Cardio-Hepatology. Connections Between Hepatic and Cardiovascular Disease

Authors

Tatsunori Taniguchi Professor and Cardiologist of the Medical Staff, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan. Dr. Taniguchi is a cardiologist at the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine at Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan, with research interests in crosstalk between heart and other organs in heart failure. He has won several awards for research including the 2014 Japan Circulation Society (Kinki Regional Scientific Meeting) Young Investigator's Award and the Japan Society of Ultrasound Sonics in Medicine Prize for Encouragement. He served as a representative of U-40 heart failure network in Japan in 2018. He is also a member of Japan International Young Committee at Japan Circulation Society from 2018. Samuel S. Lee Division of Gastroenterology, The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Dr. Lee is a professor of Medicine (Hepatology) at the University of Calgary, Canada, with research interests in cardiovascular complications of cirrhosis and viral hepatitis. He has won several awards for teaching and research including the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002, the Canadian Association of the Study of Liver (CASL) Distinguished Service Award, 2015, CASL/CLF Gold Medal in 2021, and has lectured in more than 50 countries. He is a past-president of CASL, International Association for Study of Liver (IASL), and the International Ascites Club. He served as editor-in-chief of Liver International from 2008 to 2013. He chairs the steering committee for the Canadian HCV database registry CANUHC (Canadian Network Undertaking against Hepatitis C).