Swiss Hepatology Postgraduate Courses

2025 - Course Number 7 Thursday, 20 Nov 2025 - Saturday, 22 Nov 2025 Conference Center Wolfsberg, Ermatingen
2023 - Course Number 6 Thursday, 16 Nov 2023 - Saturday, 18 Nov 2023 Conference Center Wolfsberg, Ermatingen	Program
2021 - Course Number 5 Thursday, 18 Nov 2021 - Saturday, 20 Nov 2021 Conference Center Wolfsberg	Program Videostream of Presentations
2019 - Course Number 4 Thursday, 21 Nov 2019 - Saturday, 23 Nov 2019 Saint-Légier-La Chiésaz/Vevey Hotel Moderntimes	Program Videostream of Presentations 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 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 Controversies in hepatology: cases Annalisa Berzigotti Bern 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 Clinical case Benedetta Terziroli Epatocentro Lugano, Lugano, Switzerland Autoimmune Hepatitis: Update 2017 Ansgar W. Lohse Gastroenterologie und Hepatologie, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany SESSION 1: GENERAL HEPATOLOGY (Link to presentation videos of session 1) SESSION 2: VIRAL HEPATITIS (Link to presentation videos of the session) 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 3: VASCULAR LIVER DISEASE (Link to presentation videos of session 3) SESSION 4: FOCAL LIVER LESIONS AND HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA (Link to presentation videos of session 4) SESSION 5: NON ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE (Link to presentation videos of session 5) SESSION 6: COMPLICATIONS IN ADVANCED LIVER DISEASE AND PORTAL HYPERTENSION (Link to presentation videos of session 6) 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 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 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 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 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 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