• 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

  • Rules for endorsement and sponsoring

SASL School of Hepatology

Upcoming Courses:
SASL School Number 54

Monday, 7 Dec 2026, 1730h - 1900h
SASL Hepatology News. David Semela, HOCH Health Ostschweiz
MASLD/MASH: Assessment and Therapy. Jörn Schattenberg, Homburg
Viral Hepatitis Update 2026. Darius Moradpour, Lausanne

SASL School Number 55

Monday, 15 Mar 2027, 1730h - 1900h

SASL School Number 56

Monday, 14 Jun 2027, 1730h - 1900h

SASL School Number 57

Monday, 13 Sep 2027, 1730h - 1900h

Upcoming Congresses

HEPCUP AASLD 2026 Congress Summary

18 Nov 2026 - 18 Nov 2026, online: 17h30 - 19h15

9. Symposium Sanct Gallen 2026 (SASL endorsed)

19 Nov 2026 - 19 Nov 2026, Hotel Einstein, St. Gallen

HEPCUP EASL 2027

7 Jul 2027 - 7 Jul 2027, online: 17h30 - 19h15

Annual Meeting SGG-SASL-SVEP 2027

16 Sep 2027 - 17 Sep 2027, Congress Kursaal Interlaken

HEPCUP AASLD 2027

17 Nov 2027 - 17 Nov 2027, online: 17h30 - 19h15

8th Swiss Hepatology Postgraduate Course

18 Nov 2027 - 20 Nov 2027, Centre Loewenberg, Murten

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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