Mamatha Bhat

Mamatha Bhat MD, MSc, PhD, FRCPC is a Hepatologist and Clinician-Scientist at the University Health Network (UHN)’s Ajmera Transplant Centre and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto. 

The goal of Dr. Bhat’s research program is to optimize equity and improve long-term outcomes of liver transplantation by developing tools of Artificial Intelligence integrating        clinical and ‘omics data. She leads the Transplant AI initiative at UHN, recognized for development and deployment of AI tools across transplant. Her research has been funded by CIHR, Terry Fox research institute, Canadian Liver Foundation, American society of Transplant among others. She has published over 170 papers in journals such as Lancet Digital Health, Journal of Hepatology, Nature Communications, Gut and Hepatology. Dr. Bhat has been the recipient of recognitions such as the 2022 CASL Research Excellence award and the 2021 American Society of Transplantation Basic Science Career Development Award. Dr. Bhat serves as Partnership & Engagement Lead for the Temerty Centre for AI Research and Education in Medicine (T-CAIREM) at University of Toronto.