2024 Emerging Liver Program Awardees
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

Dana Kablawi, MD
McGill University
The 2024 Raymond T. Chung Emerging Liver Scholar Award is made possible through the Chung Family Fund for Emerging Liver Scholars.
Guadalupe (Lupe) Garcia-Tsao Emerging Liver Scholar

Isabella M. F. Faria, MD
University of Texas Medical Branch
The 2024 Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao Emerging Liver Scholar Award is made possible through the Guadalupe Garcia-Tsao Fund for Future Hepatology Leaders.
Bruce A. Luxon Emerging Liver Scholar

Tejasav Sehrawat, MD
Yale University
The 2024 Bruce A. Luxon Emerging Liver Scholar Award is made possible through the Luxon Family Fund for Emerging Hepatology Scholars.
2024 Emerging Liver Scholars

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

Hazem Abosheaishaa, MD, MSc
Mount Sinai

Kareen Akiva, MD
University of Maryland Medical Center

Mukarram Jamat Ali, MD
Howard University Hospital

Mustafa Al-Karaghouli, MD, MSc
University of Alberta

Saqr Alsakarneh, MD
University of Missouri-Kansas City

Romelia Barba, MD
Texas Tech University

Isabelle S. Byers, MD
Duke University

Allison Carroll, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

Khalid Fahoum, MD, MSc
NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Alexandra Fiedler, MD
University of Nebraska Medical Center

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

Manisha Jogendran, MD
Queen's University

David S. Kim, MD
Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Vishwajit Kode, MD
California Pacific Medical Center

Mason Lai, MD, MAS
University of California San Francisco

Carolina M. Larrain, MD
NYU Langone Health

Justin Lin, MD
Northwell Health

Peter Lymberopoulos, MD
SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Lauren E. Matevish, MD
UT Southwestern

Madison Nguyen, MD
VCUHS
Joshua S. Norman, MD
Stanford Healthcare

Nazli Begum Ozturk, MD
Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak

Nguyen Vo Bao Pham, MD
UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center

Amir Sultan Seid, MD
University of Minnesota

Layla Shojaie, MD
Keck Medical Center of USC

Aishwarya Thakurdesai, MBBS
University of Louisville School of Medicine

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

Roy X. Wang, MD
University of Pennsylvania

Shawn Wen, MD, MS
NYU Langone

Marcel Jose Yibirin Wakim, MD, MPH
Boston Medical Center

Melanie Zheng, MD, MHS
Johns Hopkins Hospital
The 2024 Emerging Liver Scholar program is made possible through 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, MPAS, PA-C
Hennepin County Medical Center

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

Allyssa Castillo, DNP, AGACNP- BC
Texas Liver Institute
Christie Esquivel, MSPAS, PA-C
Loma Linda Transplant Institute

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

Kristy Kiermaier DNP, FNP-BC
Rush University Medical Center

Kristen Knoph, PharmD
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Jimyeong Son, AGPCNP-BC
North Shore University Hospital

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

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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