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, 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, 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:
Prashant Bhangui, MBBS, MS – Past Chair {2021}
Medanta – The Medicity, Gurgaon, India |
Albert Chan, MBBS (Lond), MS, FRCS(Edin), FCSHK, FHKAM(Surgery), FACS – Chair {2022}
The University of Hong Kong, Hong-Kong |
Varvara Kirchner, MD – Vice-Chair {2023}
University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview, Minneapolis, MN, USA |
Eleonora de Martin, MD – Vice-Chair-elect {2024}
Hospital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France |
Marina Berenguer, MD – Affiliated Councilor {2021}
La Fe University Hospital, Valencia, Spain |
Ryan Chadha, MD {2024}
Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, USA |
Nicolas Goldaracena, MD {2022}
University of Virginia Health Sciences Center, Charlottesville, USA |
Amelia Judith Hessheimer, MD {2021}
Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain |
Gokhan Kabacam, MD {2021}
Güven Hospital, Ankara, Turkey |
Marit Kalisvaart, MD, PhD {2021}
University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland |
Ashwin Rammohan, MD {2022}![]() |
Gonzalo Sapisochin, MD {2021}![]() |
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, USA |
Isabel Campos Varela, MD {2022}![]() |
David Victor, MD {2022}
Methodist University Hospital, Houston, USA |
Carmen Vinaixa, MD {2022}
La Fe University Hospital, Valencia, Spain |
Young-in Yoon, MD {2022}
Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea |
Uzung Yoon, MD, MPH {2023}
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, USA |
*Committee terms end at Annual Congress in year shown in brackets
Trainee Members:
Felipe Alconchel, MD, PHD {2022} Virgen de la Arrixaca University Hospital (IMIB), Murcia, Spain |
Tamer Shaker, MD {2022}
University of Minnesota, Fairview Medical Center, Minneapolis, USA |
*Committee terms end at Annual Congress in year shown in brackets