Andriy Myronovych, is an Assistant Research Scientist in the Department of Surgery, University of Michigan School of Medicine. Dr. Myronovych received his MD degree from the Lviv Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine in 2003. After completing his residency in general surgery and receiving a scholarship from the Japan Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, he continued his education as a PhD student at the University of Tsukuba, Japan. He successfully defended his thesis on hepatic regeneration and obtained his PhD degree in 2010. In that year he moved to Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana as a research fellow, where he continued his research on liver regeneration. The following year, in order to deepen his knowledge in the field of hepatology, Dr. Myronovych underwent further postdoctoral training at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio where he conducted research in the area of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and obesity. He joined the Department of Surgery at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan in 2014 as a Research Specialist and is currently an Assistant Research Scientist, following his promotion to this position.