2024 Emerging Liver Program Awardees

Emerging Liver Scholars

Emerging Liver Advanced Practice Provider Program

Meet the 2024 Emerging Liver Scholars

Now in its thirteenth year, AASLD Foundation's Emerging Liver Scholars program will host 35 young physicians at The Liver Meeting® 2024.

Chosen from a highly qualified applicant pool of individuals, these trainees have received grants covering travel, housing, and meeting expenses. In addition to attending the meeting with an AASLD member/mentor from their institution, the ELS attendees will have the opportunity to attend special events specifically suited to their current and future academic needs.

Raymond T. Chung Emerging Liver Scholar

Kablawi

 

Dana Kablawi, MD  
McGill University  
 

 


Guadalupe (Lupe) Garcia-Tsao Emerging Liver Scholar  
 Faria

Isabella M. F. Faria, MD  
University of Texas Medical Branch  
 

 

 

Bruce A. Luxon Emerging Liver Scholar  
 Sehrawat

Tejasav Sehrawat, MD  
Yale University

 

 

 

2024 Emerging Liver Scholars   
 Majd Aboona

Majd Aboona, MD  
University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix  
 

 

 

Hazem Abosheaishaa

 

Hazem Abosheaishaa, MD, MSc  
Mount Sinai  
 

 

 

Kareen Akiva

 

Kareen Akiva, MD  
University of Maryland Medical Center  
 

 

 

Mukarram Ali

 

Mukarram Jamat Ali, MD  
Howard University Hospital  
 

 

 

Mustafa Al-KJaraghouli

 

Mustafa Al-Karaghouli, MD, MSc  
University of Alberta  
 

 

 

Saqr Alsakarneh

 

Saqr Alsakarneh, MD  
University of Missouri-Kansas City  
 

 

 

Romelia Barba

 

Romelia Barba, MD  
Texas Tech University  
 

 

 

Isabelle Byers

 

Isabelle S. Byers, MD  
Duke University  
 

 

 

Allison Carroll

 

Allison Carroll, MD  
Massachusetts General Hospital  
 

 

 

Khalid Fahoum

 

Khalid Fahoum, MD, MSc  
NYU Grossman School of Medicine  
 

 

 

Alexandra Fiedler

 

Alexandra Fiedler, MD  
University of Nebraska Medical Center  
 

 

 

Andrew Flemming

 

Andrew M. Fleming, MD  
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center / St. Jude Children's Research Hospital  
 

 

 

Manisha Jogendran

 

Manisha Jogendran, MD  
Queen's University  
 

 

 

David Kim

 

David S. Kim, MD  
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School  
 

 

 

Vishwajit Kode

 

Vishwajit Kode, MD  
California Pacific Medical Center  
 

 

 

Mason Lai

 

Mason Lai, MD, MAS  
University of California San Francisco   
 

 

 

Carolina Larrain

 

Carolina M. Larrain, MD  
NYU Langone Health  
 

 

 

Justin Lin

 

Justin Lin, MD  
Northwell Health  
 

 

 

Peter Lymberopoulos

 

Peter Lymberopoulos, MD  
SUNY Downstate Medical Center  
 

 

 

Lauren Matevish

 

Lauren E. Matevish, MD  
UT Southwestern  
 

 

 

Madison Nguyen

 

Madison Nguyen, MD  
VCUHS  
 

 

 

Joshua Norman

 

Joshua S. Norman, MD  
Stanford Healthcare  
 

 

Nazli Ozturk

 

Nazli Begum Ozturk, MD  
Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak  
 

 

 

Nguyen Pham

 

Nguyen Vo Bao Pham, MD  
UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center  
 

 

 

Amir Sultan Seid

 

Amir Sultan Seid, MD  
University of Minnesota  
 

 

 

Layla Shojaie

 

Layla Shojaie, MD  
Keck Medical Center of USC  
 

 

 

Aishwarya Thakurdesai

 

Aishwarya Thakurdesai, MBBS  
University of Louisville School of Medicine  
 

 

 

Fnu Vikash

 

Fnu Vikash, MD  
Jacobi Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine  
 

 

 

Roy Wang

 

Roy X. Wang, MD  
University of Pennsylvania  
 

 

 

WenShawn

 

Shawn Wen, MD, MS  
NYU Langone  
 

 

 

Wakim

 

Marcel Jose Yibirin Wakim, MD, MPH  
Boston Medical Center  
 

 

 

Zheng

 

Melanie Zheng, MD, MHS  
Johns Hopkins Hospital  
 

 

 

The 2024 Emerging Liver Scholar program is made possible through generous contributions from the Chung Family Fund for Emerging Liver Scholars, Dr. Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao, the Luxon Family Fund for Emerging Hepatology Scholars, and unrestricted donations from AASLD and donors to the AASLD Foundation.

Meet the 2024 Emerging Liver Advanced Practice Providers

Now in its third year, AASLD Foundation's Emerging Liver Advanced Practice Provider Program will host 10 APPs at The Liver Meeting® 2024.

Chosen from a highly qualified applicant pool of individuals, these providers have received grants covering travel, housing, and meeting expenses. In addition to attending the meeting with an AASLD member/mentor from their institution, the ELAPP attendees will have the opportunity to attend special events specifically suited to their current and future academic needs.

Marisa Baker

 

Marisa Baker, MPAS, PA-C 
Hennepin County Medical Center 
 

 

 

Alison Baron

 

Alison B. Baron, PA-C 
University of North Carolina 
 

 

 

Allyssa Castillo
Allyssa Castillo, DNP, AGACNP- BC 
Texas Liver Institute 
 

 

 

Christie Esquivel

 

Christie Esquivel, MSPAS, PA-C 
Loma Linda Transplant Institute 
 

 

Jillian Hubert

 

Jillian Hubert, PA-C 
Weill Cornell Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation 
 

 

 

Kristy Kiermaier

 

Kristy Kiermaier DNP, FNP-BC 
Rush University Medical Center 
 

 

 

Kristen Knoph

 

Kristen Knoph, PharmD 
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 
 

 

 

Jimyeong Son

 

Jimyeong Son, AGPCNP-BC 
North Shore University Hospital 
 

 

 

Scott Springer

 

Scott R. Springer, PA-C 
Erie County Medical Center 
 

 

 

Hana Svejdova

 

Hana Svejdova, NP 
Abdominal Specialists of South Texas 
 

 

 

The 2024 ELAPP Awards are made possible through unrestricted donations from AASLD and donors to the AASLD Foundation.

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Past Awardees

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