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
