Melissa Kochanowsky is the Associate Program Director at PFIC Network, a nonprofit supporting patients and families worldwide affected by progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC). She helps lead global PFIC-focused initiatives in education, support, and research, and serves as Principal Investigator for the PFIC Network Patient Registry. She also co-led Project IMPACT (Identifying research targets by Merging Patient And Clinician Treatment information), a PCORI-funded initiative to build capacity for patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research in PFIC.

Dr. Amy Taylor completed her medical training at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, where she then continued as an Assistant Professor. She currently serves as the Program Director for the Transplant Hepatology Fellowship. Her research focus is on patient-centered outcomes improvement in pediatric Autoimmune Liver Disease. She serves as the PI for A-LiNK: the Autoimmune Liver disease Network for Kids, a multi-center learning health network.

Emily Ventura, BSN, is the Co-founder and Executive Director of Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis Advocacy and Resource Network. Established in 2018, PFIC Network's mission is to improve the lives of patients and families worldwide affected by PFIC. As the mother of a PFIC patient, she is deeply connected to this work. Prior to founding PFIC Network, Emily had a long career as an ICU nurse, which gives her unique insight into both the clinical and personal sides of the rare patient experience.

Originally from Beirut, Lebanon, Dr. Rima Fawaz received her undergraduate and medical degree at the American University of Beirut. She then completed her pediatric residency at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, Gastroenterology fellowship at Montefiore Medical Center and her Pediatric Transplant Hepatology fellowship at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. Once she completed her training, Dr.

Andrew Wehrman is a pediatric transplant hepatologist at Boston Children's Hospital. He has research interests in cholestatic liver diseases including Alagille syndrome, biliary atresia, and progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis.

Elliot Sean Rinzler, M.D., is an Assistant Professor of Radiology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, and a member of its Pediatric Radiology Division.

David S. Vitale MD is an associate professor of Pediatrics at the University of Cincinnati. He is a pediatric gastroenterologist and Director of the Interventional Endoscopy Center at Cincinnati Children's Hospital. Within the Cincinnati Children's Interventional Endoscopy Center, Dr. Vitale performs ERCP, EUS, double balloon enteroscopy, amongst other advanced procedures with a national and international referral base and oversees the therapeutic endoscopy service. He works closely with physicians and patients in the Liver Care Center to provide endoscopic expertise. Dr.

Jean Molleston, Clinical Professor of Pediatrics; pediatric hepatologist and gastroenterologist; interested in clinical hepatology (MASLD, cholestatic liver disease, CF liver disease, cirrhosis/portal HTN, DILI), clinical research, and also in medical education

Dr. Benjamin L. Shneider is the George Peterkin Endowed Chair and Head of the Section of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at the Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital. Dr. Shneider is a Pediatric Hepatologist actively involved in clinical and translational investigations of pediatric liver diseases.

Jimyeong Son is a transplant hepatology nurse practitioner at North Shore University Hospital, where she provides advanced liver disease care, including pre- and post-transplant management. She was selected for the 2024 AASLD Emerging Liver Advanced Practice Provider Award and is an active member of the AASLD Hepatology Associates SIG Committee.