Professor James O’Beirne MBBS (Hons), MD, FRACP, FRCP, EDIC is a consultant hepatologist at Sunshine Coast University Hospital and conjoint clinical professor at Griffith University, Queensland. He is a clinician-academic with extensive experience in advanced liver disease,HCC, portal hypertension and critical care hepatology. He trained in hepatology and liver transplantation at King’s College Hospital and the Royal Free Hospital in London and completed doctoral research in the immune biology of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Since relocating to Australia in 2016,  Professor O’Beirne has helped develop specialist hepatology services at Sunshine Coast University Hospital and remains active in commercial and investigator-led clinical studies across hepatology. He has held national leadership roles with the Gastroenterological Society of Australia (GESA), including contributions through its liver faculty, education and clinical standards activities.

Professor O’Beirne is Hepatology Editor for the Internal Medicine Journal, Associate Editor for Frontline Gastroenterology, and a member of the Baveno Cooperation.