Swiss Hepatology Postgraduate Courses

2023 - Course Number 6
Thursday, 16 Nov 2023 - Saturday, 18 Nov 2023
Conference Center Wolfsberg, Ermatingen
  • Program
    6th SASL Postgraduate Course Wolfsberg, Ermatingen
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    6th Swiss Hepatology Postgraduate Course SASL
2021 - Course Number 5
Thursday, 18 Nov 2021 - Saturday, 20 Nov 2021
Conference Center Wolfsberg
  • Program
    5th SASL Postgraduate Course Wolfsberg Ermatingen 2021
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2019 - Course Number 4
Thursday, 21 Nov 2019 - Saturday, 23 Nov 2019
Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz/Vevey Hotel Moderntimes
  • Program
    Postgraduate Course Modern Times Hotel Vevey
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  • When to suspect and how to diagnose and treat bacterial infections in cirrhosis
    Paolo Angeli
    Padua
  • Management of the patient with acute thrombosis of the portal venous system
    Andrea de Gottardi
    Bern
  • Diagnostic and therapeutic approach to liver failure
    Julia Wendon
    London
  • Alveolar echinococcosis
    Solange Bresson-Hadni
    Besancon
  • Hematological disease and liver
    David Semela
    St. Gallen
  • DILI: update and practical management
    Raul J. Andrade
    Malaga
  • NAFLD: who, how and when to treat?
    Sven Francque
    Antwerpen
  • Viral hepatitis update
    Darius Moradpour
    Lausanne
  • Alcoholic liver disease management in 2020
    Laurent Spahr
    Geneva
  • Controversies in hepatology: cases
    Annalisa Berzigotti
    Bern
  • Controversy (Pro): Should we prescribe statins to patients with cirrhosis?
    Montserrat Fraga
    Lausanne
  • Controversy (Contra): Should we prescribe statins to patients with cirrhosis?
    Christoph Jüngst
    Zurich
  • Controversy (Contra): Beta-blockers in advanced cirrhosis?
    Laure Elkrief
    Geneva
  • Controversy (Pro): Beta-blockers in advanced cirrhosis?
    Nasser Semmo
    Bern
  • Controversy (Contra): HCC on imaging: no biopsy or biopsy?
    Tuyana Boldanova
    Basel
  • Controversy (Pro): HCC on imaging: no biopsy or biopsy?
    Irina Bergamin
    St. Gallen
  • Systemic treatments in HCC
    Jean-Francois Dufour
    Bern
  • Intrahepatic and extrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma
    Philippe Compagnon
    Geneva
  • Preneoplastic lesions
    Christine Sempoux
    Lausanne
  • Diagnostic approach of intrahepatic cholestasis
    Markus Heim
    Basel
  • New challenges in the diagnosis and management PSC
    Joachim Mertens
    Zurich
  • Update in primary biliary cholangitis
    Benedetta Terziroli
    Lugano
2017 - Course Number 3
Sunday, 12 Nov 2017 - Tuesday, 14 Nov 2017
Wolfsberg Executive Development Center - Ermatingen
  • Program
    3rd Swiss Hepatology Postgraduate Course
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  • SESSION 1: GENERAL HEPATOLOGY
    (Link to presentation videos of session 1)
  • Clinical case
    Benedetta Terziroli
    Epatocentro Lugano, Lugano, Switzerland
  • Autoimmune Hepatitis: Update 2017
    Ansgar W. Lohse
    Gastroenterologie und Hepatologie, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
  • Alcoholic liver disease: Diagnosis and treatment
    Pierre Deltenre
    Gastroenterology and Hepatology, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Liver Transplantation in Switzerland: When, who and how?
    Pierre-Alain Clavion
    Visceral Surgery and Transplantation Medicine, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
  • Clinical case
    Andreas Cerny
    Epatocentro, Lugano, Switzerland
  • SESSION 2: VIRAL HEPATITIS
    (Link to presentation videos of the session)
  • Clinical Case
    Raffaele Malinverni
    Rue de la Maladière 45, 2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland
  • Acute and chronic Hepatitis B: Focus on the guidelines
    Markus Heim
    Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
  • Treatment of acute and chronic Hepatitis C in 2017
    Beat Müllhaupt
    Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland
  • Hepatitis E: Update 2017
    Darius Moradpour
    Gastroenterology and Hepatology, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland
  • SESSION 3: VASCULAR LIVER DISEASE
    (Link to presentation videos of session 3)
  • Clinical Case
    Magdalena Filipowicz Sinnreich
    Gastroenterology, Kantonsspital Baselland Liestal, Switzerland
  • Portal vein thrombosis: a systematic approach
    Andrea De Gottardi
    Hepatology, UVCM, Inselspital, University of Bern, Switzerland
  • Porto-pulmonary hypertension and hepato-pulmonary syndrome
    David Semela
    Clinic for Gastroenterology and Hepatology, KSSG, St. Gallen, St.Gallen, Switzerland
  • Clinical Case
    Florian Biehl
    Gastroenterologia, Osp. Regionale Bellinzona e Valli, Bellinzona, Switzerland
  • SESSION 4: FOCAL LIVER LESIONS AND HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA
    (Link to presentation videos of session 4)
  • Clinical Case
    Joachim Mertens
    Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland
  • Ultrasound and CEUS of focal liver lesions
    Mikael Sawatzki
    Clinic for Gastroenterology and Hepatology, KSSG, St.Gallen, Switzerland
  • CT and MRI imaging of focal liver lesions
    Martin Maurer
    Radiology, Inselspital, University of Bern, Switzerland
  • Treatment of intermediate and advanced stage HCC
    Alejandro Forner
    Liver Unit, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Spain
  • SESSION 5: NON ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE
    (Link to presentation videos of session 5)
  • Clinical Case
    Nicolas Goossens
    Gastroenterology and Hepatology, HUG, Geneva, Switzerland
  • Work up of NAFLD in 2017 and new diagnostic methods
    Elisabetta Bugianesi
    SC Gastroenterologia U, Azienda Universitaria Ospedaliera, Torino, Italy
  • HCC in NASH: When should we begin to screen and how
    Jean-Francois Dufour
    Hepatology, UVCM, Inselspital, University of Bern, Switzerland
  • Treatment of NASH: medical therapy or bariatric surgery?
