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.

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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
  1. Host a Vanguard Reception at the Annual Congress.
  2. 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.
  3. Publish online Vanguard Reports, highlights of the ILTS Annual Congress.
  4. Contribute to the Scientific Content in the monthly ILTS Newsletter, and assist in social media profile management.
  5. Lead monthly ILTS Vanguard Webinars on Complex Cases in Liver Transplantation.
  6. Coordinate the assigned Special Interest Groups.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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}

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Medanta – The Medicity, Gurgaon, India

 Albert Chan, MBBS (Lond), MS, FRCS(Edin), FCSHK, FHKAM(Surgery), FACS – Chair {2022}

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The University of Hong Kong, Hong-Kong
Varvara Kirchner, MD – Vice-Chair {2023}

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University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview, Minneapolis, MN, USA

 Eleonora de Martin, MD – Vice-Chair-elect {2024}

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Hospital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France
Marina Berenguer, MD – Affiliated Councilor {2021}

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La Fe University Hospital, Valencia, Spain

 Ryan Chadha, MD {2024}

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Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, USA
Nicolas Goldaracena, MD {2022}

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University of Virginia Health Sciences Center,

Charlottesville, USA

 Amelia Judith Hessheimer, MD {2021}

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Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Gokhan Kabacam, MD {2021}

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Güven Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

 Marit Kalisvaart, MD, PhD {2021}

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University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Onur Keskin {2024}

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Hacettepe University School of Medicine Department of Gastroenterology Ankara, Turkey

 Jiang Liu, MBBS, MS, PhD {2024}

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Tsinghua University-affiliated Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, Beijing, China
David Nasralla BMBCh, MA (Oxon), FRCS, DPhil {2024}

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Royal Free Hospital, London, UK

 Ashwin Rammohan, MD {2022}

 

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Dr Rela Institute & Medical Center, Chennai, India
Gonzalo Sapisochin, MD {2021}

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Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada

 Michael Spiro, MD {2022}

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Royal Free Hospital, London, UK
Tomohiro Tanaka, MD {2022}

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University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics and Iowa City VA Medical Center, Iowa City, USA

 Isabel Campos Varela, MD {2022}

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Hospital Universitario Vall D’Hebrón, Barcelona, Spain
David Victor, MD {2022}

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Methodist University Hospital, Houston, USA

 Carmen Vinaixa, MD {2022}

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La Fe University Hospital, Valencia, Spain
Young-in Yoon, MD {2022}

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Asan Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea

 Uzung Yoon, MD, MPH {2023}

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Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, USA

 

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

 

Trainee Members:

Felipe Alconchel, MD, PHD {2022}

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Virgen de la Arrixaca University Hospital (IMIB), Murcia, Spain

 Tamer Shaker, MD {2022}

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University of Minnesota, Fairview Medical Center,

Minneapolis, USA

 

 

 

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

 

 

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