EASL, the European Association for the Study of the Liver, founded in 1966, is a medical association dedicated to pursuing excellence in liver research, to the clinical practice of liver disorders, and to providing education to all those interested in hepatology. As of 2024, EASL serves 6,800 members.
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
Massimo Pinzani
MD, PhD, FRCPScientific Director UPMC ISMETT Palermo, Italy and Emeritus Professor of Medicine University College London, UK
Ana Lleo
Professor of Internal Medicine in Humanitas University, Milan, Italy.
Sven Francque
Chairman 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
Shira Zelber-Sagi
Head of the School of Public Health, University of Haifa, Israel
Francesco Paolo Russo
Associate Professor of Gastroenterology at the University of Padua
Ahmed Elsharkawy
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom