Faculty

May 28 | 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM

Marcos Perini, The University of Melbourne, Australia

Zhiyong Guo, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

Davide Ghinolfi, University of Pisa, Italy

Markus Selzner, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

Robert Porte, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Glenn Bonney Kunnath, National University Hospital, Singapore

Paulo Martins, University of Oklahoma, United States of America

May 28 | 7:50 AM-1:00 PM

Alfred Kow, National University Hospital Singapore and National University of Singapore, Singapore

Daniel Maluf, University of Maryland, Baltimore, United States of America

Abraham Shaked, University of Pennysylvania, United States of America

Joel Tye Beng Lee, National University of Singapore, Singapore  

Kim Olthoff, University of Pennsylvania, United States of America

Kuan Cheng, National University of Singapore, Singapore  

Lucas McCormack, Hospital Aleman, Buenos Aires, Argentina  

Markus Selzner, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada  

Michael Lesurtel, Beaujon Hospital, University of Paris Cité, France  

Avolio Alfonso Wolfango, Fondazione Policlinoco Universitario Agostino Gemelli, Rome, Italy  

Xiaoli Fan, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University

Taizo Hibi, Kumamoto University, Japan  

May 28 | 8:00 AM-2:00 PM

Akila Rajakumar, Rela Institute of Liver Disease and Transplantation, Chennai, India

Andrew Gold, University of Pennsylvania, United States

Dmitri Bezinover, University of Pennsylvania, United States  

Janos Fazakas, Semmelweis University, Hungary 

Jeron Zerillo, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, United States

Rohit Agrawal, National University Hospital, Singapore

Robert St Jules, Mount Sinai Hospital, United States 

Ryan Wang, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, United States 

Simone Misquita, National University Hospital, Singapore

Steffi Kang Ting Chan, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore 

Yi Wei Tan, National University Hospital, Singapore

Chris King, National University Hospital, Singapore  

May 28 | 8:30 AM-12:30 PM

Anand Kulkarni, AIG Hospitals, Hyderabad, India

Ashok Choudhury, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, New Delhi, India

Avik Majumdar, The University of Melbourne, Australia 

Brian Goh, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore 

Cosmas Rinaldi Lesmana, Gastrointestinal Cancer Center, MRCCC, Siloam Semanggi Hospital, Jakarta , Indonesia 

George Goh, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore 

Gokhan Kabacam, Guven Hospital, Ankara, Turkey 

James Fung, Queen Mary Hospital University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 

Nancy Kwan Man, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 

Neil Mehta, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, California, United States of America

Mark Muthiah, National University Center for Organ Transplantation (NUCOT), NUH, Singapore

Taufique Ahmed, RIPAS Hospital, Brunei 

Chanda Ho, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore 

May 28 | 8:30 AM-12:30 PM

Caitlin Don, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

Elaine Lo, National University Hospital, Singapore

Georgiene Smith, Penn Medicine, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Hui Ning Lim, National University Hospital, Singapore

Ilankumaran Kaliamoorthy, Rela Institute of Liver Disease and Transplantation, Chennai, India  

Julie Corkrean, Houston Methodist, Texas, United States of America

Lara Elshove, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands  

Clarice Lim, National University Center for Organ Transplantation (NUCOT), NUH, Singapore    

Pre-meeting Symposium: The Power of Collaboration: Multidisciplinary Updates on Liver Transplantation Challenges

May 28 | 1:00 PM-6:00 PM

Christian Toso, University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland

