Awards Committee (permanent)

Aims: (1) oversee the selection process that takes place within the committees relevant to each award and ensure a fair and balanced evaluation of all applications; (2) present a final selection to be approved by the president-elect.

Members: Chairs of Basic & Translational Research, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI), Education & Scholarship, Vanguard Committees, ILTS Secretary General and President-Elect.

Nominating Committee (permanent)

Aims: determine the procedure under which elections should be conducted and ensure they comply with ILTS bylaws, policies and guidelines, review received nominations and compile slates for each Council and Executive Committee vacancy to be voted on by the Council at the Winter Council Meeting.

Members: ILTS Past-President (chair), President, President-Elect, Secretary, Treasurer, Senior Councilor appointed by the President and Chair of the Vanguard Committee.

Publications Committee (ad-hoc, 2021-2023)

Aims: (1) liaise with the ILTS journal editorial team communicating the broad aims and preferences of the society and advocating co-ordination with planned meetings, initiatives and special events; (2) represent the ILTS Executive in dealings with the TTS leadership and Editor in Chief.

Members:

–       François Durand (Councilor)

–        John Klinck (Director of Special Projects)

–        Nancy Kwan Man (Past President)

–        Oya Andacoglu (EDI)

–        Prashant Bhangui (Education & Scholarship)

Next term revisions due: 2023

Sponsorship Committee (permanent)

Aims: grow Society exhibition and sponsorship, in particular supporting the ILTS Business Development Manager in driving exhibition and sponsorship revenue for our meetings in addition to corporate partnerships.

Members (2022-2024):

–       Nazia Selzner, MD, PhD, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada – Chair

–       Mark Ghobrial, MD, PhD, FACS, FRCS, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX

–       Varvara Kirchner, MD, Stanford University, Stanford, USA

–       Prashant Bhangui, MD, Medanta- The Medcity, Gurgaon, Haryana, India

–       Gonzalo Sapisochin, MD, PhD, MSc, UHN Department of Surgery, Toronto, Canada

–       Nancy Kwan Mann, MBBS, PhD, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

–       Alfred Kow Wei Chieh, MBBS, MRCS, FRCS, FAMS, FACS  National University Health System Singapore, Singapore

Finance Committee (permanent)

Aims: (1) oversee the management of investment accounts; (2) maintain relationships with ILTS banking institutions; (3) provide financial oversight.

Members (2022-2024):

–       Nazia Selzner, MD, PhD, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada – Chair

–       Mark Ghobrial, MD, PhD, FACS, FRCS, Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX

–       John Roberts, MD, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

–       Yaman Tokat, MD, International Liver Center & Acibadem Health Care Group, Istanbul, Turkey

–       Dermot Ryan, ILTS Executive Director, Berlin, Germany