About
Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Ali Canbay has held the chair for Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Ruhr University Bochum since 2019 and serves as Director of the Medical Clinic at University Hospital Knappschaftskrankenhaus Bochum. In 2023 he was also awarded a visiting professorship at Saint Louis University in Missouri, USA. Career: Canbay studied medicine from 1991 to 1997 at Semmelweis University Budapest and Ruhr University Bochum. From 1998 to 2016 he worked at University Hospital Essen, completing his board certification in internal medicine in 2006. From 2001 to 2003 he conducted research as a DAAD fellow at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, USA, receiving the Edward Kendall Award there in 2004. He completed his habilitation in 2007 and was appointed adjunct professor in 2010. In 2016 he was appointed professor at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg before moving to Bochum in 2019. Research: Canbay's research group conducts clinical, translational, and basic research across the field of hepatology and gastroenterology, with focus areas including fatty liver disease (MASLD/MASH), liver cirrhosis, liver failure, hepatocellular carcinoma, and cholangiocarcinoma, as well as mechanisms of apoptosis, fibrogenesis, and liver aging.