List of Contributors

Ayman A. Abdo, MD, FRCPC

Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University;

King Saud University Liver Disease Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Danielle Adebayo, BSc, MBBS, MRCP

Hepatology Research Fellow, Liver Failure Group, UCL Institute for Liver and Digestive Health,

UCL Medical School, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK

Fernando Alvarez, MD

Professor of Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, CHU- Sainte Justine, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Piero Amodio, MD

Professor of Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine (DIMED), University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Paolo Angeli, MD, PhD

Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine (DIMED), Unit of Hepatic Emergencies and Liver Transplantation, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Yasuhiro Asahina, MD, PhD

Professor, Department of Hepatitis Investigation, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Sumeet K. Asrani, MD, MSc

Hepatology Fellow, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA

Soon Koo Baik, MD, PhD

Professor of Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Republic of Korea

Nora V. Bergasa, MD

Chief, Department of Medicine, Metropolitan Hospital Center, New York, NY, USA;

Professor of Medicine, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, NY, USA

Vijay Bodh, MD

Fellow in DM (Heptology), Department of Hepatology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India

A.K. Burroughs, MD (deceased)

The Royal Free Sheila Sherlock Liver Centre and University Department of Surgery, Department of Intensive Care, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK

Hai-Xia Cao, PhD, MD

Department of Gastroenterology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition,

Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Andrés Cárdenas, MD, MMSc, AGAF

Faculty Member, Senior Specialist, GI Unit, Hospital Clínic and University of Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi-Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Ciber de Enfermedades Hepaticas y Digestivas (CIBERHED)

Rodrigo Cartin-Ceba, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

Laurent Castera, MD, PhD

Senior Consultant in Hepatology, Department of Hepatology, Hopital Beaujon, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, INSERM U773, Clichy, France

Y.K. Chawla, MD, DM (Gastroenterology), FAMS

Professor, Department of Hepatology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, India

Isabelle Colle, MD, PhD

Full Professor, Ghent University, Belgium;

Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Algemeen Stedelijk Ziekenhuis (ASZ), Aalst, Belgium and Ghent University

Jane Collier, MD, MBChB, FRCP

Consultant in Hepatology, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK

Alejandro Costaguta, MD

Jefe, Servicio de Gastroenterología, Hepatología y Nutrición, Sanatorio de Niños, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina

Emily Dannhorn, MBBS, MRCP

Specialist Registrar in Hepatology, Sheila Sherlock Liver Centre, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK

Maissa El Raziky, MD

Professor of Endemic Medicine and Hepatology, Director of the Hepatic Schistosomiasis Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

Gamal Esmat, MD

Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research Cairo University, Professor of Endemic Medicine and Hepatology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

Michael B. Fallon, MD

Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas, Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA

Jian-Gao Fan, PhD, MD

Professor and Director, Department of Gastroenterology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Pediatric, Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Adrián Gadano, MD, PhD

Associate Professor and Chief, Department of Medicine and Liver Unit, Hospital Italiano, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Anja Geerts, MD, PhD

Professor, Ghent University, Belgium;

Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

Pere Ginès, MD, PhD

Chairman - Liver Unit, Professor of Medicine, Liver Unit, Hospital Clínic and University of Barcelona; Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi-Sunyer (IDIBAPS);

Ciber de Enfermedades Hepaticas y Digestivas (CIBERHED);

Instituto Reina Sofía de Investigación Nefrológica (IRSIN), Barcelona, Spain

Isabel Graupera, MD

Liver Unit, Hospital Clínic and University of Barcelona;

Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi-Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Ciber de Enfermedades Hepaticas y Digestivas (CIBERHED), Instituto Reina Sofía de Investigación Nefrológica (IRSIN), Barcelona, Spain

Thierry Gustot, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepato-Pancreatology, Erasme Hospital, Brussels, Belgium

Laboratory of Experimental Gastroenterology, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium;

INSERM, U773, Centre de Recherche Biomédicale Bichat-Beaujon CRB3, Paris, France

Kwang-Hyub Han, MD

Professor and Chairman, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Namiki Izumi, MD, PhD

Chief, Vice President, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Rajiv Jalan, MBBS, MD, PhD, FRCPE, FRCP

Professor of Hepatology, Liver Failure Group, UCL Institute for Liver and Digestive Health, UCL Medical School, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK

Woo Kyoung Jeong, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Radiology, Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Patrick S. Kamath, MD

Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, USA

Do Young Kim, MD, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Moon Young Kim, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Republic of Korea

Michael J. Krowka, MD

Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA

Masayuki Kurosaki, MD, PhD

Director, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Musashino Red Cross Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Samuel S. Lee, MD, FRCPC

Professor of Medicine, University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, Canada

Han-Chieh Lin, MD, FAGG

Professor and Chief, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital and National Yang-Ming University School of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Hongqun Liu, MD, PhD

Research Assistant Professor, University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, Canada

Sebastián Marciano, MD

Assistant Professor, Liver Unit, Hospital Italiano, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Vincenzo Morabito, MBBS

Clinical Research Fellow, Liver Failure Group, UCL Institute for Liver and Digestive Health, UCL Medical School Royal Free Hospital, London, UK

Filippo Morando, MD

Hepatology Fellow, Department of Medicine (DIMED), University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Richard Moreau, MD

INSERM, U1149, Centre de Recherche sur l'Inflammation (CRI);

UMR S 1149, Université Paris Diderot-Paris 7, Faculté de Médecine Bichat;

Département Hospitalo-Universitaire (DHU) UNITY, Service d'Hépatologie, Hôpital Beaujon, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Clichy, France

James O'Beirne, MBBS (Hons), MD, FRCP, EDIC

Consultant Hepatologist, Sheila Sherlock Liver Centre, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK

Valérie Paradis, MD, PhD

Professor, Pathology Department, Beaujon Hospital, INSERM URM 1149, Paris, France

Salvatore Piano, MD

Hepatology Fellow, Department of Medicine (DIMED), University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Moises Ilan Nevah Rubin, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA

Faisal M. Sanai, MD, ABIM, SBG

Consultant Transplant Hepatologist, Department of Hepatobiliary Science and Liver Transplantation, King Abdul Aziz Medical City;

King Saud University Liver Disease Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Marco Senzolo, MD

Multivisceral Transplant Unit, Gastroenterology, Department of...