Membership & Communications
The mission of the Membership & Communications Committee is to encourage ILTS membership in all regions of the world, with particular emphasis on countries with new and developing transplant programs.
Key aims of the Membership & Communications Committee:
- To promote membership growth in all countries and disciplines engaged in liver transplantation,
- To oversee and enhance society communications with current and prospective members worldwide,
- To seek and represent members’ views to the ILTS leadership.
> Read the Committee Terms of Reference
Committee Members: (Updated 10/16/24)
- Gokhan Kabaçam, MD –Chair {2026} Güven Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
- Ashish Singhal – Vice Chair {2027} Tampa General Hospital, FL, USA
- Kym Watt- Affiliated Councilor {2026}, Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN, USA
- Povilas Ignatavicius, MD, PhD, FEBS (HPB) {2026} Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
- Whitney Jackson, MD {2026} University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA
- Amit Nair – {2026} University of Rochester Medical Center, New York, USA
- Atoosa Rabiee, MD {2026} Washington DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, USA
- Stacey Rolak, MD {2026} Mayo Clinic Arizona in Phoenix, Arizona
- Sanjiv Saigal, MD, DM, DNB, MAMS, FINASL, MRCP, FRCP(UK), CCST(UK) {2026} Max Super Specialty Hospital, New Delhi, India
- Rahul Saxena, MS (Gen Surg), FACS {2026} New Era Hospital & Research Institute, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India
- Jason Vanatta, MD – {2026} University of Tennessee/James D. Eason Transplant Institute at Methodist University Hospital, Germantown, USA
- David Victor, MD – {2026} Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, USA
- Anna Mrzljak {2027} University Hospital Center Zagreb, Croatia
- Genco Gencdal {2027} Koç University, Turkey
- Sorabh Kapoor {2027} University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill NC, USA
- Simone Strasser MBBS, MD {2028} Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia
*Committee terms end at Annual Congress in year shown in brackets*
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