Claire Francoz, Beaujon Hospital, University of Paris Cité, France

David Victor, Houston Methodist Hospital, Texas, United States of America

Dong Jin Joo, Yonsei University Hospital, South Korea

Gideon Ooi, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore

Francois Durand, Beaujon Hospital, University of Paris Cité, France

Julie Heimbach, Mayo Clinic, Rochester,  United States of America

Kevin Kim, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States 

Mei Chin Lim, National University Hospital, Singapore

Mitra Nadim, University of South California, United States

Nazia Selzner, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

Pal-Dag Line, Oslo University, Norway

Francesco Russo, University of Padua, Italy

Prashant Bhangui, Medanta-The Medicity, New Delhi, India

Sarwa Darwish Murad, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands 

Sumeet Asrani, Baylor University Medical Center, Texas, United States

Tiffany Cho-Lam Wong, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Mohammad Qasim Khan, University of Western Ontario, Canada

Daniel Huang, National University Center for Organ Transplantation (NUCOT), NUH, Singapore

Valeria Mas, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States

Vanguard Debate

May 29 | 7:00 AM-8:00 AM

Johns Shaji Mathew, Burjeel Medical City, United Arab Emirates 

Kenan Moral, Güven Çayyolu Surgical Medical Center, Ankara, Turkey 

Madhukar Patel, UT Southwestern Medical Center, United States of America 

Marta Tejedor, University of Iowa, Iowa, United States of America 

Varvara Kirchner, Stanford Medicine, California, United States of America    

Liu Jang, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Sadhana Shankar, King’s College Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Paolo Magitsiri, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

Tommaso Di Maira, Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain

Shennen Mao, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, United States of America 

Meet the Expert 1: Prehabilitation in Liver Transplantation: Improving Frailty and Fitness

May 29 | 7:00 AM-8:00 AM

Jennifer Lai, University of California San Francisco, California, United States of America 

Ning Qi Pang, National University Center for Organ Transplantation (NUCOT), NUH, Singapore  

Puneeta Tandon, University of Alberta, Canada 

Meet the Expert 2 : New Horizons in MASH Treatment

May 29 | 7:00 AM-8:00 AM

Francesco Rosso, University of Padova, Italy  

Xiao Xu, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejing, China  

Kymberly Watt, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, United States of America

Meet the Expert 3: Navigating Immunotherapy in Liver Transplantation: Managing Risks and Complications

May 29 | 7:00 AM-8:00 AM

Ahmed Kaseb, MD Anderson, Texas, United States of America 

Parissa Tabrizian, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, United States of America

Daniel Huang, National University Center for Organ Transplantation (NUCOT), NUH, Singapore

Sherri Bhoori, Instituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy

The Liver Transplant Symposium (TLTS) Session 1: Hot Topics in LT in Southeast Asia

May 29 | 7:00 AM-8:00 AM

Aung Hliang Bwa, Yangon GI & Liver Centre, Myanmar  

James Fung, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong  

Lionel Lum, National University Hospital, Singapore  

Simone Strasser, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Kang He, Renji Hospital, Shanghai, China

Yujia Gao, National University Center for Organ Transplantation (NUCOT), NUH, Singapore

State of the Art Lecture 1

May 29 | 9:45 AM - 10:30 AM

Dean Ho, National University of Singapore, Singapore  

ILTS/AST/ASTS Joint Symposium: Innovative Strategies in Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Rare Liver Tumors

May 29 | 10:45 AM -12:15 PM

Neehar Parikh, University of Michigan, Michigan, United States of America

Ahmed Kaseb, MD Anderson, Texas, United States of America

Ali Zarrinpar, University of Florida, Florida, United States of America

Anjana Pillai, University of Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

David Victor, Houston Methodist Hospital, Texas, United States of America

Julie Heimbach, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Timucin Taner, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, United States of America

Pierce Chow, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore

Bridging the ALF patient to Recovery With or Without Liver Transplantation

May 29 | 11:00 AM-12:15 PM

Audrey Coilly, Centre Hépato-Biliaire, Paul Brousse Hospital, France

Filipe Cardoso, Nova University, Portugal  

Guan Huei Lee, National University Center for Organ Transplantation (NUCOT), NUH, Singapore

