Dr. Schiff is the Leonard Miller Professor of Medicine, Chief of the Division of Hepatology, and Director of the Center for Liver Diseases at the University of Miami School of Medicine in Miami, Florida.

Dr. Schiff earned his B.A. at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and his M.D. at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. After graduating, he completed his internship at Cincinnati General Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, and his residencies in internal medicine at Cincinnati General Hospital and Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas. His fellowship in Gastroenterology was conducted at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas.

Dr. Schiff is the co-editor of the Tenth Edition of Schiff's Diseases of the Liver and has authored and co-authored more than 200 articles, books, book chapters concerning liver diseases and related topics. His articles have been published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Journal of Clinical Investigation, Hepatology, Journal of Hepatology, Liver Transplantation, New England Journal of Medicine, Annals of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology. He is the past President of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and past Chairman of the Biliary Section of the American Gastroenterological Association. Dr. Schiff is a Master of the American College of Gastroenterology, a Master of the American College of Physicians, a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and a Fellow of the American Gastroenterology Association. He was a member of the Gastroenterology Subspecialty Board of the American Board of Internal Medicine and former Chair of the FDA Advisory Committee on gastrointestinal drugs. Dr. Schiff is the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including the Florida Laureate Award presented by the American College of Physicians and the Distinguished Service award of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.