Dr. William Merritt M.D., associate professor of anesthesiology and head of the liver transplant anesthesia team at Johns Hopkins since 1987, recently received the Distinguished Service Award from the International Liver Transplantation Society (ILTS) at their annual meeting, this year in New York City. He is one of the five original founders of the Society, served as its first Secretary/Treasurer, and was President of the ILTS from 1999-2001. He has been instrumental in broadening the international emphasis of the Society’s educational activities.
He also initiated in 1994 an annual conference, held during the ASA, entitled “Perioperative Care in Liver Transplantation” which is sponsored by the ILTS and held with the cooperation of the ASA. He is chair of the conference this year in New Orleans on Sunday, October 18 at the New Orleans Hilton.
The ILTS is a multidisciplinary society, with over 800 members – including surgeons, hepatologists, anesthesiologists and CCM specialists and any others with an interest in liver transplantation. The annual ILTS meeting routinely draws over 1500 attendees from around the globe.
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