Rakhi Maiwall, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences, India

Taizo Hibi, Kumamoto University, Japan  

Tasneem Pirani, King’s College Hospital, London, United Kingdom  

Hot Topics in Liver Transplant Infectious Diseases

May 29 | 11:00 AM-12:15 PM

Ban Hock Tan, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore 

Carmen Vinaixa, Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain 

Sanjiv Saigal, Max Saket Hospital, New Delhi, India 

Shahid Houssain, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

Marina Berenguer, Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain

Eleonora de Martin, Centre Hépato-Biliaire, Paul Brousse Hospital, Paris, France

Jerzy Kupiec-Weglinski, University College of Los Angeles, California, United States of America

In deep: Cutting Edge Spatially-Resolved Omics and Proteomics in Liver Transplantation: Location! Location! Location!

May 29 | 1:15 PM-2:30 PM

Anna Peters, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, United States of America

David Al-Adra, University of Wisconsin, United States of America

Juliet Emamaullee, Keck School of Medicine of USC, United States of America

Sonya MacParland, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

Valeria Mas, University of Maryland, Baltimore, United States of America

Sergio Duarte, University of Florida, Florida, United States of America

ILTS – EASL – AASLD Symposium: Pushing the Limits of Eligibility for Liver Transplantation

May 29 | 1:15 PM-3:00 PM

Alberto Zanetto, University of Padua, Italy  

Audrey Coilly, Centre Hépato-Biliaire, Paul Brousse Hospital, France  

Sarwa Darwish Murad, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Marina Berenguer, Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain

Devin Echkoff, BIDMC, Boston, United States of America

Anand Ghanekar, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

Manhal Izzy, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Tennessee, United States of America

Standardizing Pre-Donation Work-up in Living Donors: Clinical Case-Based Panel Discussion

May 29 |1: 15 PM-2:30 PM

Ashwin Rammohan, Rela Institute of Liver Disease and Transplantation, Chennai, India

Chao-long Chen, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan  

Deniz Balci, Bahcesehir University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey

Henrik Petrowsky, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Komalavalli Subbiah, Rela Institute of Liver Disease and Transplantation, Chennai. India

Kwang-Woong Lee, Seoul National University Hospital, South Korea

Ruchi Rastogi, Max Super Specialty Hospital, India  

Sadhana Shankar, King’s College Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Advancing Perioperative Care: Opportunities for Optimization (Part I)

May 29 | 1:15 PM-4:00 PM

Bianca Lascaris, Gronigen Hospital, Netherlands  

Carla Luzzi, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

Fuat Saner, King Faisal Specialty Hospital, Saudi Arabia

James Findlay, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, United States of America

Rohit Agrawal, National University Hospital, Singapore  

Sameer Patel, King’s College Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Pooja Bhangui, Medanta-The Medicity, New Delhi, India

Improving Evidence-based Management in LT: Recent Advances (Part II)

May 29 | 1:15 PM-4:00 PM

Annabel Blasi, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Spain  

Ashish Malik, Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, India  

Dmitri Bezinover, Philadelphia Hospital, University of Pennsylvania, United States  

Kai Inn Lim, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore

Michael Spiro, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom  

Ryan Chadha, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, United States of America

Will Loh, National University Center for Organ Transplantation (NUCOT), NUH, Singapore

Meet the Expert 4: AI Unveiled: Exploring the Advantages and Drawbacks

May 29 | 3:00 PM-4:00 PM

Dimitri Raptis, King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Riyahd, Saudi Arabia  

Mamatha Bhat, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada  

Tommy Ivanics, Uppsala University, Sweden

Yujia Gao, National University Center for Organ Transplantation (NUCOT), NUH, Singapore

Meet the Expert 5: Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma: Resection vs. Transplant

May 29 | 3:00 PM-4:00 PM

Taizo Hibi, Kumamoto University, Japan

Dong Jin Joo, Yonsei University Health System, South Korea

Timucin Taner, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Masayuki Otsula, Chiba University, Japan  

