I am a professor currently in the Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine. I have been provided medical treatments and researched mainly on gastroenterology and hepatology for over 15 years. My specialized areas are liver sinusoidal endothelial cell pathophysiology and related hepatic fibrosis and I have worked on preclinical studies on the mechanism of endothelial dysfunction/portal hypertension. Recently I have focused on cell therapy by using stem cells for hepatic fibrosis and angiogenesis.

Robert de Knegt is a senior consultant at the Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He received his medical degree at the Erasmus MC, where he also did his thesis on hepatic encephalopathy. He was clinically trained in Internal Medicine (Leiden University Medical Center) and in Gastroenterology & Hepatology (Groningen University Medical Center). Then he started his current position at the Erasmus MC. Shortly thereafter he was trained in abdominal ultrasound at the University Medical Center (MHH) in Hannover (Germany).

Matteo specialized in Internal Medicine at Florence Medical University in 2011. He worked as consultant Physician in Internal, acute and emergency medicine. He trained in Clinical Ultrasound. During his internship he developed a specific interest in hepatology and non invasive assessment of liver disease. From 2013 to 2017 he worked at the Institute for Liver and Digestive Health, University College of London - Royal Free Hospital where he established his expertise and gained experience in interventional ultrasound.

Amir Gougol is a gastroenterologist and transplant hepatologist currently practicing as clinical assistant professor at Stanford University. Amir has received his medical education at Tehran University in Iran. He pursued his internal medicine training and a gastroenterology fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was also trained in Transplant Hepatology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He has a particular clinical interest in implementation of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in hepatology care.

Dr. Helen S. Te is a Professor of Medicine in the Section of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition at the University of Chicago Medicine. She served as Medical Director of the Adult Liver Transplant Program for 19 years, concluding her tenure in June 2025. For more than 25 years, Dr. Te has provided expert care in both general and transplant hepatology, guided by a personalized, innovative approach to patient management.

Dr. Kleiner obtained an M.D. and Ph.D. (Chemistry) from the University of Chicago. After a residency in Anatomic Pathology at the National Cancer Institute, he joined the faculty of the Laboratory of Pathology in the NCI. He is currently a Senior Research Physician and Chief of the Postmortem Section of the Laboratory of Pathology with expertise in hepatic pathology. His research has focused on chronic liver disease, drug-induced liver injury and liver cancer, with particular attention to assessing histological responses to therapy.

Dr. Ryan Gill is a Professor of Pathology at UCSF and Director of Anatomic Pathology Laboratories at the Helen Diller Medical Center. A recognized international expert in liver pathology, Dr. Gill specializes in adult and pediatric liver disease, liver transplantation, and liver tumors.

Dr. Fiel is Professor of Pathology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS) in New York City. Dr. Fiel completed her residency at Mount Sinai in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology (AP-CP), followed by a fellowship in Cytology and a second fellowship in Liver and Transplant Pathology. She has board certification in AP, CP and in Cytology.

Dr. Guindi completed Anatomical Pathology residency, and Liver and GI Pathology fellowship in Canada. She is board certified in Anatomical Pathology by American Board of Pathology (US), and Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons (Canada)<br>She joined the Pathology faculty in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in 2012 and is currently Clinical Professor of Pathology. Previously, she was Faculty in Pathology at the University of Toronto, Canada.