American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases


The American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases is a leading organization of scientists and health care professionals committed to preventing and curing liver disease. AASLD was founded in 1950 by a small group of leading liver specialists to bring together those who had contributed to the field of hepatology.
AASLD's Mission: To advance and disseminate the science and practice of hepatology, and to promote liver health and quality patient care.
Hepatology has been recognized as a discipline only in the last few decades, and AASLD played a seminal and unifying role in focusing interest on hepatological problems, as well as the founding of other hepatological societies.
Conferences: AASLD annually hosts The Liver Meeting®, which is the largest worldwide scientific conference on liver diseases. It also conducts several regional liver disease meetings that vary in topic and emphasis.
Journals: AASLD also publishes three major scientific journals on liver disease: Hepatology, Liver Transplantation and Clinical Liver Disease.
Membership: The organization has more than 5,000 members, including physicians, scientists, medical students, residents, and other health care professionals who work in hepatology and related areas.