{"id":23215,"date":"2024-01-31T09:49:10","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T08:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilts.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=23215"},"modified":"2024-03-27T12:29:37","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T11:29:37","slug":"join-an-ilts-special-interest-groups-your-ticket-to-expertise-and-collaboration","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/old.ilts.org\/news\/join-an-ilts-special-interest-groups-your-ticket-to-expertise-and-collaboration\/","title":{"rendered":"Join an ILTS Special Interest Groups: Your Ticket to Expertise and Collaboration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Elevate Your Involvement: Become a Member and Make a Difference<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>ILTS Special Interest Groups (SIGs) bring together clinicians, scientists, and allied health professionals who share a common interest in specific aspects of liver transplantation, promoting education and research in a wide range of topics.<br>Each SIG has an expert steering committee, and several of these are looking for new members for the next 3-year term from May 2024.<br>SIG members can now apply for regular membership and for the role of topic coordinator in the SIG Steering Committees (SC). Both regular members and topic coordinators serve for 3 years. Current SC members can also apply for an extension, but renewal will be based on exceptional contributions and is limited to a term of two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Applications closed on March 15, 2024, except for the Advanced Techniques in Hepatobiliary Surgery and ALD SIGs. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/old.ilts.org\/about\/special-interest-groups\/acute-liver-failure-sig\/\">Acute Liver Failure<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/old.ilts.org\/about\/special-interest-groups\/advanced-techniques-in-hepatobiliary-surgery\/\">Advanced Techniques in Hepatobiliary Surgery<\/a> <strong>&#8211; Applications are open until April 15. <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/old.ilts.org\/applications\/advanced-hpb-sig-steering-committee-top-coordinator-application\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/old.ilts.org\/applications\/advanced-hpb-sig-steering-committee-top-coordinator-application\/\"><strong>Apply here!<\/strong> <\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/old.ilts.org\/about\/special-interest-groups\/alcohol-related-liver-disease-sig\/\">Alcohol-related Liver Disease (ALD) SIG<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Applications are open until April 15. <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/old.ilts.org\/applications\/advanced-hpb-sig-steering-committee-top-coordinator-application\/\"><strong>Apply here!<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/old.ilts.org\/about\/special-interest-groups\/sig-cardiovascular-topics-in-liver-transplantation\/\">Cardiovascular Topics in Liver Transplantation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/old.ilts.org\/about\/special-interest-groups\/sig-dcd-liver-preservation-and-machine-perfusion\/\">DCD, Preservation &amp; Machine Perfusion<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/old.ilts.org\/about\/special-interest-groups\/sig-liver-transplant-oncology\/\">Liver Transplant Oncology<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The succession process will recognize and balance a number of factors. These include each candidate\u2019s motivation and capacity to contribute, continuity in committee functions, fair representation of the membership, and EDI principles. The President-elect and designated SIG Council Member, who represent and are accountable to ILTS Council, have overall responsibility for final committee selections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Advanced Techniques in Hepatobiliary Surgery and the Alcohol-related Liver Disease SIGs are still looking for new leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Applications open until April 15, 2024. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":23217,"template":"","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.ilts.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/news\/23215"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.ilts.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.ilts.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.ilts.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/23217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.ilts.org\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}