Rohit Loomba, MD, MHSc, FAASLD
Biography
Dr. Rohit Loomba is a Professor of Medicine (with tenure), Director of Hepatology, and Vice Chief, Division of Gastroenterology at University of California at San Diego. He is an internationally recognized thought leader in translational research and innovative clinical trial design in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and steatohepatitis (NASH), and non-invasive assessment of steatosis and fibrosis using advanced imaging modalities. Dr. Loomba is the founding director of the UCSD NAFLD Research Center where his team is conducting cutting edge research in all aspects of NAFLD including non-invasive biomarkers, genetics, epidemiology, clinical trial design, imaging end-points, and integrated OMICs using microbiome, metabolome and lipidome.