Zobair M. Younossi, MD, MPH, is the Executive Director of Research for Inova Health System and the Executive Director of the Center for Liver Diseases at Inova Fairfax Hospital, Annandale, VA. He is also Professor of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Inova Campus and Affiliate Professor of Biomedical Sciences at George Mason University. Dr Younossi has authored over 150 articles and presented more than 150 abstracts at international meetings. He sits on multiple local and national committees and has served on the editorial boards of Hepatology and World Journal of Gastroenterology and served as the associate editor of Liver International and Evidence-Based Gastroenterology. Over the past decade, Dr Younossi has been actively involved with the American Liver Foundation, as well as multiple committees of the American Association for the Study of Liver Disease and American College of Gastroenterology. He is a sought-after speaker who frequently speaks as faculty in major international scientific meetings.