Alan Hutchison, MD, PhD

Biography

Alan L. Hutchison is an MD- and PhD- trained transplant hepatologist-scientist completing his post-clinical research fellowship at the University of Chicago. He obtained his B.S. in Physics from Yale University, followed by an MD and PhD in Computational Biology and Biophysics from the University of Chicago. His PhD thesis focused on developing statistical methods for understanding circadian rhythm data. After his doctorates, he stayed at the University of Chicago Medicine for his internal medicine, gastroenterology, and transplant hepatology fellowships as part of the Physician-Scientist Development Program.

Alan is an active member of the AASLD. He first became involved as an Emerging Liver Scholar (2020) with subsequent travel abstract (2023) and Advanced Fellow (2024) awards, and recently completed his role as the inaugural Editorial Fellow for Liver Transplantation. He is currently Co-Director of Webinars and Fellowship Programming for the Liver Fellow Network and member of the Editorial Board for Liver Transplantation. In 2025 he will join the AASLD Practice Guidelines Committee as a Trainee Member and the AASLD Training and Workforce Committee as an ex officio member.

Alan is an active physician-scientist, with 8 first-author publications and contributing to 16 other publications. His primary research focuses on the tissue-specific causes of the development of diabetes in patients with cirrhosis and liver transplant recipients, and has a prospective trial enrolling patients before transplant and following them through liver transplant. He additionally researches the models of hepatology training, their impact on the hepatology workforce, and the effects of state-level human-rights laws on transplant recipients and trainees.