Mission statement:

The ILTS Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee is committed to promoting a supportive environment for all our members, irrespective of race, ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation. Our key goal is to facilitate educational and professional development and promote an inclusive working environment for all ILTS members.

Our committee was originally founded in 2017 as the International Women in Liver Transplantation Committee. It has since evolved into the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee to extend its outreach to an even broader group of ILTS members. We are proud to host the “Women in Liver Transplantation” sessions at our yearly meeting, which have proven to be some of the best-attended sessions.

> Read the Committee Terms of Reference

Committee Members:

• Sher-Lu Pai, MD – Past Chair {2025} Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA
• Oya M. Andacoglu – Chair {2026} Oklahoma University, OK, USA
• Iman Fawzy Montasser, MD – Vice Chair {2027} Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
• Alfred Kow Wei Chieh, MBBS, MRCS, FRCS, FAMS, FACS – Affiliated Councilor {2027}, National University Health System Singapore, Singapore
• Nazia Selzner- Invited Expert, End of Past-President Term 2026
• Dieter Adelmann {2026} University of California San Francisco Medical Center, CA, USA
• Victoria Aguilera, PhD {2025} Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, Spain
• Chiara Becchetti, MD {2025} Hepatology, UVCM, Inselspital, University of Bern, Switzerland
• Flavia Feier, MD, MHSs, PhD {2026} Santa Casa de Porto Alegre, Brazil
• Emmanouil Giorgakis {2025} UAMS Medical Center, Arkansas, USA
• Manhal Izzy, MD {2025} Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, USA
• Nyingi Kemmer {2025} Tampa General Hospital – University of South Florida, Florida, USA
• Keri Lunsford {2025} Methodist Hospital Houston, Houston, TX, USA
• Constance Mobley, MD, PhD {2026} Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX, USA
• Martin Montenovo, MD {2027} Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
• Uzung Yoon, MD, MPH {2026} Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Philadelphia, USA
• Emmanouil Giorgakis {2025} UAMS Medical Center, Arkansas, USA
• Uzung Yoon {2026} Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, PA, USA
• Vrishali Patil {2027} Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital and Research Centre, India
• Nilay Danis {2027} Dokuz Eylul Universite Hastanesi Bashekimligi, Turkey

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

EDI Activities

• Webinars & Meeting Sessions: https://ilts.org/education/diversity-inclusion/
• Publications:
  • de Rosner – van Rosmalen, Marieke MD1; Adelmann, Dieter MD, PhD2; Berlakovich, Gabriela A. MD3; Francoz, Claire MD, PhD4; Selzner, Nazia MD, PhD5; Berenguer, Marina MD6; Watt, Kymberly D. MD7,8; Man, Nancy Kwan MBBS, MS, PhD9; Burra, Patrizia MD, PhD10; Pai, Sher-Lu MD11. Women Leadership in Liver Transplantation—Results of an International Survey. Transplantation: September 2022 – Volume 106 – Issue 9 – p 1699-1702doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000004034
  • Aguilera V, Andacoglu O, Francoz C, Berlakovich G, Pai S-L, Adelmann D, Ghosh S, Lunsford KE, Montenovo M, Mrzljak A, Scalera I, Xie Q, Becchetti C, Berenguer M and Selzner N (2022) Gender and Racial Disparity Among Liver Transplantation Professionals: Report of a Global Survey. Transpl Int 35:10506. doi: 10.3389/ti.2022.10506
  • Andacoglu O, Izzy M, Adelmann D, Aguilera V, Becchetti C, Berenguer M, Berlakovich GA, Ghosh S, Giorgakis E, Kemmer N, Lunsford KE, Montasser IF, Montenovo MI, Mrzljak A, Pai S-L, Scalera I and Selzner N (2023) Addressing the Burden and Management Strategies for Disparities and Inequities Among Liver Transplant Professionals: The ILTS Experience. Transpl Int 36:11240. doi: 10.3389/ti.2023.11240

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