R. Mark Ghobrial

Biography

Dr. Ghobrial is a Professor of Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College, Director of the J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center, Houston Methodist, Houston, Texas, and he holds the J.C. Walter Jr. Presidential Distinguished Chair. He obtained his MD from Cairo University and PhD from the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas. His medical training was completed at Massachusetts General Hospital, University of Texas Health Science Center, and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He is the recipient of multiple awards and honors and was elected to the Fellowship of The Royal College of Surgeons-Edinburgh and the American Surgical Association. As a researcher, he is the recipient of multiple grants and has held NIH sponsored awards in transplant immunology and clinical sciences. He has authored nearly 300 articles, chapters and has lectured widely, both nationally and internationally, on topics related to liver disease and transplantation. Dr. Ghobrial has served on numerous committees and held multiple advisory and leadership roles and is currently the President of the International Liver Transplant Society.