Cirrhosis Reversal: The Sprint is Not Over Yet!

Current Academic/Administrative Positions Professor of Medicine System Chief, Division of Liver Diseases Director, MASLD/MASH Center of Excellence Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Meena.bansal@msssm.edu Biography After completing Gastroenterology/Hepatology Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Bansal joined the faculty at Mount Sinai in 2001. She maintained an NIH funded research program focused on molecular mechanism of liver fibrosis with seminal contributions to our understanding of liver fibrosis in people living with HIV. Concurrently, Dr. Bansal held many leadership roles at Mount Sinai, including the inaugural Transplant Hepatology Fellowship Director, Director of Translational Research for the Liver Diseases Division, Medical Director of all Hospital-Based Clinics, Chief Medical Officer of Mount Sinai Care, LLC, Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Mount Sinai Health Partners, and Vice President of Population Health for Quality and Efficiency. In these latter roles, she oversaw the generation of increased quality dollars in value-based contracts, created Mount Sinai’s first ambulatory pharmacy program and addressed broad population health needs. Dr. Bansal has also served as the principal investigator for numerous clinical trials and clinical translational investigator-initiated studies in MASH. She launched the Mount Sinai MASLD/MASH Center of Excellence which has enrolled over 1200 patients. In January 2024, Dr. Bansal was named System Chief, Division of Liver Diseases for the Mount Sinai Health System. At a national level, Dr. Bansal served as Secretary (2019-2021) for AASLD and has been elected as Councilor (2027-2032) and will serve as AASLD President in 2031.