Prof. Vinod K. Rustgi, MD, is a Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Clinical Director of Hepatology, Director of the Center for Liver Diseases and Liver Masses, and a Professor of Epidemiology and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Rustgi has an extensive educational background, having completed his undergraduate studies at Yale University and his medical degree at Johns Hopkins University. He has also completed various internships, residencies, research fellowships, and postdoctoral appointments at different institutions, including Baylor College of Medicine, Georgetown University Hospital, Stanford University Medical Center, and the National Institutes of Health.

Prof. Rustgi has held various academic appointments throughout his career, including Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at Georgetown University School of Medicine, Medical Director of Liver Transplant at Georgetown University School of Medicine, and Professor of Medicine and Surgery at the Medical College of Virginia. He has also been a Co-Director of the Transplant Institute at Georgetown University School of Medicine. Prof. Rustgi has been a private practitioner in Fairfax, Virginia, and has held various hospital appointments at Rutgers School of Public Health and Robert Wood Johnson School of Medicine.

He has been certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, and Transplant Hepatology, and is a Fellow of several professional societies, including the American College of Physicians, the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, the American College of Gastroenterology, the American Gastroenterological Association, and the Royal College of Physicians.

Throughout his career, Prof. Rustgi has received numerous honors and awards, including a National Research Service Award in Gastroenterology, The American Liver Foundation Fellowship, and a Fellowship from the American College of Gastroenterology. He has also been a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and the William Earl Clark Society President. He has published several articles in various medical journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine, Hepatology, and the Annals of Internal Medicine. His research has focused on liver diseases, including hepatitis, liver transplantation, and hepatocellular carcinoma.