Prof. Dr. Lizheng Shi received his MS in Pharmacy from the
Peking Union Medical College, PhD in Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy from
the University of Southern California. He is now the Endowed Regents Professor
at the Department of Health Policy and Management and the director of Health Systems Analytics
Research Center (HSARC). He is also a member of clinical faculty at the departments of medicine
(endocrinology) and psychiatry. His current
research interests include health technology assessment and healthcare quality,
access, and economics.
Dr. Amit G. Singal is a Professor in the Department of
Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center, and a member of its
Division of Digestive & Liver Diseases. He is an expert in hepatocellular
carcinoma and serves as the Medical Director of the UT Southwestern Liver Tumor
Program. He earned his medical degree at the University of Michigan. He
completed a residency in internal medicine at the University of Washington and
then received advanced training in gastroenterology and transplant hepatology through
separate fellowships at the University of Michigan. He was certified by the
American Board of Internal Medicine in gastroenterology and transplant
hepatology. He joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2010. He also received
Investigator Awards from the ILCA and the AGA. His research focuses on
diagnosing and treating liver cancer before it becomes incurable. He has
received grants from the NIH, examining the HCC care continuum, ranging from
HCC prevention to screening and early detection to treatment and survivorship,
and he lectures on his work frequently throughout the world. He has published
more than 300 articles in many peer-reviewed publications.
