Liver Disease in People Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Across the Continuum of Care

Nov 08 2026
Convention Center: Mile High Ballroom 2A-3A
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Captured/recorded session Recorded
CE Credits CE Credits

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
Recorded session

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
Recorded session

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
Recorded session

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
Recorded session

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

Objectives

  • Apply evidence-based and patient-centered care principles to advanced liver disease management in people living with HIV, including liver transplantation in the HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act era and lessons from HIV care models.
  • Describe current progress and remaining gaps in the management and elimination of viral hepatitis among people living with HIV.
  • Identify key nonviral contributors to liver disease in people living with HIV, including metabolic dysfunctionassociated steatotic liver disease and alcohol-associated liver disease, and their clinical implications.