Faculty

American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)

As a world leader in gastroenterology and hepatology science, AGA is committed to accelerate improvements in diagnosis and management of patients with NASH.  Founded in 1987, AGA has grown to include over 16,000 members from around the globe who are involved in all aspects of the science, practice and advancement of gastroenterology.

AGA NASH Steering Commitee

Fasiha Kanwal, MD

Fasiha Kanwal, MD

Baylor College of Medicine

Fasiha Kanwal, MD, MSHS is a Professor of Medicine and Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Baylor College of Medicine.

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Jay H. Shubrook, DO

Jay H. Shubrook, DO

Touro University

Jay H. Shubrook, DO professor in the Primary Care Department and Director of Clinical Research and Diabetes Services at Touro University.

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Kenneth Cusi, MD

Kenneth Cusi, MD

University of Florida

Kenneth Cusi, MD, is a professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at The University of Florida at Gainesville. He is also a faculty and researcher at the Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Division at the Veterans Administration Medical Center at Gainesville, FL.

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Session Chairs

Christos Mantzoros, MD

Christos Mantzoros, MD

Harvard Medical School (Endocrine Society)

Christos S. Mantzoros, MD, DSc, PhD h.c. mult., is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and an adjunct Professor at Boston University School of Medicine.

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Elisabetta Bugianesi, MD, PHD

Elisabetta Bugianesi, MD, PHD

University of Torino

Elisabetta Bugianesi, MD, PhD, is professor in the Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medical Sciences, at the University of Torino, Italy.

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Hashem El-Serag, MD

Hashem El-Serag, MD

Baylor College of Medicine (AGA)

Hashem B. El-Serag, MD, MPH, is chair of the Department of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and AGA's Immediate Past President.

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Robert H. Eckel, MD

Robert H. Eckel, MD

University of Colorado (ADA)

Robert H. Eckel, MD, is the former Charles A. Boettcher Endowed Chair in Atherosclerosis in the Department of Medicine at University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, CO.

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Sam Klein, MD

Sam Klein, MD

Washington University

Samuel Klein, MD is the William H. Danforth Professor of Medicine, Director of the Center for Human Nutrition, Director of the Center for Applied Research Sciences, Chief of the Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Sciences, and Director of the Weight Management Program at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Stephen A. Harrison, MD

Stephen A. Harrison, MD

Pinnacle Clinical Research

Stephen A. Harrison, MD, is the Medical Director for Pinnacle Clinical Research and the President of Summit Clinical Research.

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Yamini Natarajan, MD

Yamini Natarajan, MD

Baylor College of Medicine

Yamini Natarajan, MD, is assistant professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX.

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Zobair M. Younossi, MD

Zobair M. Younossi, MD

Inova Medicine Services

Zobair M.Younossi, MD, MPH FACG, FACP, AGAF, FAASLD is the President of Medicine Service Line, Inova Health System, Falls Church, Virginia.

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Presenters

Brent Tetri, MD

Brent Tetri, MD

Saint Louis University

Brent Tetri, MD, is professor of Internal Medicine at Saint Louis University.

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Davida Kruger, MSN

Davida Kruger, MSN

Henry Ford Health System

Davida F. Kruger, MSN,APN-BC,BC-ADM, has been a certified nurse practitioner in diabetes for more than 35 years at Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, Michigan. Her role includes both clinical practice and research.

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Eugene Wright, MD

Eugene Wright, MD

Duke University

Eugene E. Wright, Jr., MD, holds appointments as Consulting Associate in the Department of Community and Family Medicine and the Department of Medicine of Duke University Medical Center and as Clinical Associate Professor at the Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine (CUSOM).

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Kim Pfotenhauer, DO

Kim Pfotenhauer, DO

Michigan State University

Kim Pfotenhauer, DO, is a board certified osteopathic family physician and a fellowship trained diabetologist. She is currently the Director of Clerkship Curriculum and an assistant professor at Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine.

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Lee Kaplan, MD

Lee Kaplan, MD

Harvard (TOS)

Lee M. Kaplan, MD, PhD, is the director of the Obesity, Metabolism, and Nutrition Institute (OMNI), founding director of the Weight Center at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), and associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS).

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Leon Adams, PhD

Leon Adams, PhD

University of Western Australia

Leon Adams, MBBS, FRACP, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the Medical School, University of Western Australia and consultant hepatologist in the Liver Transplant Unit at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital.

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Manal F. Abdelmalek, MD

Manal F. Abdelmalek, MD

Duke University

Manal F. Abdelmalek, MD, MPH is tenured Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Director of the NAFLD Clinical Research Program at Duke University.

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Maya Balakrishnan, MD

Maya Balakrishnan, MD

Baylor College of Medicine

Maya Balakrishnan, MD, is an assistant professor at Baylor College of Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. She practices general gastroenterology and hepatology at Ben Taub General Hospital.

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Michael R. Charlton, MBBS

Michael R. Charlton, MBBS

University of Chicago

Michael R. Charlton, MBBS, is a Professor of Medicine, Director of the Center for Liver Diseases, and Co-Director of the Transplant Institute at the University of Chicago School of Medicine.

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Naga P. Chalasani, MD

Naga P. Chalasani, MD

Indiana University

Naga Chalasani, MD, is David W. Crabb Professor of Medicine and Interim Chair of the Department of Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine. He served as the Director of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the same institution from 2007 to 2020.

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Naim Alkhouri, MD

Naim Alkhouri, MD

Arizona Liver Health

Naim Alkhouri, MD, is the VP of Academic Affairs, Chief of Transplant Hepatology, and Director of the Fatty Liver Program at Arizona Liver Health (ALH) in Phoenix, AZ.

