Adil Ed Wakil, Vice President

• Current Affiliation: Associate Chief, Division of Hepatology, California Pacific Medical Center; Clinical Faculty, University of California, San Francisco
• Education: MD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School; BS, Zoology, Duke University
• Research Experience: Gastro-intestinal fellowship and immunology research in infectious disease at UCSF

Having volunteered as a physician and sent medical supplies overseas, Ed feels strongly that appropriately applied technology will have a tremendous impact on global health. For Ed, the goals of SSI represent a harmonious fusion of his basic research experience in immunology and his love of patient care. It represents a balance between the high-tech medical practice of liver transplantations in the U.S. and the basic needs for clinical and scientific advancement in the developing world.