• SASL is an interdisciplinary group of Swiss scientists, clinicians and translational researchers interested in liver biology and disease. Our mission is to promote research, to disseminate knowledge and to prevent and cure liver disease.

  • Regulations for financial support of SASL studies

  • SASL Hepatology Prize 2025 awarded to Anne-Laure Leblond at the SGG/SASL annual meeting

  • Rules for endorsement and sponsoring

SASL School of Hepatology

Upcoming Courses:
SASL School Number 52

Monday, 15 Jun 2026, 1730h - 1900h
SASL Hepatology News. David Semela, Health Ostschweiz HOCH
New Recommendations BAVENO VIII Consensus. Thomas Reiberger, AKH Vienna
Management of Alcohol-related Liver Disease. Susana Gomes Rodrigues, Inselspital Bern

SASL School Number 53

Monday, 14 Sep 2026, 1730h - 1900h

SASL School Number 54

Monday, 7 Dec 2026, 1730h - 1900h

Upcoming Congresses

Hepato Update 2026 (Schirmerrschaft SASL)

19 Jun 2026 - 20 Jun 2026, Berlin and Livestream

SSAI Annual Congress and Swiss Autoimmune Liver Disease Meeting (SASL endorsed)

27 Aug 2026 - 28 Aug 2026, Lugano

Intensive Care in Hepatology 2026 (SASL endorsed)

3 Sep 2026 - 4 Sep 2026, Bern

Simposio Ticinese di Epatologia (SASL endorsed): save the date

1 Oct 2026 - 1 Oct 2026, Manno / TI

Calculators

MELD score

Calculates the Model of Endstage Liver Disease Score

Alcoholic hepatitis score calculator

Set of calculators for alcoholic hepatitis

Lille model

A tool for therapeutic strategy in patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis treated with steroids

ALBI grade

The albumin-bilirubin (ALBI) grade measures liver functional reserve in patients with HCC

VOCAL-Penn Cirrhosis Surgical Risk Score

VOCAL-Penn predicts post-operative mortality for patients with cirrhosis

CIOMS/RUCAM

Causality assessment of adverse reactions to drugs

FIPS (Freiburg Index of Post-TIPS Survival)

FIPS is a tool based on age, total bilirubin, serum creatinine and albumin for risk stratification before TIPS implantation (J Hepatol 2021;74,1362-1372)

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