• 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.

  • Download the new SASL Expert Opinion Statement on Management of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

  • Corona Virus Pandemic:
    recommendations for patients with liver diseases

  • Corona Virus Pandemie:
    Empfehlungen für Patienten mit Lebererkrankungen

  • Pandémie de SRAS-CoV-2:
    Recommandations pour les patients atteints d'une maladie du foie

  • Pandemia Coronavirus:
    Raccomandazioni per i pazienti con malattie del fegato

  • New regulations for financial support of SASL studies

  • SASL Hepatology Prize 2022 awarded to Charlotte Kiu Yan Ng at the SGG/SASL annual meeting

  • Download the free SASL HCV Advisor app for your smartphone

SASL School of Hepatology

Upcoming Courses:
SASL School Number 40

Monday, 12 Jun 2023, 1730h-1900h
SASL hepatology news. David Semela, St. Gallen
TIPS: Why, When and in Whom? . Virginia Hernandez-Gea, Barcelona
NAFLD and Metabolic Syndrome Pandemic: What Went Wrong and What Can We Do About It?. tba ,

SASL School Number 41

Monday, 11 Sep 2023, 1730h-1900h
SASL hepatology news. David Semela, St. Gallen
Liver Histology: What a Hepatologist Needs to Know. Achim Weber, Zurich
Hepatorenal Syndrome: Diagnostics and Treatment. Florence Wong, Toronto

SASL School Number 42

Monday, 11 Dec 2023, 1730h-1900h
SASL hepatology news. David Semela, St. Gallen
Viral Hepatitis: Update 2023. Darius Moradpour, Lausanne
Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment. Philipp Mathurin, Lille

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)

more calculators

Upcoming Congresses

3rd Common Ground Meeting

23 Mar 2023 - 23 Mar 2023, Aquatis Hotel, Lausanne

Hepato Update 2023

12 May 2023 - 13 May 2023, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Adickesallee 32-34, 60322 Frankfurt am Main

9th HEP Precetorship: Current and Future Chanllenges in the Management of Liver Diseases

2 Jun 2023 - 3 Jun 2023, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano, Campus EST

Contacts

University Hospitals
Clarunis - University Center for Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases Basel
Inselspital Bern
University Hospital of Zürich
Lausanne University Hospital
Geneva University Hospital

Other Centers
Epatocentro Lugano - Servizio di Epatologia EOC
Kantonsspital St. Gallen
Bethanien Zürich

Membership
SASL Membership Application From

Member Payment

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