Mary E. Rinella

Dr. Rinella is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She studied basic mechanisms of steatohepatitis with the support of the American Gastroenterological Association and the National Institute of Health for 10 years. Currently her focus is in clinical research in the area of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease/NASH both before and after liver transplantation. Her primary clinical focus within the NASH realm is on the associations between NASH and cardiovascular disease and the occurrence of NASH after liver transplantation. She is considered a thought leader in the field of NAFLD/NASH and is the Chair of the NAFLD/NASH special interest group at the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.