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Hepatology Update 2025
Hepatology Update Speakers
Dedication. Expertise. Innovation.
Dr. Gideon Hirschfield
Dr. Gideon Hirschfield, holder of the Lily and Terry Horner Chair in Autoimmune Liver Disease Research, is an internationally trained clinician scientist focused on liver disease. With education and practice at the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge, London, Birmingham, and Toronto, he aims to develop effective, personalized therapies for immune-mediated liver diseases.
He is globally recognized as a leader in liver medicine and a patient-centered clinician with nearly 15 years of experience in tertiary Hepatology care, including transplant management. Dr. Hirschfield has published nearly 200 papers and is a respected speaker and educator in Hepatology.
Dr. Cynthia Tsien
She completed her residency in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology at McGill University. She underwent training in hepatology, transplant hepatology, and research at the Toronto General Hospital and Cleveland Clinic. She obtained a Master in Public Health at the John Hopkins University. She specializes in the care of patients with liver disease pre- and post-transplant. Her research interests include sarcopenia, portal hypertension, and education.
Dr. Morven Cunningham
Dr Morven Cunningham completed medical training at the University of Cambridge and Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, UK. She undertook a PhD at Queen Mary, University of London, before completing a Fellowship in Hepatology at University of Toronto. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, and Staff Hepatologist at Toronto Centre for Liver Disease.
Dr. Kristel Leung
Dr. Kristel Leung first joined the Toronto Centre for Liver Disease (TCLD) in 2019 as a research associate & GI fellow. From 2021-2023, she was the inaugural Clinical & Research Fellow in Autoimmune Liver Diseases with Drs. Gideon Hirschfield & Aliya Gulamhusein, with concurrent pursuit of graduate studies in clinical epidemiology and health care research. At present, she is a clinical associate hepatologist at the TCLD while completing her PhD thesis focussed on epidemiology, outcomes and patient-reported outcomes in immune-mediated cholestatic liver diseases in Ontario.
Dr. Aliya Gulamhusein
Dr. Aliya Gulamhusein, MD, MPH, FRCPC, is a staff Hepatologist at Toronto Centre for Liver Disease, Francis Family Liver Clinic and specializes in Primary Biliary Cholangitis, Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis, Autoimmune Hepatitis and Transplant.
Elizabeth Lee, NP
Elizabeth (Liz) Lee is a nurse practitioner at the Toronto Centre for Liver Disease, Toronto General Hospital, UHN, with over 16 years of experience in chronic liver disease management, particularly cirrhosis and alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD).
She is involved in quality improvement initiatives, research projects, and is an active member of the AASLD and CASL ALD SIG committees. Liz also supports patient-led initiatives, including the Chinese Hepatitis B Support Group, and promotes clinical education for hepatology nurses. She is a Hub Member for ECHO Ontario Liver, past president of the Canadian Association of Hepatology Nurses (CAHN), an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Toronto, and chairs the Colina Yim Hepatology Update.
Dr. Jordan Feld
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Dr. Julian Hercun
Dr. Hercun completed his medical training as well as his Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology fellowship at the Université de Montreal. After completing additional training at the Liver Diseases Branch of the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases he will be joining the Liver Unit of the Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) in 2021. His clinical and research interest include auto-immune liver disease as well as hepatic involvement in systemic diseases.
Dr. Natcha Cheewasereechon
Natcha Cheewasereechon , Gastroenterologist and hepatologist, Currently clinical research fellowship, focusing on autoimmune liver disease at TCLD.
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