Key aims of the Pediatrics Committee:

1. To represent and recruit ILTS members from all disciplines involved in Pediatric liver transplantation,
2. To promote education, communication and fellowship in this speciality area,
3. To raise standards of clinical care and improve outcomes, including through the development of official ILTS clinical practice guidelines,
4. To foster collaborative links with other relevant specialist societies.
5. Effectively advocate for liver transplantation in children around the world.
6. Increase understanding of global outcomes for children undergoing liver transplantation.

→ Read the Committee Terms of Reference

Some Committee Activities

→ Global Census of Pediatric Liver Transplantation

→ Surgery and Pediatric Transplantation

→ Hepatology and Pediatric Transplantation

→ Anesthesia/Critical Care and Pediatric Transplantation

Committee Members:

• George Mazariegos, MD –Chair {2026} Children’s Hospital Of Pittsburgh Of UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
• Koji Hashimoto- Vice Chair {2027} Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA
• Arvinder S. Soin, MBBS, MS, FRCS Affiliated Councilor {2026} – Medanta Institute of Liver Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, Gurugram, India
• Hala Abdullatif {2025} Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
• Srinath Chinnakotla, MD {2026} University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
• Burcin Ekser, MD, PhD {2026} Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, USA
• Douglas Farmer, MD {2026} UCLA Health, Los Angeles, California, USA
• Marcos E. Pozo Jatem, MD {2026} University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Alabama, USA
• Vidyadhar Mali, MCh, FRCS, FAMS {2025} National University Hospital, Singapore
• Vicky Ng, MD FRCPC {2025} Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
• Naresh Shanmugam, FRCPCH, CCT (paed), CSST ( Paed Hepatology) {2026}, Dr Rela Institute and Medical Center, Chennai, India
• Sugi Subramaniam R V, MBBS., M.S., FMAS., M.Ch., P.D.F. {2025} Kauvery Hospital, Chennai, India
• Zhi-Jun Zhu {2026} Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
• Ahmed Zidan {2027} King Fahed Specialist Hospital, Saudi Arabia
• Denise Lo {2027} Emory University School Of Medicine, GA, USA
• Priya Walabh {2027} University Of Witwatersrand, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, South Africa

Trainees:

• Ahmad Adawy {2026} Kumamoto University Graduate School Of Medical Sciences, Japan
• Dor Yoeli {2026} University Of Colorado Hospital Anschultz Campus, CO, USA

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