Debbie L. Shawcross PhD, FRCP

Dr. Debbie Shawcross is a Professor of Hepatology and Chronic Liver Failure at King's College London. She qualified at St Mary’s Hospital Medical School, now Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine with honours having undertaken an intercalated BSc in Physiology and Clinical Pharmacology partway through. She pursued specialist training in gastroenterology and hepatology in London and was awarded a PhD at University College London in 2007 in hepatology under the supervision of Professor Rajiv Jalan. Her thesis explored the role of Ammonia, Infection and Inflammation in the Pathogenesis of Hepatic Encephalopathy which is a devastating condition that induces brain malfunction in both acute and chronic liver failure.

Dr. Shawcross joined the specialist register in gastroenterology and hepatology in 2007 and gained additional training in hepatology and liver transplantation as a Senior Clinical Fellow on the King’s Liver Unit prior to being awarded a HEFCE Clinical Senior Lectureship between January 2008 and 2013 at King’s College London alongside working as a Consultant Hepatologist on the King’s Liver Unit with a specialist interest in Hepatic Encephalopathy, Complex Hepatology and Liver Failure.