Malgorzata Kloc: Prior to completing her postdoctoral training in Canada, Dr. Kloc was a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Zoology at the University of Warsaw, Poland. She also served as a Research Associate in the Department of Biology at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. While completing her postdoctoral training, Dr. Kloc earned the AHFMR Research Award from the University of Calgary and the MRC Biotechnology Training Award from Dalhousie University. She joined the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center as a Research Scientist in the Department of Molecular Genetics in 1987, and became an Associate Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology there in 2006. Dr. Kloc joined the Houston Methodist Research Institute in 2008. Currently, Dr. Kloc is the Weill Cornell Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology at The Houston Methodist Hospital.
R. Mark Ghobrial, M.D., Ph.D., FACS, FRCS (Ed)J.C. Walter Jr. Presidential Distinguished ChairDirector, J.C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center of ExcellenceDirector, Transplantation ResearchChief, Division of Transplantation, Department of SurgeryProfessor of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical CollegeFull Member, Houston Methodist Institute for Academic MedicinePast-President, International Liver Transplant SocietyEmail: rmghobrial[at]houstonmethodist.org
Rafik Mark 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 nearly 300 articles, 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 and is currently the President of the International Liver Transplant Society.