Celebrate your achievements and connect with peers at the Fellows Reception, a special event dedicated to our Fellows and Associate Fellows of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. This reception offers a special opportunity to network with fellow leaders and build lasting professional relationships within the hepatology community.

Open to students and trainees who are early career professionals, the Early Career Meet-Up is a networking event for those in hepatology to connect, collaborate, and make an impact.

This workshop provides advanced training for use of liver point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) and is intended for professionals who have previously completed the basic skills liver POCUS courses at The Liver Meeting or Digestive Disease Week. The workshop includes a theoretical portion focusing on assessment of inpatient liver findings using POCUS, liver elastography, and advice on implementing liver POCUS in clinical practice. A hands-on session follows with an approach to specific liver findings instead of normal liver anatomy. The workshop concludes with a question-and-answer period.

IMPORTANT NOTE: To register for this session, participants must either be registered for the Basic Skills Liver POCUS Workshop at The Liver Meeting 2025 or have previously completed a Basic Skills Liver POCUS Workshop at The Liver Meeting 2024 or Digestive Disease Week 2025.

This session is supported by in-kind contributions (provision of ultrasound equipment) from GE Healthcare, Mindray, NEO Medical, and Siemens Healthineers.

Experts address current and emerging challenges in liver transplantation, including recurrence of metabolic syndrome post transplant, pediatric transplantation complexities, and the utility of posttransplant biomarkers. The potential of paired exchange to broaden donor options is also examined.

Look ahead to the transformative possibilities in transplant medicine. Presenters explore the expanding role of liver transplantation in oncology, developments in xenotransplantation, and the integration of deep machine learning to predict outcomes and enhance decision-making.

This joint Inclusion and Diversity Committee and LGBTQ+ Task Force session focuses on equipping participants with practical strategies to respond effectively to microaggressions and discrimination in professional settings, with an emphasis on fostering professionalism and allyship. Key topics include recognizing and addressing implicit biases, navigating tough conversations with colleagues, and responding to bias in ways that align with personal and professional values. Participants engage in interactive discussions, share experiences, and learn from real-world examples of encountering and addressing bias related to race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and more. Through guided exercises, attendees practice formulating responses that balance empathy, professionalism, and advocacy, ensuring they are prepared to respond thoughtfully in challenging moments. This session provides a platform for collaborative learning, encouraging participants to reflect on their own biases while gaining insights from the experiences of others.

Point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) is widely considered the “new stethoscope.” Speakers review the uses of liver POCUS and discuss how POCUS can help when evaluating a patient during a hepatology consult. Experts present case studies as examples of how liver POCUS helped them define or change a diagnosis and answer questions about the use of liver POCUS.

Presenters focus on the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in the context of liver diseases. Key topics include: AI-driven advancements in clinical research such as natural language processing for unstructured clinical data analysis; predictive modeling for patient outcomes; and multimodal data integration for comprehensive patient profiling. Speakers discuss clinical applications and highlight AI tools for decision support, ambient scribes, and automated message drafting to improve patient communication. Experts provide practical examples and actionable insights to enable participants to effectively integrate AI into their clinical and research workflows.

Associate editors from the journal HEPATOLOGY lead a critical discussion of the most notable and influential translational research papers published in the past year. HEPATOLOGY associate editors Suthat Liangpunsakul, Yujin Hoshida, and Binita Kamath appraise the most cutting-edge, game-changing scientific advances. A panel discussion with the speakers, editor-in-chief Gregory Gores, and deputy editor Harmeet Malhi highlights the impact of selected papers on translational advances in the field.