• Dr. Samir Shah is a hepatobiliary surgeon with 32 years of expertise and works as a Head of  Department  of Hepatology, Institute  of Liver Disease (HPB Surgery and Transplant Surgery).

• Owing to his expertise, he has been leading the way in coordinating efforts to start  a cadaveric organ transplant programme in the country especially in the city of Mumbai.

• Dr. Shah was directly associated with the first successful liver transplant in Mumbai.

• He is the Founding and Executive Committee Member of the recently formed Asia Pacific  Organization,   Coalition  to  Eradicate  Viral Hepatitis   in  Asia  Pacific (CEVHAP).

• He is the founder Trustee and the Hon. Secretary of the National Liver Foundation. He has been has  been  a Council Member  of International Liaison Committee, Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver (APASL), and was the first elected Secretary of the Indian Association for Study of the Liver for the period  1995-1997.

• He is currently on the Editorial Board of the J of Clinical and Expt Hep. He   has    been    a   member  of   the   Editorial  Board   of   Indian   Journal   of Gastroenterology and  on  the  National  Advisory Board  of the  Journal  of the Association of Physician of India (JAPI).