Arun J. Sanyal, MD, FAASLD Metabolic Continuum Roundtable™ Co-Chair

Z. Reno Vlahcevic Professor of Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine

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Arun J. Sanyal, MD, is the Reno Vlahcevic Professor of Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. He has over 30 years of experience as a leading physician-scientist and undertakes academic research in two major hepatology areas: cirrhosis and its complications, and alcoholic/nonalcoholic steatohepatitis.

In 2018, Prof. Sanyal accepted the Distinguished Achievement Award from the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), considered to be one of the highest honors in his scientific field. He has previously served as secretary and president of AASLD and was a founding member of the hepatology board of the American Board of Internal Medicine. Prof. Sanyal also helped found and chair the Liver Forum which brings FDA, EMA, academia, NIH, and industry stakeholders together to accelerate therapeutic development in NASH and hepatic fibrosis.