Vanguard
This committee's mission is to promote the participation of younger members of the liver transplant community in all ILTS activities, and to guide the society in responding to their educational and professional needs.
Mission statement:
The Vanguard Committee is committed to promoting the engagement of early-career liver transplant professionals and trainees in all ILTS activities, and to advocating on their behalf. Its goal is to give the opportunity to members aged less than 42 years or within 5 years of initial training to actively participate in projects, recognize and support their research, and facilitate collaborations.
→ Read the Committee Terms of Reference
→ Read the Committee Accomplishments
Some committee activities:
- Monthly paper selections in the ILTS newsletter
→ The What We’re Reading section offers a selection of the latest and most interesting papers in liver transplantation made by the Vanguard Committee - Vanguard Webinars
- ILTS Experts Podcasts
- Multi-society collaborations
→ The Vanguard Committee has represented ILTS in collaborations with other societies on projects, such as the multi-society survey on Covid-19 Vaccination Practices - The Vanguard Awards
- Vanguard Research Grant
Committee Members:
Varvara Kirchner, MD – Past Chair {2023}
Stanford University Stanford, USA |
Eleonora De Martin, MD, PhD – Chair {2023}
Paul Brousse Hospital Villejuif, France |
Ryan Chadha, MD – Vice Chair 1 {2023}
Mayo Clinic Florida Jacksonville, USA |
Ashwin Rammohan, MD – Vice Chair 2 {2024}
Dr Rela Institute & Medical Center Chennai, India |
Mark Ghobrial, MD, PhD, FACS, FRCS – Affiliated Councilor {2024}
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston, USA |
Alexandra Shingina, MD, MSc {2025}
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Nashville, USA |
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Onur Keskin {2024}
Hacettepe University School of Medicine Department of Gastroenterology Ankara, Turkey |
Jiang Liu, MBBS, MS, PhD {2024}
Tsinghua University-affiliated Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital Beijing, China |
David Nasralla BMBCh, MA (Oxon), FRCS, DPhil {2024}
Royal Free Hospital London, UK |
Alessandra Mazzola, MD, PhD {2024}
Pité-Salpêtrière hospital Paris, France |
Johns Shaji Mathew, MBBS, MS, MCh {2025}
Rajagiri Hospital Kerala, India
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Felipe Alconchel, MD, PHD {2025}
Virgen de la Arrixaca University Hospital (IMIB) Murcia, Spain
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Tomohiro Tanaka, MD, MPH {2024}
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City VA medical centre Iowa City, USA |
Abdul Rahman Hakeem, FRCS, PhD {2025}
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Leeds, United Kingdom
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David Victor, MD {2024}
Methodist University Hospital Houston, USA |
Carmen Vinaixa, MD {2024}
La Fe University Hospital Valencia, Spain |
Young-in Yoon, MD {2024}
Asan Medical Center Seoul, South Korea |
Uzung Yoon, MD, MPH {2023}
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Philadelphia, USA |
Madhukar Patel, MD, MBA, ScM {2025}
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Texas, USA |
*Committee terms end at Annual Congress in the year shown in brackets
Trainee Members:
Sadhana Shankar, MS FRCS {2024} King’s College Hospital NHS trust London, United Kingdom |
Dhupal Patel {2024}
Addenbrooke’s Hospital Cambridge, United Kingdom |
Nicholas Syn, MBBS {2024} Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Health System Singapore |
*Committee terms end at Annual Congress in the year shown in brackets