Xavier Verhelst

Xavier Verhelst (MD, PhD) is a senior hepatologist at Ghent University Hospital and associate professor of Hepatology at Ghent University. He was trained as a gastroenterologist at Ghent University Hospital (Belgium) and was a fellow in the department of liver diseases at Hôpital Beaujon in Clichy (France). The focus of his research is the study of glycomics-based biomarkers in liver disease and solid organ transplantation. He has a special interest in autoimmune liver diseases and is an active member of several international study groups in this field. He (co)authored more than 90 manuscripts in peer reviewed journals. He is the secretary of the Flemish society of gastroenterology (VVGE).