Xavier VerhelstProf. Dr. Verhelst MD PhD is senior hepatologist at the gastrointestinal and liver diseases department at Ghent University Hospital. Dr. Verhelst is a member of the Global PBC Study group for primary biliary cholangitis, the International PSC study goup for primary sclerosing cholangitis (iPSCsg) and the Vascular liver disease group (VALDIG) for vascular liver disease. He has been involved as a primary or sub investigator in numerous phase I, II and III clinical studies for new therapies in patients with viral hepatitis, primary liver tumors, primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), autoimmune hepatitis and liver transplantation. He has given lectures at national and international conferences. He is the author and co-author of more than 75 peer-reviewed publications. He is a member of the Board of the Flemish Association for Gastroenterology and member of the Belgian Association for the Study of the Liver, European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL), Belgian Transplant Association (BTS), and the Flemish Association for Gastroenterology. Read More Read Less