Best Practice: Liver Transplantation and Rising Obesity (BTS Congress 2023)

Anya Adair’s reflections on Best Practice in Liver Transplantation, and the impact of rising obesity, from the British Transplantation Society Annual Congress 2023 in Edinburgh.

Presentations explored within reflections include:

• Rising Obesity, NAFLD and the impact on liver transplantation – Anya Adair & Varuna Aluvihare
• NAFLD: The scale of the problem and novel therapeutic approaches – Niloufar Safania
• Bariatric interventions to improve obesity related outcomes in liver transplantation – Julie Heimbach
• Case presentation: Aimen Amer

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• Ms Anya Adair

  Consultant Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgeon

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  Ms Anya Adair

  Consultant Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgeon Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh

  Role and Location

  Consultant Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgeon, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh

  Education

  • Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) University of London
  • Member of the Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS) England
  • Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) University of Edinburgh
  • Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS Gen Surg) England

  Research Interests

  Paid Organ Donation: The Case Against and Maximizing Use of Marginal Liver Grafts for Transplantation

   Membership

  • British Transplantation Society Council Member for Liver Transplantation
  • Clinical Lead Scottish HPB Cancer Network (SHPBN)
  • Liver Advisory Group (LAG) Core Group Member
  • HCC-UK Committee, Surgical Representative
  • IHPBA development committee
  • British Liver Trust Clinical Advisory Board and Pancreatic cancer UK Clinical Advisory group