Current Members

Prashant Bhangui, MBBS, MS – Past Chair {2020} Medanta – The Medicity, Gurgaon, India

Albert Chan, MBBS, FRCS, FCSHK, FHKAM– Chair {2021} The University of Hong Kong, Hong-Kong

Varvara Kirchner – Vice-Chair {2022} University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview, Minneapolis, MN

Marina Berenguer, MD – Affiliated Councilor {2020} Hospital Universitario La Fe, Barcelona, Spain

Ryan Chadha, MD {2021} Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL

Eleonora de Martin, MD {2021} Hopital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France

Amelia Judith Hessheimer, MD {2021} Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Gokhan Kabacam, MD {2021} Güven Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

Marit Kalisvaart, MD {2021} Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Gonzalo Sapisochin, MD {2021} Toronto General Hospital, Toronta, Canada

Isabel Campos Varela, MD {2022} Hospital Universitario Vall D’Hebrón, Barcelona, Spain

Nicolas Goldaracena, MD {2022} University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, VA

Ashwin Rammohan, MD {2022} Dr Rela Institute & Medical Centre, Chennai, India

Michael Spiro, MD {2022} Royal Free Hospital, London, UK

Tomohiro Tanaka, MD {2022} University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and Iowa City VA Medical Center, Iowa City, IA

Young-in Yoon, MD {2022} Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea

David Victor, MD {2022} Methodist University Hospital, Houston, TX

*Committee terms end at annual congress in year shown in brackets

Key aims:

To promote the engagement of younger liver transplant professionals and trainees in all ILTS activities, and to advocate on their behalf.

Key tasks and dates:

1. 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
2. Ascertain the educational and professional needs of younger members through informal discussion and the annual member survey (September), and work with the ILTS leadership to address these needs
3. Organize two multidisciplinary Vanguard sessions at the annual congress (September- October)
4. Host a Vanguard Reception at the annual congress
5. Highlight younger members’ contributions by selection of the best oral and poster presentations at the annual congress (Vanguard awards)
6. Review online applications for committee membership annually (October-January) and nominate replacements for members expiring in that year. Process as per ILTS Committees Policy, to be completed four weeks before winter council meeting
7. 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.

Key performance metrics:

1. Satisfactory reports to iLTS Council
2. Participant numbers and feedback re congress events organized by the committee

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