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 the 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. Organize five multidisciplinary Vanguard sessions at the Annual Congress:
   1. Vanguard Moderated Poster Discussion
   2. Vanguard Grand Round Case Presentations
   3. Vanguard Featured Symposium
   4. Vanguard Debate Session
   5. Vanguard Surgical Video Session

3. Host a Vanguard Reception at the Annual Congress.
4. Highlight younger members’ contributions by a selection of the best published clinical and basic science research papers during the calendar year for the Vanguard Awards.
5. Publish online Vanguard Reports, highlights of the ILTS Annual Congress.
6. Contribute to the Scientific Content in the monthly ILTS Newsletter, and assist in social media profile management.
7. Lead monthly ILTS Vanguard Webinar on Complex Cases in Liver Transplantation.
8. Coordinate the assigned Special Interest Groups.
9. 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.
10. Review online applications for committee membership annually (October-January) and nominate replacements for members expiring in that year. The process as per ILTS Committees Policy, to be completed four weeks before the Winter council Meeting.
11. 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

Committee Members:

Prashant Bhangui, MBBS, MS – Past Chair {2021} Biosketch Medanta – The Medicity, Gurgaon, India	Albert Chan, MBBS (Lond), MS, FRCS(Edin), FCSHK, FHKAM(Surgery), FACS – Chair {2022} Biosketch The University of Hong Kong, Hong-Kong
Varvara Kirchner, MD – Vice-Chair {2023} Biosketch University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview, Minneapolis, MN, USA	Eleonora de Martin, MD – Vice-Chair-elect {2024} Biosketch Hospital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France
Marina Berenguer, MD – Affiliated Councilor {2021} Biosketch La Fe University Hospital, Valencia, Spain	Ryan Chadha, MD {2021} Biosketch Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, USA
Nicolas Goldaracena, MD {2022} Biosketch University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, USA	Amelia Judith Hessheimer, MD {2021} Biosketch Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Gokhan Kabacam, MD {2021} Biosketch Güven Hospital, Ankara, Turkey	Marit Kalisvaart, MD, PhD {2021} Biosketch University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland
Ashwin Rammohan, MD {2022} Biosketch Dr Rela Institute & Medical Center, Chennai, India	Gonzalo Sapisochin, MD {2021} Biosketch Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada
Michael Spiro, MD {2022} Biosketch Royal Free Hospital, London, UK	Tomohiro Tanaka, MD {2022} BiosketchUniversity of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and Iowa City VA Medical Center, Iowa City, USA
Isabel Campos Varela, MD {2022} Biosketch Hospital Universitario Vall D’Hebrón, Barcelona, Spain	David Victor, MD {2022} Biosketch Methodist University Hospital, Houston, USA
Carmen Vinaixa, MD {2022} Biosketch La Fe University Hospital, Valencia, Spain	Young-in Yoon, MD {2022} Biosketch Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea
Uzung Yoon, MD, MPH {2023} Biosketch Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, USA

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

Committee Terms of Reference