Associate Editor

Dr. Arab is Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile School of Medicine. Trained at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica, Chile and Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. Dr. Arab is a Gastroenterology and Hepatology specialist, Transplant Hepatologist and Physician Scientist with interest in translational and clinical research in alcohol-related liver disease and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. He is the Director for Living Donor Liver Transplantation at his institution. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers on gastrointestinal and liver diseases in high-impact factor journals, co-authored several book chapters and delivered lectures on liver-related topics at national and international meetings. Additionally, he is spearheading an international collaboration group that aims to study alcohol-related liver disease and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Dr. Arab is a member of the American Association for the study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), and Latin-American Association for the Study of the Liver (ALEH). He is currently the Secretary of the Special Interest Group on alcohol-related liver disease of the AASLD and Vice-Chairs its global outreach subcommittee. Additionally, he is the Vice-President of the Chilean Hepatology Association and member of the Education & Scholarship Committee of the International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS).

nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, MAFLD, NAFLD, steatosis, fatty liver, alcohol, alcohol-associated liver disease