Emmanuel TSOCHATZIS

UK

City: London

Institution: UCL Institute for Liver and Digestive Health Royal Free Hospital And Ucl

Biography of Emmanuel TSOCHATZIS

Dr Emmanuel Tsochatzis (MD, MSc, FEBTM, FRCP, PhD) finished his training and PhD in Hippokration General Hospital in Greece, before moving to the Royal Free Hospital for his post-doc research under Professor Andy Burroughs. Since 2014, he is an Associate Professor and Consultant Hepatologist at the UCL Institute for Liver and Digestive Health, Royal Free Hospital in London. In the same year, he was the recipient of the Rising Star in Gastroenterology prize by the UEG and the EASL Physician Scientist Fellowship. Since 2019, he serves in the Governing board of EASL. His main research interests include non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, cirrhosis and portal hypertension and non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis . His work on the cost-effectiveness of non-invasive fibrosis tests has informed the WHO guidelines on diagnosis and treatment of both HBV and HCV. He has desinged and implemented a primary care pathway for NAFLD referrals to sdecondary care. He leads the specialist multidisciplinary service in NAFLD at the Royal Free Hospital and has an active research program in NAFLD. He has published more than 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals. He has received funding for his research from EASL, NIHR and EU Horizon 2020