Valeria R. Mas, MSc, PhD, Joseph and Corinne Schwartz, Professor of Surgical Sciences Research in Transplantation, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Chief, Surgical Sciences Division, Department of Surgery at University of Maryland. Dr. Valeria Mas is a cellular and molecular transplant immunologist with expertise in high throughput molecular applications and big data analyses aimed to evaluate the molecular and cellular pathways and regulatory networks that are associated with kidney allograft response to injury and long-term outcomes. Dr Valeria Mas PhD FAST is the current ILTS President.

She plays critical roles in multiple national and international committees (e.g., Co-Chair Kidney Week 2027, American Society of Nephrology (2026-2027), President, International Liver Transplant Society, American Society of Transplantation (AST) Membership Committee, AST Community of Basic Scientists Executive Committee (2016-present), Chair AST Research Network Translational Scientific Review Committee and is an editorial board member of the American Journal of Transplantation.