R. Mark Ghobrial, MD, PhD, FACS, FRCS (Ed)
Dr. Ghobrial is a Professor of Surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College, Director of the J.C.
Walter Jr. Transplant Center, Houston Methodist, Houston, Texas, and he holds the J.C.
Walter Jr. Presidential Distinguished Chair. He obtained his MD from Cairo University and
PhD from the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas. His medical
training was completed at Massachusetts General Hospital, University of Texas Health
Science Center, and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
He is the recipient of multiple awards and honors and was elected to the Fellowship of
The Royal College of Surgeons-Edinburgh and the American Surgical Association. As a
researcher, he is the recipient of multiple grants and has held NIH-sponsored awards in
transplant immunology and clinical sciences. He has authored more than 300 articles, and
chapters and has lectured widely, both nationally and internationally, on topics related to
liver disease and transplantation.
Dr. Ghobrial has served on numerous committees and held multiple advisory and
leadership roles in the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), American Society of
Transplantation (AST), American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS), International
Liver Transplant Society (ILTS) and Transplant Recipients International Organization
(TRIO). In the ASTS, he served as Councilor-at-Large on the Board of Directors and is
currently an independent member of the Board of Directors of the ASTS Foundation. In
the ILTS, he served as Councilor on the Board of Directors, Chair of the Investment
Committee, Treasurer, President, and is currently Past-President.