Chase Wehrle is an aspiring liver transplant and hepatobiliary surgeon currently in surgical residency at Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, OH. He is a passionate researcher who has raised >$6 M and applied for >$50M in external research funding in just 4 years with Cleveland Clinic. He has authored 140+ peer-reviewed publications including 50+ first-author publications and 6 first-author publications in Annals of Surgery and 4 in Journal of Hepatology. He maintains a current h-index = 26 and I-10 index = 63 at the age of 30. He attended MCG, receiving his MD in 2021, and previously Washington University in St. Louis, where he graduated with distinction in 2017. He is a passionate student and lifelong learner, with additional passions including football, basketball, golf, and pickleball.