Meet the Expert 6: Portal Hemodynamics and PV Reconstruction in Pediatric Liver Transplantation – East vs. West Perspectives

May 29 | 3:00 PM-4:00 PM

Blayne Sayed, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

Mureo Kasahara, National Center for Child Health and Development, Japan  

Peter Abt, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States of America

Vidyadhar Mali, National University Center for Organ Transplantation (NUCOT), NUH, Singapore

Meet The Expert Session 13: Addressing Challenges in Liver Xenotransplantation

May 30 | 3:00 PM- 4:00 PM

Abraham Shaked, Perelmen School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, United States of America

Wayne Hawthorne, University of Syndey, Australia

Weilin Wang, Zhejiang University, China

ILTS / ESOT-ELITA Joint Symposium: Minimally Invasive Surgery in Liver Transplantation

May 29 | 4:30 PM-6:00 PM

Albert Chan, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Deniz Balci, Bahcesehir University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey

Dieter Broering, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Hugo Pinto Marques, Nova Medical School, Lisbon, Portugal

Fabrizio Di Benedetto, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy  

Silvio Nadalin, University of Tübingen, Germany

Eleonora de Martin, Centre Hépato-Biliaire, Paul Brousse Hospital, France

Marieke de Boer, University Medical Center Gronigen, The Netherlands

Report of the First Annual DEI in Transplant Congress: Removing Barriers and Creating Path Toward Equity in Transplantation

May 29 | 4:30 PM-6:00 PM

Cynthia Tsien, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

Iman Montasser, Ain Shams University, Egypt

Manuel Rodriguez Davalos, Intermountain Primary Children’s Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Han Wei Lin, Singapore

Alcohol-Related Liver Disease: Towards Improved Management and Outcomes

May 29 | 4:30 PM-6:00 PM

Ahmet Gurakar, John Hopkins University, Boston, United States of America

Alexandre Louvet, Centre Hospitalier U. de Lille, France

Prasun Jalal, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas, United States of America

Scott Winder, Henry Ford Health, University of Michigan, United States of America

Marina Berenguer, Hospital la Fe, Valencia, Spain

Kieron Lim Boon Leng, Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore

Non-invasive Biomarkers for Graft Monitoring in Liver Transplantation: The Road to Early Detection and Personalized Care

May 29 | 4:30 PM-6:00 PM

George Mazariegos, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, United States of America

Juliet Emamaullee, Keck School of Medicine of USC, United States of America

Medhat Askar, Qatar University, Qatar

Sandy Feng, University of California San Francisco, California, United States of America

Keri Lunsford, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, United States of America

Mark Muthiah, National University Center for Organ Transplantation (NUCOT), NUH, Singapore

Alberto Sanchez Fueyo, King’s College Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Portal Flow in Focus: Enhancing Liver Transplantation Outcomes

May 29 | 4:30 PM-6:00 PM

Cristiano Quintini, Policlinico di Milano, Milan, Italy

Dong-Sik Kim, Korea University, South Korea  

Kevin Kim, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States of America

Komalavalli Subbiah, Dr.Rela Institute and Medical Centre, Chennai, India  

Ramazan Kutlu, Inonu University School of Medicine & Liver Transplantation Institute, Turkey

Krisha Menon, Kings College Hospital, London, United Kingdom

The Digital Pathologist – AI and Molecular Insights in Liver Transplantation

May 29 | 4:30 PM-6:00 PM

Alessandro Gambella, University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre, Pittsburgh, United States of America

Gwyneth Soon, National University Hospital Singapore, Singapore  

Oyedele A. Adeyi, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minnesota, United States of America

Xinyan Zhao, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Nigar Anjuman, University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre, Pittsburgh, United States of America

Vanguard Surgical Videos

May 29 | 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Abdul Hakeem, King’s College Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Kenan Moral, Güven Çayyolu Surgical Medical Center, Ankara, Turkey

