Maria BUTI

Professor, Hospital Universitario Valle Hebron, Barcelona, Spain

Maria BUTI is Professor of Medicine at the Hospital General Universitari Valle Hebron, Barcelona. Dr BUTI has worked in viral hepatitis for the last 25 years, particularly in diagnosis and therapy of hepatitis B and C. She has been published more than 500 papers in the field of liver disease in peer review journals such as The New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet, Journal of Hepatology and numerous contributions to books. She has actively participated in clinical trials for development and approval of new drugs for hepatitis B, C and D.

Dr BUTI was President of the Spanish Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, and an active member of the EASL, and the AASLD and various professional societies. Currently she is the chair of public Health and Policy at EASL and associate editor of Journal of Hepatology.