Verhelst Xavier

Senior Hepatologist Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium Associate Professor of Hepatology Ghent University, Belgium Prof. Dr. Xavier Verhelst (MD, PhD) was trained as a gastroenterologist at Ghent University Hospital (Belgium). After a subspecialisation in liver diseases at Hôpital Beaujon in Clichy (France) he joined the department of gastroenterology and hepatology at Ghent University Hospital as a staff member caring for patients with liver disease with a focus on end stage liver disease and liver transplantation. He is involved in the liver transplant program and the multidisciplinary hepatocellular carcinoma treatment program. The focus of his research is the development of precision medicine in the field of hepatology. This started with the study of glycomics-based biomarkers in liver disease and solid organ transplantation, focusing now on a multi-omics approach. Besides liver transplantation and advanced cirrhosis, he has a special interest in autoimmune liver diseases and is an active member of the global primary biliary cholangitis group, the international primary sclerosing cholangitis study group and the Dutch autoimmune hepatitis research group. He has been primary or subinvestigator of numerous clinical trials in several liver diseases. He (co)authored more than 85 manuscripts in peer reviewed journals. He is the secretary of the Flemish society of gastroenterology (VVGE).