Now with over 5,500 members from all over the world, EASL is an influential international organisation. It attracts the foremost hepatology experts as members and has an impressive track record in promoting research in liver disease, supporting wider education, and promoting changes in European liver policy.
Leadership & Governance
Management Committee
The Management Committee is the body which advises the Governing Board, prepares the Governing Board’s agenda and discussions and oversees the implementation of the strategy and decisions of the General Assembly and the Governing Board, that are not exclusively covered by the Scientific, the Educational or the Policy, Public Health and Advocacy Committees.
The Management Committee is constituted of:
Aleksander Krag
MD, PhD, MBA, Professor and Head of Hepatology, Odense University Hospital, Denmark
Debbie Shawcross
Institute of Liver Studies, King’s College London
Francesco Negro
Divisions of Gastroenterology and Hepatology of Clinical Pathology, University Hospital of Geneva
Massimo Pinzani
Treasurer-electInstitute for Liver and Digestive Health University College London
Tobias Böttler
Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Endocrinology and Infectious Diseases University Hospital Freiburg, Germany
Sven Francque
EASL Educational CouncillorChairman of the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology of the University Hospital Antwerp and Full Professor of Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences of the University of Antwerp
Maria Buti
Professor of Medicine. Liver Unit, Hospital General Universitari Valle Hebron, Barcelona.
Francesco Paolo Russo
Associate Professor of Gastroenterology at the University of Padua
Ahmed Elsharkawy
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom