Liver Transplantation and Surgery Transplant SIG: Advances in Hepatocellular Carcinoma Therapy

Julie K. Heimbach, M.D., is a Professor of Surgery and Chair of the Division of Transplantation Surgery at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.  She is currently on the council of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons; and recently served a member of the Governing Board of the AASLD and as chair of the Liver and Intestinal Transplant Committee of UNOS.   She also serves as associate editor of AJT and Journal of Hepatology.  Her interests are in liver transplantation in the setting of malignancy, particularly hilar cholangiocarcinoma, as well as the management of obesity in liver transplantation and living donor transplantation. 

I am a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and am Certified in both Gastroenterology and Hepatology and in Transplant Hepatology. My major clinical research focus is on the therapy and diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma. I work in a muliti-disciplinary medical/radiologic/surgical Liver Tumor clinic, and am involved in the recruitment of patients with HCC into clinical or pathologic trials. My major interest is on loco-regional therapy for HCC, both as a primary therapy and as a bridge to liver transplantation, including ⁹⁰Yttrium radiotherapy and TACE.

Mario Strazzabosco MD, PhD, is Professor of Medicine at Yale University, CT. He is Director of the Yale Liver Cancer Programat Smilow Hospital and Co-Director of the Yale Liver Center. Dr. Strazzabosco is the principal investigator in a number of research projects in the field of hepatology, and health care management and directs an NIH-sponsored Lab at the Yale University School of Medicine. His main current research interests relate to the pathophysiology of biliary tract diseases, biology of liver repair, liver cancer and health care management. He has received numerous awards and is a Fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology (FACG) a Fellow of the European Board of Surgery (transplant) (FEBS) and a Fellow of the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (FAASLD).