Programme

Monday 2 February

11:00-11:10 Welcome to Sweden Liver Week 2026
Chair(s): Annika Bergquist, StockholmAndreas Schult, Gothenburg
11:10-11:20 Case presentation
Hannes Hegmar, Stockholm
11:20-11:40 Recurrent Cholangitis: Clinical and endoscopic challenges  
Erik von Seth, Stockholm
11:40-11:55 Diagnosis, resistance and clinical management in recurrent biliary infections
Ola Blennow, Stockholm
11:55-12:10 Aspects of biliary complications in pediatric liver transplant recipients
Silvia Malenicka, Stockholm
12:10-12:30 Q & A Panel
13:30-13:55 Acute liver failure: Case presentation and overview
Cecilia Arfwedson, Stockholm
13:55-14:20 Extracorporeal Therapies in Acute Liver Failure: Plasma exchange, dialysis and adsorption columns in the ICU
Jacob Holmqvist, Gothenburg
14:20-15:00 Renal dysfunction in liver failure-pathophysiology and implications for intensive care
Anna Cederborg, GothenburgChristian Rylander, Uppsala
15:30-15:50 Nutritional aspects in Critical Care
Martin Sundström-Rehal, Stockholm
15:50-16:30 From asymptomatic to frail: aspects on prognosis and management in hospital and outpatient care
Andrea Lindfors, StockholmCatarina Lindqvist, Stockholm
16:45-17:45 A Multidimensional Approach to Symptom Relief and Wellbeing in Cholestatic Conditions
Chair(s): Annika Bergquist, Stockholm
David EJ Jones, Newcastle upon Tyne

Tuesday 3 February

08:00-08:45 New Outlooks on Pediatric Cholestatic Disease: Advancing Understanding and Patient Outcomes
Chair(s): Nils Ekvall, Gothenburg
Jesús Quintero Bernabeu, Barcelona
09:00-09:30 Machine Perfusion – Possibilities and Expectations
Gabriel Oniscu, Stockholm
09:30-09:45 Daytime vs. Nighttime Transplant Surgery
Rose Matin, Gothenburg
09:45-10:00 Results of Split Liver Transplantation in the Nordic Countries
Vera Nilsén, Stockholm
10:00-10:30 Carl-Gustav Groth lecture, sponsored by Sandoz: State-of-the-art: Pediatric Liver Transplantation
Miriam Cortes Cerisuelo, London
11:00-11:25 Transplant Immunology & Donor Specific Antibodies
Andreas Arendtsen Rostved, Copenhagen
11:25-11:50 Chronic Rejection of the Liver Graft
Rajani Sharma, New York City
11:50-12:15 Indications and Obstacles for mTOR inhibitors in Liver Transplantation
Faouzi Saliba, Paris
12:15-12:30 Q & A Panel
13:30-14:15 Radiological diagnosis of liver lesions and cystic malformations- when is there a need for a biopsy?
Carlos Valls Duran, Stockholm
14:15-15:00 Benign and premalignant liver lesions – histopathological and molecular diagnosis
Mats Wolving, Gothenburg
15:00-15:30 Coffee break & exhibition
15:30-16:10 Managing Liver cysts- simple or not?
Daniella Polette Stubb, Stockholm
16:10-16:30 Choledochus-cysts in pediatric patients
Markus Almström, Stockholm
16:30-17:00 Choledochus-cysts in adults, how, when, why?
Christian Sturesson, Stockholm
13:30-13:40 Välkommen, transplantationsåret som gått
Malin Aram, StockholmKarin Edlund, Gothenburg
13:40-14:00 Nationella levnadsråd för organtransplanterade
Malin Aram, Stockholm
14:00-14:30 Egenvård med stöd av digitala plattformar
Tina Gustavell, Stockholm
14:30-15:00 Psykiatrisk samsjuklighet, hur hanterar vi det pre- och posttransplantation
Lovisa Järnmark, StockholmYlva Landin, Stockholm
15:00-15:30 Coffee break & exhibition
15:30-16:00 IVA delirirum i samband med transplantation – vilka faktorer påverkar?
Anna Falk, Stockholm
16:00-16:45 Patientberättelse
Reinhold Schweiger, Stockholm
16:45-17:00 Avslutning och utvärdering – omvårdnad 1
Rebecca Backmark, StockholmKarin Edlund, Gothenburg
13:30-14:15 Congenital portosystemic shunts (CPSS)
Valérie McLin, Geneva
14:15-14:30 Swedish experience of CPSS: case reports
Thomas Casswall, StockholmNils Ekvall, Gothenburg
14:30-14:45 Report from ESPGHAN monothematic conference on biliary atresia
Björn Fischler, Stockholm
14:45-15:00 Updated pediatric guidelines of paracetamol poisoning
Afrodite Psaros Einberg, Stockholm
15:00-15:30 Coffee break & exhibition
15:30-16:15 Liver transplantation in very young infants
Miriam Cortes Cerisuelo, London
16:15-16:30 Swedish experience of liver transplantation in very young infants; case reports
Henrik Arnell, StockholmNils Ekvall, GothenburgUlrika Härenstam, Gothenburg
16:30-16:40 Conclusions and next SLW in Gothenburg 2027
Thomas Casswall, StockholmNils Ekvall, Gothenburg
16:40-16:45 Short break
16:45-17:45 Spectrum of neurocognitive Involvement in Pediatric Liver disease and Portosystemic Shunting
Valérie McLin, Geneva