Rajesh Rajalingam, The Rela Insitute and Medical Center, Chennai, India

Ryan Wang, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, United States of America

Steve White, University of Newcastle, United Kingdom

Meet the Expert 8: Microbiome and Liver Transplantation: The New Frontier in Post-Transplant Care

May 30 | 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM

Amandeep Bajwa, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Tennessee, United States of America

Jonathan Lee, National University Hospital Singapore, Singapore

Shusen Zheng, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Report of the 2025 ILTS Consensus Congress on Living Donor Safety

May 30 | 7:00 AM-8:00 AM

Anand Ghanekar, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

James Pomposelli, United States of America

Kim Olthoff, University of Pennsylvania, United States of America

Kym Watt, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Nazia Selzner, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada  

Yaman Tokat, International Liver Center, Istanbul, Turkey

Vanguard Grand Rounds: Case Presentations

May 30 | 7:00 AM-8:00 AM

Alberto Lazaro, Spain

Eleonora de Martin, Centre Hépato-Biliaire, Paul Brousse Hospital, France

Kevin Kim, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States of America

Manikandan Kathirvel, Whittington Health NHS Trust, United Kingdom

Ewan Glassey, King’s College Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Deepa Shree, India

Gopala Koneru, University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa, United States of America

Marta Tejedor, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa, United States of America

State of the Art Lecture 2

May 30 | 9:45 AM- 10:30 AM

Jamil Azzi, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States of America

The Liver Transplant Symposium (TLTS) Session 2: Strategies to Improve Liver Transplant Accessibility in Southeast Asia

May 30 | 11:00 - 12:00 PM

Cosmas Rinaldi Lesmana, Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo National General Hospital, Medical Faculty Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia  

Khin Maung Win, Yangon University Hospital, Myanmar  

Koh Peng Soon, University of Malaya, Malaysia  

Le Trung Hieu, 108 Military Hospital, Vietnam  

Le Van Thanh, Institute for Digestive Surgery and 108 Mlitary Central Hospital, Vietnam

Mark Muthiah, National University Center for Organ Transplantation (NUCOT), NUH, Singapore

Sunhawit Junrunsee, Chiangmai University, Chiangmai, Thailand  

Taufique Ahmed, RIPAS Hospital, Brunei  

Thinesh Lee Krishnamoorthy, Singapore Generel Hospital, Singapore  

Vanessa de Villa, The Medicity Manila, Philippines  

Next-Gen Training in Transplantation: Enhancing Education, AI Integration, and Patient Engagement

May 30 | 11:00- 12:15 PM

Yujia Gao, National University Center for Organ Transplantation (NUCOT), NUH, Singapore

Chaya Shwaartz, University of Pennsylvania, United States of America

Peter Abt, University of Pennsylvania and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, United States of America  

Prasun Jalal, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas, United States of America

Varvara Kirchner, Stanford University, California, United States of America

Zita Galvin, St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Bridging the Gap: Real-World Preparation of Transplant Oncology in HCC, CRLM and ICC Part I

May 30 | 11:00 AM-12:15 PM

Kevin Kim, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States of America

Neil Mehta, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, California, United States of America

Parissa Tabrizian, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, United States of America

Hanyu Jiang, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, China

Prashant Bhangui, Medanta-The Medicity, New Delhi, India

Roberto Hernandez, University of Rochester Medical Center, New York, United States

Business Practice Symposium: Pioneering the Financial Future of Liver Transplantation: Innovations, Personalization, and Global Equity

May 30 | 11:00 AM-12:15 PM

Daniel Maluf, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States of America

David Ghinolfi, University of Pisa, Italy  

Goutham Kumar, SPARSH Hospital, India  

Markus Selzner, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada  

Martin Dib, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, United States  

Meet the Expert 9: Personalised immunosuppression therapy

May 30 | 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM

Sandy Feng, University of California San Francisco, California, United States of America

