Liver Diseases Branch Visiting Professors

The Liver Diseases Branch holds a visiting professor lecture series several times a year. Eminent and leading scholars in hepatology are invited to visit the NIH Campus in Bethesda, meet with faculty and trainees, and give a seminar about their research. Lectures are attended by members of the Branch, colleagues from the NIDDK Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, as well as interested researchers and clinicians from NIDDK, NIH, and HHS.

Recent Visiting Professors

2021 (virtual)

• Einar S. Björnsson, MD, PhD External link, University of Iceland
• Bernd Schnabl, MD External link, University of California San Diego
• Scott W. Biggins, MD External link, University of Washington
• Xavier Forns, MD, PhD External link, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona
• Hannele Yki-Järvinen, MD External link, University of Helsinki
• George N. Ioannou, MD External link, University of Washington

2019-2020

• Silvia Vilarinho, MD, PhD External link, Yale University
• Fasiha Kanwal, MD External link, Baylor College of Medicine
• Daryl T. Lau, MD External link, Harvard University
• Andrew Aronsohn, MD External link, University of Chicago

2018

• Rebecca G. Wells, MD External link, University of Pennsylvania
• Craig J. McClain, MD External link, University of Louisville
• Zachary D. Goodman, MD, PhD External link, INOVA