Dr. Emily R. Perito is pediatric hepatologist at UCSF, jointly appointed in the Departments of Pediatrics and of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. She is currently the Chair of UNOS' Pediatric Transplantation Committee, the Chair of SPLIT's Advocacy Committee, and serves on the SRTR Review Board. She also Co-Chairs the Starzl Network for Excellence in Pediatric Transplantation and co-leads their Optimizing Immunosuppression working group. Her research includes epidemiologic work focused on improving access to transplant, organ allocation, and waitlist outcomes for children awaiting liver transplant and patient-centered outcomes research focused on improving long-term outcomes after liver transplant.