Suzanne McDiarmid, University of California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Faouzi Saliba, Centre Hepato-biliaire Paul Brousse, Paris, France

Gokhan Kabacam, Guven Hospital, Ankara, Turkey 

Bridging the Gap: Real-World Preparation of Transplant Oncology in HCC, CRLM and ICC Part II

May 30 | 1:15 PM-2:30 PM

Albert Chan, Queen Mary Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Avi Soin, Medanta — The Medicity, New Delhi, India

Mark Ghobrial, Houston Methodist Hospital, Texas, United States of America

Sudha Kodali, Houston Methodist Hospital, Texas, United States of America

Taizo Hibi, Kumamoto University, Japan

Christian Toso, University of Geneva, Switzerland

Establishing Standard for Care in Complex Cardiovascular Pathology Undergoing LT

May 30 | 1:15 PM-2:30 PM

Manhal Izzy, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Tennessee, United States of America

Michael Spiro, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom  

Sameer Patel, Kings College Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Tan Ek Khoon, Gleneagles Hospital, Singapore

Fuat Saner, King Faisal Specialty Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Living Liver Donation: Bridging Innovation and Practice

May 30 | 1:15 PM-2:30 PM

Andrea Schenk, Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine MEVIS, Germany  

Ki-Hun Kim, Asan Medical Center, Ulsan University, South Korea  

Kim Olthoff, University of Pennsylvania, United States of America

Tiffany Cho-Lam Wong, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Shridhar Iyer Ganpathi, Mount Elizabeth Hospital, Singapore

Markus Selzner, University of Pennsylvania, United States of America

Next-Gen Solutions: Biomaterials and Biosensors Shaping the Future of Liver Disease and Transplantation

May 30 | 2:30 PM-3:45 PM

Ali Zarrinpar, University of Florida, Florida, United States of America  

Nancy Kwan Man, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Amandeep Bajwa, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Tennessee, United States of America

Hannah Esser, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria

Andy Tay, National University Singapore, Singapore  

Unraveling the Complexity of Immune Dysregulation in Liver Transplant Candidates

May 30 | 2:30 PM-3:45 PM

Carlo Pulitano, The University of Sydney, Australia

Juliet Emamaullee, Keck Medicine of USC, United States

Keri Lunsford, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, United States

Sherri Bhoori, Instituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy

Luc Van der Laan, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Meet the Expert 10: ABOi In LDLT

May 30 | 3:00 PM – 3:45 PM

Avrvinder Soin, Medanta-The Medicity, New Delhi, India

Gyu Seong Choi, Samsung Medical Center, Korea

Hiroto Egawa, Hamamatsu Rosai Hospital, Japan

Kiyoshi Hasegawa, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Meet the Expert 7: Beyond the Norm: The Role of Ex Vivo Resection and Liver Transplantation in Rare Liver Cancers

May 30 | 4:00 PM-4:45 PM

Alfred Kow, National University Hospital Singapore and National University of Singapore, Singapore

Ruslan Alikhanov, Moscow Clinical Scientific Center, Moscow, Russia

Olivier Scatton, Pitie Salpetriere Sorbonne Universite, Paris, France

Translating Liver Transplant Techniques in Advanced HPB Surgery

May 30 | 4:00 PM-5:15 PM

Albert Chan, Queen Mary Hospital, Univeristy of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Brian Goh, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore  

Deniz Balci, Bahcesehir University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey

Eduardo de Fernandes, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Jia Hong Dong, Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China  

Pal-Dag Line, University of Oslo, Norway  

Vanguard Committee Session: Sexual & Reproductive Health in Liver Transplantation

May 30 | 4:00 PM-5:15 PM

Monika Sarkar, University of California, San Francisco, United States of America

Sher-Lu Pai, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, United States  

Eunice Tan, National University Hospital Singapore, Singapore

Howard Lee, Baylor College of Medicine, Texas, United States of America

Whitney Jackson, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Colorado, United States of America

