Ethics in Liver Transplantation in the Era of Rising Alcohol-Related Liver Disease

Dr. Bilal Bobat is a Gastroenterologist and Transplant Hepatologist at the Liver Unit at Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre. He is affiliated with the University of the Witwatersrand, Department of Internal Medicine, as a lecturer. He has a research interest in autoimmune liver diseases, specifically Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis, which is the focus of his PhD. As part of this project, he is establishing an autoimmune liver disease biobank to support further research in South Africa. Dr Bobat is a regional committee member of the International Association for the Study of the Liver (IASL) and is the regional lead for the THINK collaborative— a global transplant hepatology network. He is also affiliated with several autoimmune liver groups, including the International PSC Study Group, the International Autoimmune Hepatitis Group and the Global PBC Study Groups. Locally, he has served on the executive of the South African Gastroenterology Society (SAGES) and is a trustee of the Gastroenterology and Hepatology Foundation of Sub-Saharan Africa, an organisation focused on training and improving the quality of gastroenterology and hepatology care in the region.