    Vlad Ratziu
    Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hôpital Universitaire Pitié Salpêtrière Paris, France
  • Clinical Case
    Emiliano Giostra
    Gastroenterology and Hepatology, HUG, Geneva, Switzerland
  • SESSION 6: COMPLICATIONS IN ADVANCED LIVER DISEASE AND PORTAL HYPERTENSION
    (Link to presentation videos of session 6)
  • Clinical Case
    Susanna G. Rodrigues
    Hepatology, UVCM, Inselspital, University of Bern, Switzerland
  • Renal Dysfunction in patients with cirrhosis: assessment and management
    Claire Francoz
    Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Hôpital Beaujon, University Paris Nord, Clichy, France
  • Portal hypertension assessment and treatment: Focus on Baveno VI recommendations
    Jaime Bosch
    Liver Unit, Hospital Clinic, Barcelona and Hepatology, UVCM, Inselspital, University of Bern, Switzerland
  • Clinical Case
    Annalisa Berzigotti
    Hepatology, UVCM, Inselspital, University of Bern, Switzerland
2015 - Course Number 2
Thursday, 26 Nov 2015 - Saturday, 28 Nov 2015
Wolfsberg Executive Development Center – Ermatingen
  • Program
    Andrea de Gottardi, David Semela
    Inselspital Berne and Kantonsspital St. Gallen
  • Acute and Chronic Hepatitis E
    Darius Moradpour
    Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois University of Lausanne
  • Herbal and dietary supplement induced liver disease
    Felix Stickel
    Klinik Beau Site, Berne
  • Assessment of liver fibrosis
    Annalisa Berzigotti
    University Clinic for Visceral Surgery and Medicine, University of Berne
  • When to refer a patient to a liver transplantation center?
    Emiliano Giostra
    Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital of Geneva
  • Current Swisstransplant priority rules for liver transplantation
    Beat Müllhaupt
    Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Zurich
  • Bridging therapies for HCC
    Lukas Hechelhammer
    Division of Radiology, Kantonsspital St. Gallen
  • HCC case discussions
    Irina Bergamin, David Semela
    Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kantonsspital St. Gallen
  • State of the art in primary sclerosing cholangitis
    Tom Hemming Karlsen
    Research Institute of Internal Medicine & Department of Transplantation Medicine University of Oslo & Oslo University Hospital, Norway
  • State of the art in primary biliary cirrhosis
    Peter Fickert
    Division of Gastroenerology and Hepatology Department of Medicine Medical University Graz
  • DILI case discussion
    Manuela Balmelli, Andreas Cerny
    Epatocentro, Ticino
  • Pregnacy-related liver disease
    J. Eileen Hay
    Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
  • Alcohol and autoimmunity in women
    Jean-Francois Dufour
    University Clinic for Visceral Surgery and Medicine, University of Berne
  • HBV in pregnancy case discussion
    Astrid Marot, Pierre Deltenre
    Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital of Lausanne
  • Hepatic encephalopathy
    Laurent Spahr
    Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital of Geneva
  • How to reduce portal pressure in 2015?
    Jaime Bosch
    Hospital Clínic, University of Barcelona and CIBERehd, Barcelona, Spain
  • CMV post-OLT case discussion
    Cristina Margini, Andrea de Gottardi
    University Clinic for Visceral Surgery and Medicine, University of Berne
  • Current indications and treatment options of acute and chronic HCV
    Francesco Negro
    Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital of Geneva
  • Hepatitis D
    Mario Rizzetto
    Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria, Turin, Italy
  • Perspectives in hepatitis B treatment
    Markus Heim
    Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital of Basel
  • E-tools in hepatology
    David Semela
    Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Kantonsspital St. Gallen