Wednesday 4 February

08:15-08:45 Hepatic Encephalopathy: From Diagnosis to Effective Management – What Every Clinician Needs to Know
Chair(s): Anna Cederborg, Gothenburg
Dominique Damais-Thabut, Paris
09:00-10:30 Modulating the immune system in hepatology: New insights
Chair(s): Anna Cederborg, GothenburgMattias Lissing, Stockholm
09:00-09:20 Immunology and immunosuppression for clinicians
Benedikt Strunz, Stockholm
09:20-09:50 Managing autoimmune hepatitis across the pediatric – young adult spectrum: challenges and long-term outcomes
Marianne Hørby Jørgensen, Copenhagen
09:50-10:10 Beyond standard immunosuppression I: Third-line therapies in AIH
Staffan Wahlin, Stockholm
10:10-10:30 Beyond standard immunosuppression II: Managing difficult-to-treat IBD in liver transplant recipients
Lina Lindström, Stockholm
10:30-11:00 Coffee break & exhibition
11:00-12:30 Case-presentations in general hepatology: New clinical implications
Chair(s): Annika Bergquist, StockholmHelena Taflin, Gothenburg
11:00-11:30 I: Finding the needle in a haystack: fibrosis assessment in patients at risk
Patrik Nasr, Linköping
11:30-12:00 II: Surgery in advanced chronic liver disease: Risk assessment, pre- and postoperative care
Johan Vessby, Uppsala
12:00-12:30 III: Diagnostic and therapeutic challenges in severe alcoholic hepatitis
Bonnie Bengtsson, Stockholm
09:00-09:45 Stepstones – Övergång från barn- till vuxensjukvård
Markus Saarijärvi, Stockholm
09:45-10:30 Droger och alkohol bland ungdomar
Kristoffer WallmanIda Viklund, Stockholm
10:30-11:00 Coffee break & exhibition
11:00-11:30 Levnadsguiden
Gabriela Brandén
11:30-12:15 Anhörigperspektiv
Linda Brisenman, Stockholm
12:15-12:30 Avslutning och utvärdering
Moa Flink, GothenburgKia Thorsén Tengliden, Stockholm
13:15-14:00 Finding and Managing Difficult-to-Treat PBC Patients
Javier Ampuero, Sevilla
14:00-14:15 Reflections on what is to come in viral hepatitis
Anders Eilard, Gothenburg
14:15-14:30 Reflections on what is to come in transplantation
Gabriel Oniscu, Stockholm
14:30-14:45 Reflections on what is to come in hepatology
Antonio Molinaro, Gothenburg
14:45-15:00 Reflections on what is to come in intensive care
Olav Rooijackers, Stockholm
15:00-15:15 Closing remarks
Annika Bergquist, StockholmAndreas Schult, Gothenburg

This programme is subject to change