• 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.

  • New regulations for financial support of SASL studies

  • SASL Hepatology Prize 2024 awarded to Jérôme Gouttenoire at the SGG/SASL annual meeting

SASL School of Hepatology

Upcoming Courses:
SASL School Number 48

Monday, 16 Jun 2025, 1730h - 1900h
SASL Hepatology News. David Semela, HOCH St. Gallen
Wilson Disease: Diagnostics and Therapy. Isabelle Mohr, University of Heidelberg
HCC: What’s new in the 2025 EASL Guidelines?. Bruno Sangro, University of Pamplona

SASL School Number 49

Monday, 15 Sep 2025, 1730h - 1900h
SASL Hepatology News. David Semela, HOCH St. Gallen
Hepatic Encephalopathy: Assessment & Management. Debbie Shawcross, Kings College London
Cirrhosis & Coagulation: Bleeding Risk From Invasive Procedures. Pierre-Emmanuel Rautou, Hopital Beaujon Paris

SASL School Number 50

Monday, 15 Dec 2025, 1730h - 1900h
SASL Hepatology News. David Semela, HOCH St. Gallen
Advances in MASLD Treatment. David Semela, HOCH St. Gallen
Liver Disease in Pregnancy. Montserrat Fraga, University Hospital Lausanne

Upcoming Congresses

1st Swiss Rare Liver Disease Symposium

4 Jun 2025 - 4 Jun 2025, Building UniS, Bern/Switzerland

Hepato Update 2025

13 Jun 2025 - 14 Jun 2025, Livestream

7th Swiss Hepatology Postgraduate Course

20 Nov 2025 - 22 Nov 2025, Conference Center Wolfsberg, Ermatingen

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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