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Neil Skolnik, MD

Neil Skolnik, MD

Abington Jefferson Health

Neil Skolnik, MD, is an academic family physician who sees patients and teaches residents and medical students as professor of Family and Community Medicine at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University and associate director, Family Medicine Residency Program at Abington Jefferson Health in Pennsylvania.

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Norman L. Sussman, MD

Norman L. Sussman, MD

Baylor College of Medicine

Norman L. Sussman, MD is Associate Professor of Surgery in the Division of Abdominal Transplantation at Baylor College of Medicine. He is also the director of ECHO Texas, a program that partners Baylor faculty with medical providers in rural and under-served communities.

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Pierre Bedossa, MD, PhD

Pierre Bedossa, MD, PhD

Groupe Hospitalier Paris Nord

Pierre Bedossa, MD, is professor of Pathology at Groupe Hospitalier Paris Nord and visiting professor at the Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, UK.

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Rohit Loomba, MD

Rohit Loomba, MD

University of California San Diego

Rohit Loomba, MD, is tenured professor of Medicine, Director of Hepatology, at University of California at San Diego. He is an internationally recognized thought leader in translational research and innovative clinical trial design in NASH and non-invasive assessment of NAFLD.

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Vincent Wong, MD

Vincent Wong, MD

Chinese University of Hong Kong

Vincent Wong, MD, is a professor and head of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. His research focuses on viral hepatitis and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), in particular the use of non-invasive tests for screening and diagnosis.

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William Herman, MD

William Herman, MD

University of Michigan

William H. Herman, MD, MPH is the Stefan S. Fajans/GlaxoSmithKline Professor of Diabetes, Professor of Internal Medicine and Epidemiology, and Director of the Michigan Center for Diabetes Translational Research.

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Discussants

David Park, DO

David Park, DO

Rocky Vista University College (ACOFP)

David Park, DO, FACOFP is the Southern Utah Campus Vice President & Dean of Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Ivins, Utah.

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Denee Moore, MD

Denee Moore, MD

VCU School of Medicine (AAFP)

Denee Moore, MD, FAAFP, DABFM is a Family Medicine physician who was born and raised in Dinwiddie, Virginia, a rural community in the southern part of the state

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Mary Rinella, MD

Mary Rinella, MD

Northwestern University (AASLD)

Mary Rinella, MD, is a Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine.

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Sandra L. Weber, MD

Sandra L. Weber, MD

Greenville Health System (AACE)

Sandra L. Weber, MD, is immediate past president of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE).

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Meeting Writing Group

Christos Mantzoros, MD

Christos Mantzoros, MD

Harvard Medical School (Endocrine Society)

Christos S. Mantzoros, MD, DSc, PhD h.c. mult., is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and an adjunct Professor at Boston University School of Medicine.

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Davida Kruger, MSN

Davida Kruger, MSN

Henry Ford Health System

Davida F. Kruger, MSN,APN-BC,BC-ADM, has been a certified nurse practitioner in diabetes for more than 35 years at Henry Ford Health System in Detroit, Michigan. Her role includes both clinical practice and research.

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Elisabetta Bugianesi, MD, PHD

Elisabetta Bugianesi, MD, PHD

University of Torino

Elisabetta Bugianesi, MD, PhD, is professor in the Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medical Sciences, at the University of Torino, Italy.

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Fasiha Kanwal, MD

Fasiha Kanwal, MD

Baylor College of Medicine

Fasiha Kanwal, MD, MSHS is a Professor of Medicine and Chief of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Baylor College of Medicine.

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Hashem El-Serag, MD

Hashem El-Serag, MD

Baylor College of Medicine (AGA)

Hashem B. El-Serag, MD, MPH, is chair of the Department of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and AGA's Immediate Past President.

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Jay H. Shubrook, DO

Jay H. Shubrook, DO

Touro University

Jay H. Shubrook, DO professor in the Primary Care Department and Director of Clinical Research and Diabetes Services at Touro University.

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Kenneth Cusi, MD

Kenneth Cusi, MD

University of Florida

Kenneth Cusi, MD, is a professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism at The University of Florida at Gainesville. He is also a faculty and researcher at the Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Division at the Veterans Administration Medical Center at Gainesville, FL.

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Kim Pfotenhauer, DO

Kim Pfotenhauer, DO

Michigan State University

Kim Pfotenhauer, DO, is a board certified osteopathic family physician and a fellowship trained diabetologist. She is currently the Director of Clerkship Curriculum and an assistant professor at Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine.

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Mary Rinella, MD

Mary Rinella, MD

Northwestern University (AASLD)

Mary Rinella, MD, is a Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine.

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Robert H. Eckel, MD

Robert H. Eckel, MD

University of Colorado (ADA)

Robert H. Eckel, MD, is the former Charles A. Boettcher Endowed Chair in Atherosclerosis in the Department of Medicine at University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, CO.

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Sam Klein, MD

Sam Klein, MD

Washington University

Samuel Klein, MD is the William H. Danforth Professor of Medicine, Director of the Center for Human Nutrition, Director of the Center for Applied Research Sciences, Chief of the Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Sciences, and Director of the Weight Management Program at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Stephen A. Harrison, MD

Stephen A. Harrison, MD

Pinnacle Clinical Research

Stephen A. Harrison, MD, is the Medical Director for Pinnacle Clinical Research and the President of Summit Clinical Research.

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Yamini Natarajan, MD

Yamini Natarajan, MD

Baylor College of Medicine

Yamini Natarajan, MD, is assistant professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX.

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Zobair M. Younossi, MD

Zobair M. Younossi, MD

Inova Medicine Services

Zobair M.Younossi, MD, MPH FACG, FACP, AGAF, FAASLD is the President of Medicine Service Line, Inova Health System, Falls Church, Virginia.

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