Key aims:

• 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.

Key tasks:

• Meet at Annual Congress (May-July) to review recent activities and member feedback, discuss council input from the most recent council meeting and develop an agenda for the following year.
• Work with linked SIGs to develop Basic Science sessions and workshops for the ILTS Annual Congress, and review relevant abstracts
• Advise and assist ILTS website team re Basic Science content.
• Advise the Executive Committee and Council on science-related issues, especially education and member recruitment.

Committee Members:

• Markus Selzner, MD – Past Chair {2023} Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada
• Paulo Martins MD, PhD, FAST – Chair {2023} University Of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
• Mamatha Bhat, MD – Vice Chair 1 {2023} Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada
• Eliano Bonaccorsi Riani, MD Vice Chair 2 {2024} Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc at Universite Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Brussels, Belgium
• Valeria Mas, M.S., PhD, FAST – Affiliated Councilor {2023}, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
• Maen Abdelrahim, MD, PhD, Pharm.B {2024} Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
• Zoltan Czigany, MD, PhD {2025} University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
• Andrew Barbas, MD {2025}Duke University, Durham, USA
• Yuri Longatto Boteon, MD, PhD {2025} Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, São Paulo, Brazil
• Davide Ghinolfi {2025} University of Pisa Medical School Hospital, Tuscany, Italy
• Li Pang, MBBS, MS, PhD {2025} Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
• Juliet Emamaullee, MD, PhD {2024} University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
• David Peter Al-Adra, MD, PhD., BSc. {2025} University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
• Cheng-Maw Ho, MD, PhD {2024} National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
• Muhammed Yuksel, Bsc, Msc, PhD {2024} Koc University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
• Ali Zarrinpar, MD, PhD, FACS, FAST {2023} Shands Hospital at the University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

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

Trainee Members

• Daniele Eliseo Dondossola, MD {2024} Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico and Università degli Studi, Milan, Italy
• Juliana Pavan Guimaraes, MD {2024} University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, USA
• Isabel Brüggenwirth MD/PhD candidate {2024} University Medical Center Gröningen, Gröningen, Netherlands

Committee Members testimonies:

Committee Terms of Reference

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