Andreas Kremer MD, PhD, MHBA

Dr. Andreas Kremer is the Head of Hepatology at the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Zurich in Zurich, Switzerland. Professor Kremer is internationally recognized as a clinician, educator, and researcher in liver disease. His translational, clinical, and experimental research is focused on molecular mechanisms of immune-mediated and cholestatic liver disease, including symptom burden such as fatigue and pruritus, fibrogenesis, and development of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Prof. Kremer has been awarded several national and international research prizes, including the Schering-Plough Prize of the Dutch Society of Gastroenterology. His scholarly work has been cited more than 6,500 times (h-index: 42), according to Google Scholar, and he is a member of editorial boards for various journals. He served as a chair for several national and international guidelines, is a member of the Board of Directors of the Swiss Association for the Study of the Liver (SASL), and Chair of the International Forum for the Study of Itch special interest group for systemic pruritus.