Agenda

THURSDAY, February 26, 2026

10:00 AM

Registration Opens*

11:30 AM

Lunch/Exhibits*

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

Industry-Sponsored Event*

12:30 - 1:00 PM

Break/Visit Exhibits*

1:00 - 1:07 PM

Welcome and Opening of Liver Connect 2026

Zobair Younossi, MD

1:07 - 1:15 PM

Tribute to Bruce Bacon, MD

Kimberly Brown, MD

1:15 – 2:15

Plenary Session I: Viral Hepatitis

1:15 - 1:45 PM

Bruce Bacon Memorial Lecture: Viral Hepatitis in 2026

Ira Jacobson, MD

1:45 - 2:15 PM

Round Table Discussion of Viral Hepatitis Cases

Ira Jacobson, Richard Manch, MD, MD, Paul Martin, MD, Anthony Martinez, MD, Marina Roytman, MD

2:15 – 3:15 PM

Plenary Session II: Pediatric Non-MASH

2:15 - 2:30 PM

Treatment of Cholestatic Disease in Children (PFIC, Alagille Syndrome)

2:30 - 2:45 PM

Update on Biliary Atresia from Birth to Transition of Care

Ronald Sokol, MD

2:45 - 3:15 PM

Pediatric Panel Discussion

Moderator: Miriam Vos, MD, MSPH

Rima Fawaz, MD, Regino Gonzalez-Peralta, MD, Mercedes Martinez, MD, Rene Romero Jr, MD, and Ronald Sokol, MD

3:15 - 3:30 PM

Break/Visit Exhibits*

3:30 – 5:00 PM

Plenary Session III: Autoimmune Cholestatic Liver Disease

3:30 - 3:45 PM

Current Risk Assessment and Treatment of Patients with PBC

Kris Kowdley, MD

3:45 - 4:00 PM

Current Risk Assessment and Treatment of Patients with PSC

Aparna Goel, MD

4:00 - 4:15 PM

Future Treatment for PBC and PSC

4:15 - 4:30 PM

Managing Pruritus and Fatigue in the Clinic

Raj Vuppalanchi, MD

4:30 - 4:50 PM

Cholestatic Liver Disease Round Table Discussion

Moderator: Kris Kowdley, MD

Aparna Goel, MD, and Raj Vuppalanchi, MD

4:50 - 5:00 PM

Day 1 Wrap-Up

Aijaz Ahmed, MD

5:30 - 6:00 PM

Dinner/Exhibits*

6:00 - 6:45 PM

Industry-Sponsored Event*

6:45 - 8:00 PM

Welcome Reception*

FRIDAY, February 27, 2026

7:45 - 8:30 AM

Industry-Sponsored Event*

8:30 - 9:00 AM

Break/Visit Exhibits*

9:00 - 9:05 AM

Welcome Back

Zobair Younossi, MD

9:05 – 10:50 AM

Plenary Session IV: MASH/MASLD

9:05 - 9:20 AM

Disease Burden and Low Disease Awareness

Sonal Kumar, MD, MPH

9:20 - 9:35 AM

Risk Stratifications Using NIT Algorithms

Rohit Loomba, MD, MHSc

9:35 - 9:50 AM

Management of Obesity and T2D MASH

Fernando Bril, MD

9:50 - 10:10 AM

Medical Management of MASH

Manal Abdelmalek, MD, MPH

10:10 - 10:50 AM

Adult MASLD Round Table Discussion

Moderator: Zobair Younossi, MD

Manal Abdelmalek, MD, MPH, Fernando Bril, MD, Scott Isaacs, MD, Sonal Kumar, MD, MPH, Rohit Loomba, MD, MHSc, Christos Mantzoros, MD, DSc, PhD, and Jeffrey Schwimmer, MD

10:50 - 11:00 AM

Break/Visit Exhibits*

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Plenary Session V: Met- ALD

11:00 - 11:20 AM

Identification and Management of Met-ALD

Luis Antonio Diaz Piga, MD

11:20 AM - 12:00 PM

Panel Discussion

Moderator: Luis Antonio Diaz Piga, MD

Manal Abdelmalek, MD, MPH, Scott Isaacs, MD, Rohit Loomba, MD, MHSc, and Zobair Younossi, MD

12:00 - 12:30 PM

Lunch/Visit Exhibits*

12:30 - 1:15 PM

Industry-Sponsored Event*

1:15 - 1:45 PM

Poster Viewing Break*

1:45 – 2:45 PM

Plenary Session VI: Pediatric MASH

1:45 - 2:05 PM

State of the Art 'MASLD in Children'

Jeffrey Schwimmer, MD

2:05 - 2:45 PM

Pediatric MASH Panel Discussion

Moderator: Carina Kuglemas, MD

Rohit Kohli, MBBS, MS, Jennifer Panganiban, MD, Jeffrey Schwimmer, MD, Miriam Vos, MD, MSPH, and Stavra Xanthakos, MD, MS

2:45 - 3:00 PM

Break/Visit Exhibits*

3:00 – 5:00 PM

Plenary Session VII: Alcohol Liver Disease

3:00 - 3:25 PM

Managing Liver Disease: Biomarkers and Future Treatment

Timothy Morgan, MD

3:25 - 3:50 PM

Managing Alcohol Use Disorder

Ashwani Singal, MD

3:50 - 4:15 PM

Integrating This All Together

Lamia Haque, MD, MPH

4:15 - 4:55 PM

ALD Round Table Discussion

Moderator: Steven Flamm, MD

Lamia Haque, MD, MPH, Timothy Morgan, MD, and Ashwani Singal, MD

4:55 - 5:00 PM

Day 2 Wrap-Up

Steven Flamm, MD

7:00 - 8:30 PM

CLDF & Top Sponsor Reception*

SATURDAY, February 28, 2026

7:45 - 8:30 AM

Industry-Sponsored Event*

8:30 - 9:00 AM

Break/Visit Exhibits*

9:00 - 11:55 AM

Plenary Session VIII: Complex Case Journey: AIH, Cirrhosis, Pregnancy, Postpartum, and Beyond

9:00 - 9:30 AM

Young Woman with AIH and cACLD

Moderator: Marcelo Kugelmas, MD

Nitika Gupta, MD, DCH, DNB, MRCPCH, Christina Hanson, FNP, and Brian Lee, MD

9:30 -10:00 AM

Cirrhosis with CSPH

Moderator: Sammy Saab, MD

Jasleen Singh, MD and Avesh J. Thuluvath, MD

10:00 - 10:35 AM

Pregnancy in Chronic Liver Disease

Moderator: Kimberly Brown, MD

Nadege Gunn, MD, CPI, Tatiana Kushner, MD, MSCE, and Ashina Singh, MD

10:35 - 10:50 AM

Break*

10:50 - 11:20 AM

Postpartum Flare

Moderator: Marcelo Kugelmas, MD

Lauren Nephew, MD, Robert S Rahimi, MD, and Mitch Shiffman, MD

11:20 - 11:55 AM

New Liver Lesion

Moderator: Sammy Saab, MD

Edward Lee, MD, Nicole Rich, MD, and Francis Yao, MD

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Conference Overview

Kimberly Brown, MD

*Non-accredited sessions.