Mary E. RINELLA

Mary E. Rinella, MD
Professor of Medicine Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Dr. Mary Rinella is a Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. She studied basic mechanisms of steatohepatitis with the support of the American Gastroenterological Association and the National Institutes of Health for 10 years. Currently her focus is on clinical research in the area of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease/NASH both before and after liver transplantation. Her primary clinical focus within the NASH realm is on the associations between NASH and cardiovascular disease and the occurrence of NASH after liver transplantation. She is the Director of the Northwestern Fatty Liver Program and currently serves as Chair of the NAFLD/NASH special interest group at the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.

Dr. Rinella received her medical degree from the University of Illinois, Chicago, fulfilled her residency at the University of Chicago Hospitals, and completed her fellowship at Northwestern University McGaw Medical Center.