Dr. Anand K Kulkarni

Dr. Anand V Kulkarni is a Hepatologist with a passion for treating patients with liver diseases and an experience of 4 years in this filed. He completed his DM in Hepatology in Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences (ILBS, New Delhi) which is a premier institute in Asia for liver care. He was awarded the Best Fellow by American Association for Study of Liver Disease (AASLD) for presenting the best research abstract and also awarded the Honorary membership of Asia Pacific Association for study of Liver (APASL). He was also awarded the academic excellence award from ILBS. He was selected as a core committee member of AASLD Portal Hypertension Education Special Interest Group. He is now elected as a core member of Liver transplantation Education group of AASLD. He has around 80+ publications to his credit of which many are in reputed international journals, such as Hepatology, JHep, AJG, APT, Liver international, NEJM and lancet. He is also an active reviewer for many journals around the world.

Prof. Tung Hung Su

MD, PhD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
Clinical Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

E-Mail: tunghungsu@ntu.edu.tw / tunghungsu@gmail.com
Website: https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/entities/person/tunghungsu

Biography
Dr. Tung-Hung Su earned his M.D. degree from the National Taiwan University College of Medicine in 2001 and his Ph.D. from the Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine at the same university in 2015. He has been an attending physician specializing in Hepatology and a Clinical Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at National Taiwan University Hospital since 2024. From 2017 to 2019, he was a visiting scholar at Stanford University. Dr. Su’s research focuses on translational studies on liver fibrosis treatment, viral hepatitis B management, cirrhosis, and hepatocellular carcinoma, including disease prediction and outcome research using large-scale electrical medical records. Additionally, he applies artificial intelligence models to the study of liver diseases. He has published several research papers in these fields.

Awards
1. Wu Ta-You Memorial Award 2016
2. Outstanding Research Award for Junior Faculty at the National Taiwan University Hospital, 2016
3. Best Attending Physician Award, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, 2021, 2023.

Selected publications
1. Su TH, Wu CH, Kao JH. Artificial intelligence in precision medicine in hepatology. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021 Mar;36(3):569-580
2. Huang SC, Su TH, Tseng TC, Chen CL, Hsu SJ, Liao SH, Hong CM, Liu CH, Lan TY, Yang HC, Liu CJ, Chen PJ, Kao JH. Distinct effects of hepatic steatosis and metabolic dysfunction on the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in chronic hepatitis B. Hepatol Int. 2023 Oct;17(5):1139-1149.
3. Huang SC, Su TH, Tseng TC, Hsu SJ, Hong CM, Lan TY, Liu CH, Yang HC, Liu CJ, Kao JH. All-cause and cause-specific mortality in patients with chronic hepatitis B and concurrent steatotic liver disease. J Hepatol. 2024 Dec 14:S0168-8278(24)02763-6
4. Chang KC, Su TH, Wu CK, Huang SC, Tseng TC, Hong CM, Hsu SJ, Liu CH, Yang HC, Liu CJ, Kao JH. Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease is associated with increased risks of heart failure. Eur J Heart Fail. 2025 Jan 8. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.3567
5. Su TH, Yang SS, Lee MH, Kao WY, Huang SC, Chen FF, Poon FS, Tsai LW, Chen YT, Lin C, Wang W, Kim WR, Kao JH. High SAFE scores predict hepatocellular carcinoma in viral and non-viral hepatitis and metabolic dysfunction associated steatotic liver disease. Clin Mol Hepatol. 2025 Jan 6. doi: 10.3350/cmh.2024.0822

Prof. Simone Strasser

Associate Professor Simone Strasser is a Senior Staff Specialist in the AW Morrow Gastroenterology and Liver Centre, and the Australian National Liver Transplant Unit at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and the University of Sydney in Sydney Australia.

She is President of the Gastroenterological Society of Australia (GESA), a member of the Executive Council of the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL) and a member of the Educational Committee of the International Liver Cancer Association (ILCA). She has a major clinical and research interest in primary liver cancer, viral hepatitis, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, advanced liver disease, and liver transplantation. She is Director of Hepatology Clinical Trials at RPAH leading clinical trials of new therapies for patients with liver disease and liver cancer.