Edward J Gane

Biography

Dr. Gane is Professor of Medicine at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, Hepatologist and Deputy Director of the New Zealand Liver Unit at Auckland City Hospital. Dr. Gane trained in hepatology at the Institute of Liver Studies, King’s College School of Medicine, London, where he completed his thesis on the pathogenesis of hepatitis C-related liver injury. Dr Gane chairs the New Zealand Viral Hepatitis C Elimination Strategies. Dr. Gane is an investigator for many international clinical trials with particular interest in early phase development of new therapies for cure of chronic hepatitis B. He has published over 500 papers in peer-reviewed journals and is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Hepatology In 2011, Dr Gane received the New Zealand Health Research Council (NZHRC) annual Beaven Medal and in 2014, the NZHRC annual Liley Medal. In 2011, Dr. Gane was awarded Member of the Order of New Zealand for Services to Medicine and in 2017, Dr Gane was named as New Zealand Innovator of the Year for his work towards HCV elimination in New Zealand