Professor Basaranoglu Metin was completed his postdoctoral studies in St. Louis University School of Medicine/Liver Centre, St. Louis/MO, USA.He is the author of a book: fatty liver pathogenesis (2009), and a book chapter (in Metabolic Aspects of Chronic Liver Diseases) published in NY (2008). He is a member of AASLD and EASL. He was awarded twice by AASLD (1998/2002) as a young investigator and once by EASL (2009).