Dr. Didier Samuel, MD, PhD, is Professor of Hepatology and Gastroenterology at Université Paris-Saclay,Villejuif, France. He is currently (since 2017) Dean of the Faculty of Medicine Paris-Saclay. 

Prof Samuel is also Medical Director of the Liver Transplant Program, and Head of both the Liver and Intensive Care Units at Centre Hepatobiliaire of Universitary Hospital Paul Brousse in Villejuif. 

He is Director of Inserm Research Unit 1193 at Université Paris-Saclay. Prof Samuel obtained his MD in 1985 and his PhD in 1994 from University Paris-Sud ( now named Paris-Saclay), and served his internship at Hôpitaux de Paris. 

His research focuses on liver transplantation, viral hepatitis, HIV, liver failure and hepatocellular carcinoma. 

He was a member of the Council of the International Liver Transplantation Society from 2007 to 2015 (ILTS, acting as President 2013-2014), the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), and European Association of the Study of the Liver (EASL, he was member of the Scientific Committee 2000-2003). He served as Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Hepatology (2010-2014). Prof Samuel has published over 500 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals and textbooks, with a H-index of 83 and has given over 400 lectures at international congresses. 

In 2007, he was honored with the AASLD Achievement in Liver Transplantation Award. 

In 2010 he was awarded in France with the Legion d'Honneur, in 2014 with the Research Prize Allianz-Fondation de France and in 2018 with the EASL Recognition Award.