Emmanuel TSOCHATZIS

Professor of Hepatology, UCL Institute for Liver and Digestive Health, London, UK

Professor Emmanuel TSOCHATZIS (MD, MSc, FEBTM, FRCP, PhD) is a Professor of Hepatology and Consultant Hepatologist at the UCL Institute for Liver and Digestive Health, Royal Free Hospital in London. He is Head of the Centre for Metabolic Liver Disease in ILDH and a member of the Baveno steering committee for portal hypertension. His main research interests include non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, cirrhosis and portal hypertension and non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis.

Professor TSOCHATZIS finished his specialty training and PhD in Hippokration Hospital in Greece, before moving to the Royal Free Hospital for his post-doc research under Professor Andy Burroughs. He is the recipient of the UEG Rising Star award and the EASL Physician Scientist Fellowship. He serves as an associate editor in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

His work on the cost-effectiveness of non-invasive fibrosis tests has informed the WHO guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of both HBV and HCV. He has designed and implemented a primary care pathway for NAFLD referrals to secondary care. He leads the specialist multidisciplinary service in NAFLD at the Royal Free Hospital and has an active research program in NAFLD. He has published >270 articles in peer-reviewed journals. He served a member of the EASL Governing Board from 2019-2022 and was the chair of the EASL Scientific Committee in 2021-22. He has received funding for his research from NIHR, EASL and EU Horizon 2020.