Faculty

Course Directors & Co-Chair


Professor of Medicine, Houston Methodist Hospital Chief Scientific Officer and Co-Chairman of the Board, Summit Clinical Research & Pinnacle Clinical Research Director, Houston Research Institute (HRI)

Chief Medical Officer (CMO), Summit Clinical Research, Scientific Advisory Board Committee
Director Of The Steatotic Liver Program, Clinical Research Institute Of Ohio (CRIOH)

Professor Carel le Roux, MBChB, PhD
Director | Metabolic Medicine Group University College Dublin, Professor of Metabolic Medicine | Ulster University, Professor of Chemical Pathology | University of Pretoria

International Medical Vice President, MASH | Novo Nordisk, Former Physician Scientist | Boston, University School of Medicine

Liver Scientific Committee


Becky Taub, MD

Madrigal Pharmaceuticals

Belle Vivica van Rosmalen, MD

Eli Lilly Pharmaceutical

Brian P. Lee, MD

USC Keck School of Medicine

Gene Im, MD

Columbia University


Jane Hsiao, PhD

OPKO

Scott Friedman, MD

Mount Sinai Institute for Liver Research

Jörn Schattenberg, MD

Saarland University Medical Center

Juan Pablo Arab, MD

Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine


Kitty Yale

Akero Therapeutics Biopharmaceutical

Lily Dara, MD

USC Keck School of Medicine

Mary Rinella, MD

University of Chicago

Meena Bansal, MD

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai


Naga Chalasani, MD

Indiana University School of Medicine

Nikhil Vergis, MD

GSK Biopharmaceutical

Norah Terrault, MD

USC Keck School of Medicine

Raj Vuppalanchi, MD

Indiana University School of Medicine


Ramy Younes, MD

Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceutical

Rashmee Patil, MD

Pinnacle Clinical Research

Obesity Scientific Board Committee


Carel le Roux, MBChB, PhD

University College Dublin

Ildiko Lingvay, MD, MPH, MSCS

University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, TX

Domenica Rubino, MD

Washington Center for Weight Management and Research


Layla AbuShamat, MD

Baylor College of Medicine

Abd Tahrani, MD, PhD

University of Birmingham (UK)

Isabel Kloer, MD, MSc

Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Ingelheim, Germany


Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Ingelheim, Germany

Isabel Kloer

Julia Dunn, MD, MSc, DABOM

Eli Lilly and Company

Georgios Dimitriadis, MD, MSc, PhD, FRCP

Eli Lilly and Company

Connecting liver, obesity, and metabolic science to improve patient care.

This conference looks at the bigger picture—how liver disease, obesity, and metabolic dysfunction intertwine. It creates a space where clinicians, researchers, and industry experts can break silos, share insights, and shape the future of care together. By weaving cutting-edge science with real-world clinical strategies, it challenges participants to rethink how breakthroughs move from the lab to the patient.