President
Mohamed Rela, MS, FRCS, DSc
Dr. Rela Institute and Medical Center
Chennai, India
President-Elect
R. Mark Ghobrial, MD, PhD, FACS, FRCS
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, TX, USA
Past President
Marina Berenguer, MD
Hospital University La Fe
Valencia, Spain
Treasurer
Nazia Selzner, MD, PhD
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON, Canada
Secretary
Valeria R. Mas, MSc, PhD, FAST
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD, USA
Executive Director
Dermot Ryan, MSc, DES
K.I.T. Group GmbH
Berlin, Germany
Councilors
Gabriela Berlakovich, MD
Medical University of Vienna
Vienna, Austria
Francois Durand, MD, PhD
Hopital Beaujon
Paris, France
James Y. Findlay, MB, ChB
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine,
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN, USA
Kymberly Watt, MD
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN, USA
Dmitri Bezinover, MD, PhD
Penn State College of Medicine
Hershey, PA, USA
Bijan Eghtesad, MD
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH, USA
Arvinder S. Soin, MD
Medanta Institute of Liver Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine
Gurugram, India
ILTS 2023 Congress Program Committee
Program Chair
R. Mark Ghobrial, MD, PhD, FACS, FRCS
Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, TX, USA
ILTS President
Mohamed Rela, MS, FRCS, DSc
Dr. Rela Institute and Medical Center
Chennai, India
Joint Congress Chair ELITA
Constantino Fondevila, MD, PhD
Hospital Clínic Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
Joint Congress Chair LICAGE
Koen M E M Reyntjens, MD, PhD
University Medical Center Groningen
Groningen, The Netherlands
Local Congress Co-Chair
Wojciech Polak, MD, PhD, FEBS
Erasmus MC
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Local Congress Co-Chair
Sarwa Darwish Murad, MD, PhD
Erasmus MC
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Local Organizing Committee
University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG):
Dr Hans Blokzijl
Dr Vincent E Meijer
Prof Dr Rene Scheenstra
Dr Aad P. van den Berg
Dr Marieke de Boer
Leiden University Medical Center:
Prof Dr Ian P.J. Alwayn
Dr David Lam
Prof Dr Bart van Hoek
Dr Minneke J. Coenraad
Erasmus MC
Dr Caroline Den Hoed
Prof Dr Robert Porte
Prof Dr Luc van der laan
Dr Jeroen de Jonge
Dr Monique Versteegen
Committee Chairs
Anesthesia/ Critical Care
Constantine Karvellas, MD
University of Alberta Hospital
Edmonton, AB, Canada
Basic and Translational Research
Paulo Martins, MD, PhD, FAST
University Of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center
Boston, MA, USA
Education & Scholarship
Shekar Kubal, MD
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, IN, USA
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI)
Sher-Lu Pai, MD
Mayo Clinic Florida
Jacksonville, FL, USA
Pathology
Zongming Eric Chen, MD, PhD
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, USA
Pediatric
Nam-Joon Yi, MD, PHD
Seoul National University College of Medicine
Seoul, South Korea
Radiology
Ramazan Kutlu, MD
Inonu University
Malatya, Turkey
Vanguard
Eleonora De Martin, MD, PhD
Paul Brousse Hospital
Villejuif, France
