Liver Disease in People Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Across the Continuum of Care
Nov
2026
Description
Liver disease remains one of the most important comorbidities affecting people living with HIV and continues to be a leading contributor to non–AIDS-related morbidity and mortality. While advances in antiretroviral therapy have transformed HIV into a chronic condition, the burden of liver disease has expanded beyond viral hepatitis to include metabolic dysfunction–associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), alcohol-associated liver disease, and advanced cirrhosis. At the same time, HIV care has led the way in destigmatization, community engagement, and patient-centered research, generating care models that offer valuable lessons for longitudinal liver care.
In the context of a rapidly evolving health care and policy landscape, these gains face new challenges that may affect access, continuity, and equity of liver-related services. This session examines HIV-related liver disease across the continuum of care, including progress and remaining gaps in viral hepatitis elimination; emerging nonviral drivers of liver disease; advances in liver transplantation in the HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act era; and insights from HIV care models that can inform contemporary hepatology practice.
Presentations
2:00 PM
- 2:18 PM
Convention Center - Mile High Ballroom 2A-3A
From Coinfection to Elimination: Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis C Virus/Hepatitis B Virus Coinfection
Susanna Naggie, MD | Presenter
2:18 PM
- 2:36 PM
Convention Center - Mile High Ballroom 2A-3A
From Viruses to Metabolism: Metabolic Dysfunction–Associated Steatotic Liver Disease and Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease in People Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Kara Wegermann, MD | Presenter
2:36 PM
- 2:54 PM
Convention Center - Mile High Ballroom 2A-3A
From Exclusion to Equity: Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Liver Transplantation in the Post HIV Organ Policy Equity Act Era
Howard (Tzu-Hao) Lee, MD | Presenter
2:54 PM
- 3:12 PM
Convention Center - Mile High Ballroom 2A-3A
From Infectious Diseases to Hepatology: Lessons We Can Learn From Human Immunodeficiency Virus Care—Outreach, Advocacy, and Destigmatization
Alexandra T Strauss, MD, PhD, MIE | Presenter