Dr. Rawih HAZZAN, MD, is a Clinical Senior Lecturer in Medicine at the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University, and Head of the Gastroenterology Department at Assuta Haifa Medical Center. He also serves as Regional Lead for Liver Diseases in Clalit Health Services, North District, improving hepatology care for over one million residents. He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Rabin Medical Center (Beilinson), followed by fellowship training in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Carmel Medical Center in Haifa. He established and led the Liver Unit at Emek Medical Center, pioneering innovative community-based hepatology services including outpatient paracentesis and structured pre-transplant pathways. Dr. HAZZAN has driven national public health initiatives. His efforts helped introduce universal hepatitis B screening in pregnancy and reflex hepatitis D testing in Israel, enabling earlier diagnosis and prevention of severe liver disease. His research focuses on autoimmune and viral liver diseases, cirrhosis complications, AI-driven early detection tools, and endoscopy quality improvement. He is co-inventor of a patented machine-learning algorithm for cirrhosis screening with the Weizmann Institute of Science. Dr. HAZZAN has authored more than 40 peer-reviewed papers and frequently presents at AASLD and EASL. He serves on the Editorial Board of BMC Gastroenterology, contributes to ESGE clinical guidelines, and is a member of Israel’s National Transplant Stee