This committee supports the presentation of basic and translational research at the Annual Congress, organizes workshops on relevant topics, and is building a network of expert centers dedicated to the basic study of liver transplantation.

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Key aims of the Basic and Translational Research Committee:

• To represent and recruit ILTS members engaged in basic and translational research,

• To encourage their participation in the ILTS Annual Congress and other educational programs, promoting awareness of advances in Basic Science to all ILTS members,

• To promote communication and fellowship between basic scientists and clinicians in all disciplines,

• To foster collaborative links with relevant ILTS Special Interest Groups (SIGs) and with scientists in other relevant specialist societies, including the development of a network of expert centers dedicated to translational research in liver transplantation.

→ Read the Committee Terms of Reference

Some Committee Activities

→ E²=ART – Expertise-Exchange Program in Advanced Research Techniques 

→ The ILTS Basic and Translational Research Committee on Twitter

→ ILTS Basic Science Awards

→ Participation in the International Transplant Science (ITS) meeting

Committee Members:

• Mamatha Bhat, MD – Past Chair {2025} Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada
• Eliano Bonaccorsi Riani, MD Chair {2026} Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc at Universite Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Brussels, Belgium
• Juliet Emamaullee, MD, PhD Vice Chair {2027} University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
• Francois Durand – Affiliated Councilor {2027}, Hospital Beaujon, France
• Maen Abdelrahim, MD, PhD, Pharm.B {2024} Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
• David Peter Al-Adra, MD, PhD., BSc {2025} University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
• Andrew Barbas, MD {2025} Duke University, Durham, USA
• Yuri Longatto Boteon, MD, PhD {2025} Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
• Zoltan Czigany, MD, PhD {2025} Charité Mitte, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
• David Ghinolfi {2025} University of Pisa Medical School Hospital, Tuscany, Italy
• Cheng-Maw Ho, MD, PhD {2024} National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
• Sonya MacParland, MD, PhD {2026} Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada
• Raphael Meier, MD, PhD {2026} University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
• Li Pang, MBBS, MS, PhD {2025} Organ Transplantation Center, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
• Blayne Amir Sayed, MD, PhD {2026} University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
• Muhammed Yuksel, Bsc, Msc, PhD {2024} Koc University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
• Joohyun Kim {2027} Medical College Of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, USA
• Monique Maria Andrea Verstegen {2027} Erasmus MC-University Medical Center Rotterdam, Netherlands
• Carlo Pulitano {2027} Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Australia

*Committee terms end at Annual Congress in year shown in brackets

Trainee Members

• Alejandra Urioste {2026}
• Felix Julius Krendl {2026} Medical University Innsbruck, Austria
• Su Kah Goh {2026}
• Diana Nakib {2026} Toronto General Hospital, Canada

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