Interim-Chair of the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at VCU/VCUHealth
Professor of Medicine, Physiology and Molecular Pathology
Arun J. Sanyal, MD, was recently appointed as Interim-Chair of the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at VCU/VCUHealth. 
Dr. Sanyal is a Professor of Medicine, Physiology and Molecular Pathology. 
Dr. Sanyal also serves as Chair of the NIH NASH Clinical Research Network, the NIMBLE consortium and the Liver Forum for NASH and fibrosis.
He has served in several leadership roles nationally and globally including Chair of the Hepatobiliary Pathophysiology Study Section of the NIH, Secretary and then President of the American Association for Study of Liver Disease, founding member of the American Board of Internal Medicine Transplant Hepatology board examination and member of WHO advisory council on viral hepatitis.
His contributions have been recognized by receiving the Distinguished Mentorship Award from the American Gastroenterological Association and the Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award from the American Liver Foundation in 2017 and the Distinguished Achievement Award from the AASLD in 2018.