Dr. Arab is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition of Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine. He serves as the Inaugural Director of Alcohol Sciences at the Stravitz-Sanyal Institute for Liver Disease and Metabolic Health. Dr. Arab’s research in alcohol-associated liver disease (ALD) has truly refined the clinical hepatology practice and our understanding of this common disease. Dr. Arab is an Associate Editor for Hepatology (flagship AASLD journal). He is currently the Chair of the Special Interest Group on ALD of the AASLD and ALEH and Chair of the Clinical Committee at the NIAAA-sponsored AlcHepNet. Additionally, he is the Past-Chair of the Education & Scholarship Committee of the International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS) and the Chair of the multi-society ALD working group (bringing together the 4 major liver societies in the world). He has published more than 300 peer-reviewed papers, co-authored several book chapters and authored multiple clinical practice guidelines on ALD, MASLD and hepatorenal syndrome.