Robert J. Porte, MD, PhD, is Professor of Surgery and an hepato-pancreato-biliary (HPB) and transplant surgeon at the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Over the past 35 years he has been pioneering as clinician-scientist in the field of liver transplantation. Prof. Porte is a primary and co-investigator of several research projects in the field of organ transplantation, with special interest in machine preservation, biliary injury, hemostasis and intra-operative blood loss. He has mentored 49 PhD students (of which 15 are still ongoing) as either promotor or co-promotor. He recently initiated and developed the first international training program for organ perfusionists. He is past Secretary General of the European Liver and Intestine Transplantation Association (ELITA) and past President of the Netherlands Transplantation Society. In addition, he was member of the Eurotransplant Liver and Intestine Transplant Advisory Committee (ELIAC).
In 2023, he received the Distinguished Hepatology Award from the Netherlands Association for Study of the Liver (NASL) for his lifetime achievements. Robert Porte is the author of more than 480 scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals and has contributed to more than 20 textbooks. He has received several awards and has been an invited speaker at numerous scientific meetings.