Prof Emmanuel Tsochatzis

Professor Emmanuel Tsochatzis (MD, MSc, FEBTM, FRCP, PhD) is a Professor of Hepatology and Consultant Hepatologist at the UCL Institute for Liver and Digestive Health, Royal Free Hospital in London. He is Head of the Centre for Metabolic Liver Disease in ILDH and leads the specialist multidisciplinary service in MASLD at the Royal Free Hospital. His main clinical and research interests include metabolic dysfunction associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis and cirrhosis and portal hypertension.

Professor Tsochatzis finished his specialty training and PhD in Hippokration General Hospital in Greece, before moving to the Royal Free Hospital for his post-doc research under Professor Andy Burroughs. He is the recipient of the Rising Star in Gastroenterology prize by the UEG and the EASL Physician Scientist Fellowship.

He is a member of the Baveno steering committee for portal hypertension. He has an active research program and has published more than 400 articles in peer-reviewed journals.  He served a member of the EASL Governing Board from 2019 to 2022 and was the chair of the EASL Scientific Committee in 2021-22. He currently serves as an associate editor in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. He has received funding for his research from NIHR, MRC, EASL and EU Horizon 2020.