,
Michael R Lucey, MD, FAASLD | Presenter,
Gabriel Mezzano, MD | Presenter,
Jasmohan S. Bajaj, MD, FAASLD | Presenter,
Jasmohan S. Bajaj, MD, FAASLD | Moderator,
Alberto Farias, MD, FAASLD | Moderator,
Wendy Spearman, MBChB, FCP, FRCP, MMed, PhD | Moderator,
Debbie L Shawcross, BSc, MBBS, PhD, FRCP, FAASLD | Chair,
Wendy Spearman, MBChB, FCP, FRCP, MMed, PhD | Chair,
Alberto Farias, MD, FAASLD | Chair,
Jasmohan S. Bajaj, MD, FAASLD | Chair
