Wendy Spearman: MBChB, MMed, PhD, FCP(SA), FRCP (London)

Wendy Spearman is Emeritus Professor of Medicine and a Consultant Hepatologist in the Division of Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Cape Town. She was appointed as a University of Cape Town Senior Research Scholar in July 2024.
She was Head of the Division of Hepatology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town and Head of Liver Transplantation, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa from 1/01/1998 - 30/06/2024.

Mark Sonderup is the incumbent Head of the Division of Hepatology, Liver and Liver Transplant Clinic at the University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa

Mohamed Elbadry, MD
Current Positions
• Professor of Endemic Medicine, Helwan University Faculty of Medicine
• Hepatogastroenterology Consultant
• Clinic: 2 Ahmed El Zomor St., Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt
Professional Profile
Medical academic and consultant with over 20 years of specialized experience in endemic medicine, gastroenterology, and hepatology. Combines extensive clinical practice with academic research and departmental leadership. Recognized researcher with 48 international publications and proven record in postgraduate mentorship.

Michael R. Lucey MD
Brief Biography
June 29, 2025

Dr. Vodkin is a transplant hepatologist at the University of California, San Diego. She is a dedicated educator across the Department of Medicine, and the program director for the transplant hepatology fellowship. Her clinical and research interests are in Fontan Associated Liver Disease, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to look at nodule imaging and follow up, clinical management and combined heart-liver transplant.

Prof. Josep M. Llovet is a full professor of Medicine at Hospital Clínic–University of Barcelona and at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, where he is the Director of the Liver Cancer Program. He has published approximately 400 papers, with an h-index of 150 and more than 140,000 citations, primarily in the field of liver cancer.

Matthew Kappus, MD is the medical director for the living donation liver transplant and combined heart-liver transplant programs at Duke University Hospital. He conducts research in understanding physical function and transplant optimization for those undergoing liver transplantation.

Dr. Veeral Ajmera is Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Medical Director of Liver Transplantation at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Ajmera serves as an investigator in the UCSD Metabolic Dysfunction Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD) Research Unit where his research focuses on non-invasive biomarkers, genetics and patient factors associated with disease severity and prognosis.

Dr. Tincopa completed her medical degree and residency in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins University. She completed gastroenterology and transplant hepatology fellowship at the University of Michigan. Dr. Tincopa has a Masters degree in Health and Healthcare Research from the University of Michigan and is also board certified in Obesity Medicine.