Nikki Duong, Stanford University, California, United States of America

Meet the Expert 11: Fibrosis No More

May 30 | 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM

James Fung, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

York Young Dan, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Neeraj Saraf, Medanta-The Medicity, New Delhi, India

TASL/ILTS Joint meeting. Expansion of Live Donor Pool in LDLT

May 30 | 4:45 PM – 6:00 PM

Zeki Karasu, Ege University Medical School, Izmir, Turkey

Prashant Bhangui, Medanta-The Medicity, New Delhi, India

Gökhan Kabaçam, Guven Hospital, Ankara, Turkey 

Deniz Balci, Bahcesehir University, Turkey

Hiroto Egawa, Hamamatsu Rosai Hospital, Japan

Kim Ki-Hun, Asian Medical Center, Ulsan University, South Korea

Sezai Yilmaz, Inonu University, Turkey

Harnessing Liver Regeneration: From Mechanisms to Clinical Practice

May 30 | 4:15 PM-5:30 PM

Eliano Bonaccorsi Riani, Catholic University of Louvain, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Research (IREC), Belgium (Invited)

Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery for Living Donor Liver Transplantation (LDLT)

May 30 | 4:00 PM – 5:15 PM

Fabrizio de Benedetto, University of Modena, Italy

Yee Lee Cheah, Houston Methodist, Texas, United States of America

Mohamed Rela, Rela Institute of Liver Disease and Transplantation, Chennai, India

Hugo Pinto Marques, NOVA Medical School – Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Portugal

Rajesh Rajalingam, Rela Institute and Medical Centre, India

The Promise of Machine Perfusion: Assessing Function, Predicting Injury, Repairing Grafts - Are We Getting There?

May 30 | 4:15 PM-5:45 PM

Carlo Pulitano, The University of Sydney, Australia  

Davide Ghinolfi, University of Pisa, Italy  

Paulo Martins, University of Oklahoma, United States of America

Robert Porte, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Zeeshan Akthar, Mount Sinai, United States of America

Wojciech Polak, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Meet the Expert 12: Post LT Malignancies Prevention Early detection and Diagnosis

May 30 | 5:15 PM - 6:00PM

Lucas McCormack, Hospital Aleman, Buenos Aires, Argentina  

Mickael Lesurtel, Beaujon Hospital, University of Paris, France

Thinesh Lee Krishnamoorthy, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore

Krishna Menon, King’s College Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Leadership & Innovation in Liver Transplantation 1: A Debate Across Generations

May 31 | 7:00 AM – 8:00 AM

Robert Porte, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

George Mazariegos, UPMC, United States

Jerzy Kupiec-Weglinski, University College of Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Luc Van der Laan, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Alfred Kow, National University Hospital Singapore and National University of Singapore, Singapore

Valeria Mas, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States 

State of the Art Lecture 3

May 31 | 9:45 AM – 10:30 AM

Mohamed Rela, Rela Institute of Liver Disease and Transplantation, Chennai, India

Leadership & Innovation in Liver Transplantation 2: A Debate Across Generations

May 31 | 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM

Nazia Selzner, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada

Patrizia Burra, University of Padua, Italy

Alexandre Louvet, Centre Hospitalier U. de Lille, France

Fuat Saner, King Faisal Specialty Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Michael Spiro, Royal Free Hospital, London, United Kingdom

James Findlay, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Best of ILTS: Best of Anaesthesia, Best of Sciences, Best of Hepatology, Best of Surgery

May 31 | 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Valeria Mas, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States 

Alfred Kow, National University Hospital Singapore and National University of Singapore, Singapore

Ryan Chadna, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Luc van der Laan, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Mark Muthiah, National University Center for Organ Transplantation (NUCOT), NUH, Singapore

Wojciech Polak, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Vanguard Committee Session: Sexual & Reproductive Health in Liver Transplantation

May 31 | 4:00 PM-5:15 PM

Whitney Jackson, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, United States (Invited)