Libor Vitek is the Head of the Hepatological Laboratory of the Institute of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Diagnostics at the First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, in Prague. He is also a Doctor-specialist at the 4th Internal Clinic of the General Faculty Hospital and First Faculty of Medicine in Prague and was appointed Associate Professor in Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry at the 1st Medical Faculty of Charles University in Prague in 2005. He obtained a Diploma at the 1st Medical Faculty of Charles University in Prague in 1994; completed postgraduate studies in Biochemistry at the First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, in Prague in 2001; and obtained a Master of Business Administration in 2005. He has been a member of the Committee of the Czech Hepatology Society since 2010, a member of the Czech Gastroenterology Society, a member of the American Society Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), and a member of the American Gastroenterology Association (AGA).