• 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

SASL School of Hepatology

Upcoming Courses:
SASL School Number 51

Monday, 9 Mar 2026, 1730h - 1900h
SASL Hepatology News. David Semela, HOCH St. Gallen
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis: Emerging Therapies. Andreas Kremer, University Hopsital Zurich
Palliative Care in Advanced Chronic Liver Disease Patients . Ben Hudson, Exeter UK

SASL School Number 52

Monday, 15 Jun 2026, 1730h - 1900h

SASL School Number 53

Monday, 14 Sep 2026, 1730h - 1900h

SASL School Number 54

Monday, 7 Dec 2026, 1730h - 1900h

Upcoming Congresses

Inflammation & Fibrosis Across Organs

12 Mar 2026 - 12 Mar 2026, Felix Frey Auditorium, SITEM, Bern

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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