We are honoured to present the esteemed members of the 2025 Scientific Committee who are leading the global vision for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Transplantation.

Nazia Selzner
Conference Co-Chair and
President, International Liver Transplantation Society

Cynthia Tsien
Conference Co-Chair and
Education Director, Ajmera Transplant Centre, UHN

Laia Aceituno
Liver Transplant Fellow, Ajmera Transplant Centre, University Health Network

Deniz Balci
Chair, Scientific Committee, International Society of Liver Surgeons

Ekaterine Berishvili Berney
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva

Patricia Burra
Vice Rector for Research Training, University of Padova

John Fung
Co-Director, Transplant Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago

Anand Ghanekar
General Surgeon, Divisions of General Surgery University Health Network and Hospital for Sick Children

Aviva Goldberg
Vice-President, Canadian Society of Transplantation

Sudha Kodali
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital

Nancy Man
Director, Laboratory for Liver Transplantation and Liver Cancer

Roslyn Mannon
Past-President, American Society of Transplantation and Chair of the Policy and Advocacy Committee of the American Society of Nephrology

Andrea Norgate
Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Coordinator, University Health Network and Living Organ Donor

Liset Pengel
Education Committee Chair, European Society for Organ Transplantation

Lisa Richardson
Strategic Advisor, Indigenous Health, University Health Network

Chaya Shwaartz
Co-Director, Abdominal Transplant & HPB Fellowship Program, Ajmera Transplant Centre, University Health Network

Germaine Wong
Director, Western Renal Service, Westmead Hospital and Professor of Clinical Epidemiology,
University of Sydney