Prasun Kumar Jalal

Prasun Kumar Jalal, MD, Assistant Professor in Medicine and Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine, is a board-certified expert in Transplant Hepatology, Gastroenterology, and Internal Medicine. His clinical focus spans liver transplantation, viral hepatitis, liver cancer, and autoimmune hepatitis. He holds the Stan and Sue Partee Endowed Chair in Hepatology.

• Education:
  • MD from Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
  • Fellowships in Transplant Hepatology (Mount Sinai), Gastroenterology (Long Island Jewish), and Royal College of Physicians (UK)

Research centers on alcohol-associated hepatitis, liver transplantation outcomes, AI-driven predictive models, and metabolic syndrome. His work includes global collaborations and large-scale studies on HCC genetics, frailty assessment, and scoring systems like SALT-M and MELD 3.0.

Scientific Contributions:

• Over 20 PubMed-indexed publications (2002–2025) with recent focus on AI in transplant survival, genetic susceptibility to HCC, and frailty in liver disease
• Endorsed key definitions like MAFLD in global consensus

Honors:

• 2006 Don Wilson Award
• 2006 David Falkenstein Award
• Award from American College of Gastroenterology