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:
- Ravi R Mohanka, MD – Past Chair {2024} Global Hospital, Mumbai (MH), India
- Mario Vilatoba, MD – Chair {2024} Instituto Nacional De Ciencias Medicas Y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Talpan, Mexico
- Gokhan Kabaçam, MD – Vice Chair {2024} Güven Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
- Valeria Mas, M.S., PhD, FAST – Affiliated Executive Committee Member {2023}, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Dmitri Bezinover, MD – Affiliated Councilor {2026} Penn State University, Pennsylvania, USA
- Yuri Longatto Boteon, MD, PhD – {2025}, Albert Einstein Israelite Hospital, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Ibrahim Umar Garzali, MBBS, FWACS – {2025} Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria
- 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 – {2025} 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 Rochester, Minnesota, USA
- 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
- Ashish Singhal – {2025} Fortis Hospitals, Delhi, India
- Jason Vanatta, MD – {2025} University of Tennessee/James D. Eason Transplant Institute at Methodist University Hospital, Germantown, USA
- David Victor, MD – {2025} Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, USA
*Committee terms end at Annual Congress in year shown in brackets
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