Yoon Jun Kim
MD, PhD
Seoul National University Hospital / The Korean Association for the Study of the Liver (KASL), South Korea
11th International Viral Hepatitis Elimination Meeting (IVHEM) 2025
Program Chairs
Huma Qureshi
MD
Pakistan Medical Research Council, Karachi, Pakistan
John Ward
MD
Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination, Task Force for Global Health / Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, United States
Organizing Committee
Danjuma K. Adda
MPH, FIMS, Dip-IMS
World Hepatitis Alliance (WHA), Nigeria
Manal Hamdy El-Sayed
MD, PhD
Ain Shams University, Egypt
Jordan Feld
MD, MPH
Toronto Centre for Liver Disease, Canada
Jessica Howell
MBBS, FRACP, PhD, MSc, PGDip, FGESA
University of Melbourne / Burnet Institute, Australia
Eun Sun Jang
MD, PhD
Seoul National University, South Korea
Hyung Joon Kim
MD, PhD
Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, South Korea
In Hee Kim
MD, PhD
Jeonbuk National University, South Korea
George Lau
MBBS, MRCP, FHKCP, FHKAM, MD, FRCP, FAASLD
Humanity And Health Research Centre, Hong Kong
Rosmawati Mohamed
MD, MRCP, MIntMed, MBBS
University Malaya Medical Centre, Malaysia
Ju Hyun Shim
MD, PhD
University of Ulsan College of Medicine, South Korea
The members of the Organizing Committee are a group of carefully selected experts and inspirational leaders in their respective fields. They meet frequently to discuss the scientific program of the workshop, identify interesting topics and candidate speakers, and review all submitted abstracts.
Scientific Committee
- Rakesh Aggarwal, MD (AIIMS), DM (PGIMER), FNASc, FAMS - Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), India
- Po-Lin Chan, MD - World Health Organization, Philippines
- Graham Cooke, MD, PhD - Imperial College London, United Kingdom
- Gagandeep Singh Grover, MD - Health and Family Welfare, India
- Saeed Hamid, MBBS, FRCP, FRCPI, FACP, FACG, FAASLD - Aga Khan University, Pakistan
- Angelos Hatzakis, MD, PhD, MSc - Athens University Medical School, Greece
- Margaret Hellard, AM, MBBS, FRACP, FAFPHM, PhD - Burnet Institute, Australia
- Khin Pyone Kyi, MBBS, DBact, MMedSc, PhD, FRCP - Myanmar Liver Foundation, Myanmar
- Maud Lemoine, MD, PhD - Imperial College London, United Kingdom
- Liudmyla Maistat - Medicines Patent Pool, Switzerland
- Hailemichael Desalegn Mekonnen, MD, PhD - St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Ethiopia
- Yvonne Nartey, MBChB, MSc, MPhil – Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Ghana
- Michael Ninburg, Hepatitis Education Project (HEP), United States
- Ponsiano Ocama, MD, PhD - Makerere University, Uganda
- Jean-Michel Pawlotsky, MD, PhD - Hôpital Henri Mondor, France
- Homie Razavi, PhD, MBA - Center for Disease Analysis (CDA), United States
- Shiv. K. Sarin, MD, DM, DSc. (Hony.), FNA, FNAS - Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS), India
- Janvier Serumondo, MD - Rwanda Biomedical Centre, Rwanda
- Marcelo Silva, MD - Latin American Association for the Study of the Liver, Austral University Hospital, Argentina
- Mark Sonderup, B Pharm, MBChB, FCP(SA), MMed - University of Cape Town, South Africa
- Sonjelle Shilton, MPH - Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), Switzerland
- Nasamon Wanlapakorn, MD, PhD - Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
The members of Scientific Committee are hand-picked by the Organizing Committee and the workshop secretariat based on their significant contributions and commitment to the field. They assist the Organizing Committee by providing them with suggestions for speakers and topics. In addition, members of the Scientific Committee participate in reviewing submitted abstracts, and play an active role during the workshop as moderators and/or chairs of sessions.