Liver Care for Frontline Clinicians: From Assessment to Intervention

Date : Saturday, March 14, 8:00 am - 4:25 pm (EDT)
Location : Four Seasons Hotel Las Vegas, 3960 S Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas NV 89119

Organized by Past President, W. Ray Kim and Elizabeth Aby 
Co-organizers: Mia Lozada, Hazel Domingo, Jimyeong Son, Christine Esquivel, Shraddha Batra, and Ashley Kell

MANAGING LIVER HEALTH: PRACTICAL STRATEGIES FOR PRIMARY CARE & FRONTLINE CLINICIANS

In 2020, it was estimated that approximately 41.4% or 122 million American adults will have MASLD by 2050. With cases growing in clinical settings — long before patients ever reach a liver specialist — clinicians play a critical role in early detection and prevention. 

This is why AASLD created Liver Care for Frontline Clinicians: From Assessment to Intervention. This new program is designed to empower primary care clinicians with the skills to prevent, detect, and manage liver disease across the continuum of care without adding complexity to an already full patient visit. This practical, case-based program focuses on how to integrate liver health into friendly routine workflows that fit naturally into everyday practice. 

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Why This Matters Now

The burden of liver disease continues to rise, and with the global adoption of new liver disease definitions — including Metabolic dysfunction–Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD), Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease (ALD), and Metabolic and Alcohol-Related Liver Disease (MetALD) — the clinical landscape is changing. AASLD is energized by this shift away from liver disease stigmas and is committed to empowering and partnering with providers to help change the epidemiological trajectory. 

Your role is crucial, as there is a growing need for a comprehensive approach to patients who are being treated for liver health that includes addressing modifiable behaviors. Patients at risk for liver disease often have co-morbidities such as type 2 diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, alcohol use disorder, hypertension, and kidney disease. By addressing the underlying liver condition, you can directly improve the patient’s overall health and positively impact these associated conditions. With MASLD and ALD highly prevalent in primary care, early recognition and timely intervention through earlier diagnosis, patient centered interventions, and integrated preventative care can profoundly improve long-term patient outcomes. 

What You’ll Gain

  1. Apply principles of primary and secondary prevention to screen for, diagnose and manage patients with liver disease in primary care settings.
  2. Interpret and utilize noninvasive diagnostic tools, including laboratory test and elastography to assess liver disease and guide treatment and referral decisions.
  3. Implement evidence-based management and surveillance protocols for chronic liver diseases.
  4. Incorporate behavioral and pharmacologic strategies for steatotic liver disease into routine care to improve liver health.
  5. Integrate practical workflow solutions and multidisciplinary collaboration into clinical practice to support sustainable, patient-centered liver health care delivery.

By attending this one-day session, you are at the forefront of preventative hepatology. Join this timely program and be part of the prevention and improvement of liver health.

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  • 8 a.m. Welcome & Intro
  • 8:05 – 9:45 a.m. Liver Health Essentials: What Every Clinician Must Know
    • 8:05 a.m.: Why Preventative Hepatology?
    • 8:25 a.m.: Natural History of Chronic Liver Disease
    • 8:45 a.m.: Laboratory Evaluation of the Liver (comment: include NITs)
    • 9:05 a.m.: Liver Imaging and Elastography
    • 9:25 a.m.: Audience Q&A
  • 10:05 – 11:45 a.m.: The New Landscape of Steatotic Liver Disease
    • 10:05 a.m.: Navigating the Spectrum: Screening and Diagnosis of MASLD and ALD in Primary
    • 10:25 a.m.: MASLD: Decisions for Treatment, Referral and Monitoring
    • 10:45 a.m.: Food for the Liver: High-Yield Counseling in Nutrition for Liver Health
    • 11:05 a.m.: Holistic Care of Liver Patients: Non-dietary Lifestyle Changes and Co-morbidity Management
    • 11:25 a.m.:  Audience Q&A
  • 11:45 a.m. – 12:40 p.m.: Lunch
  • 12:40 – 2:20 p.m.: Secondary Prevention: Eliminating Liver Disease Impact
    • 12:40 p.m.: Viral Hepatitis: Eliminating Hepatitis B & C in Primary Care
    • 1 p.m.: Autoimmune and Cholestatic Liver Disease: Recognition and management in primary care
    • 1:20 p.m.: Alcohol-Related Liver Disease: Best Practices in Communication, Risk Stratification, and Non-Invasive Assessment
    • 1:40 p.m.: Alcohol Use Disorder in Liver Disease: Treatment Strategies and Transplant Referral Timing
    • 2 p.m.: Audience Q&A
  • 2:40 – 4:20 p.m.: Preventive Hepatology: Actionable Tools for Frontline Clinicians
    • 2:40 p.m.: Medication Management in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease
    • 3 p.m.: Cirrhosis in Primary Care: How to Keep the Patient Healthy and When to Refer for Transplantation
    • 3:20 p.m.:  What My Clinic Looks Like: Infrastructure, The Team and the System of Support
    • 3:40 p.m.: Creating a Liver Toolbox: Clinical Pearls for Primary Care
    • 4 p.m.: Case Review/Q&A
  • 4:20 – 4:25 p.m.: Closing 

Registration Pricing

Attend the one-day program with lunch and afternoon snacks and coffee provided.

Registration Rate
Physician $250
Resident/Trainee (Post-Doc) $100
Associates (RN, NP, PharmD) $100
Student $50
Industry $450

Cancellations must be received in writing by March 1, 2026, to meetings@aasld.org. A 10% cancellation fee will be applied. Any cancellations received after March 1, 2026, will not be refunded.