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.
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:
- 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.
- Organize five multidisciplinary Vanguard sessions at the Annual Congress:
- Vanguard Moderated Poster Discussion
- Vanguard Grand Round Case Presentations
- Vanguard Featured Symposium
- Vanguard Debate Session
- Vanguard Surgical Video Session
- Host a Vanguard Reception at the Annual Congress.
- 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.
- Publish online Vanguard Reports, and highlights of the ILTS Annual Congress.
- Contribute to the Scientific Content in the monthly ILTS Newsletter, and assist in social media profile management.
- Lead monthly ILTS Vanguard Webinars on Complex Cases in Liver Transplantation.
- Coordinate the assigned Special Interest Groups.
- 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.
- 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 is to be completed four weeks before the Winter council Meeting.
- 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:
- Satisfactory reports to ILTS Council
- Participant numbers and feedback re congress events organized by the committee
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 {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