Basic and Translational Research
This Committee encourages presentation of basic research findings at the Annual Meeting, organizes workshops on specific basic science topics and strives to create a network of expert centers dedicated to the basic study of liver transplantation.
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 and dates:
- 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.
- In collaboration with any relevant Special Interest Group(s), develop Basic Science sessions and workshops for the ILTS Annual Congress: June-September, submit to program chair (President-Elect) by September 30.
- In collaboration with any relevant Special Interest Group(s), review Basic Science abstracts for ILTS Annual Congress: beginning from the abstract closing date (December-January), to be completed one week before the program Committee Meeting in January or February.
- In collaboration with any relevant Special Interest Group(s), develop or approve Basic Science sessions for other ILTS-sponsored Meetings.
- Review online applications for committee membership annually (January-March) and nominate replacements for members expiring in that year. The process as per ILTS Committees Policy, to be completed four weeks before the Annual Congress.
- Advise and assist ILTS website team re Basic Science content.
- Report twice yearly to ILTS Council: January-February written report for Winter Council Meeting agenda book, May-June written report for Annual Congress Council meeting agenda book and chair to present in person.
- Advise the Executive Committee and Council on science-related issues, especially education and member recruitment.
Key performance metrics:
- Satisfactory reports to ILTS Council
- Participant numbers and feedback re Basic Science sessions and workshops at the annual congress and ILTS-sponsored meetings
- Growth in Basic Science membership
Committee Members:
- Valeria Mas, M.S., PhD, FAST – Affiliated Councilor {2023}, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
- Burcin Ekser, MD, PhD – Chair {2022} Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
- Markus Selzner, MD – Vice-Chair {2023} Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada
- Paulo Martins MD, PhD, FAST – Vice-Chair-Elect {2024} University Of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
- Maen Abdelibrahim, MD, PhD, Pharm.B {2024} Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
- Mamatha Bhat, MD {2022} Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada
- Eliano Bonaccorsi Riani, MD {2022} Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc at Universite Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Brussels, Belgium
- Corey Eymard, MD {2022} Methodist University Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
- Juliet Emamaullee, MD, PhD {2024} University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
- Kuang-Tzu Huang, MD, PhD {2021} Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Qi Ling, MD {2021} First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University Medical College, Hangzhou, China
- Cheng-Maw Ho, MD, PhD {2024} National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
- Kevin Tak-Pan NG, PhD {2021} The University Of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
- Timucin Taner, MD {2021} Rochester Methodist Hospital (Mayo Clinic), Rochester, MN, USA
- 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
- Angela Chen, MD {2022} Indiana University School Of Medicine, IN, USA
- Zoltan Czigany, MD, PhD {2022} University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
- Isabel Brüggenwirth MD/PhD candidate {2022} University Medical Center Gröningen, Gröningen, Netherlands
Committee Members testimonies:

Revisions of these terms of reference:
1 August 2019 ( J R Klinck, ILTS Special Projects):
Key aims, item 4 revised with addition as follows: “To foster collaborative links with relevant ILTS Special Interest Groups (SIGs) and…”
Key tasks and dates, items 2, 3, 4 revised with the addition of “In collaboration with any relevant Special Interest Group(s),…”