A/Prof William Kemp completed his medical degree at Monash University, Melbourne in 1996 and is now a senior staff Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist at The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne and clinical Associate Professor at the School of Translational Medicine, Monash University. A/Prof Kemp completed his PhD in the study of portal hypertension. He has published over a 140 peer reviewed research papers in both national and international journals on various aspects of liver disease. He is the inaugural President of the Melbourne Liver Group. He has served as author or working group led on national guidelines including; Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, NAFLD and Hepatocellular carcinoma. He has a long-standing interest in the non-invasive assessment of hepatic fibrosis and Hepatocellular carcinoma and has an active clinical and research practice.