Time zone: Central European Time.

 

18:00 – 18:05 | Welcome & Opening Remarks

Speaker: Michael Betel, President & Founder, Fatty Liver Alliance

18:05 – 18:30 | Understanding MASLD and MASH and the relationship between Primary Care and the Hepatologist

 

• MASLD & MASH simplified: clear, practical definitions
• Screening criteria and risk factors
• Brief review of updated guidelines and nomenclature

18:30 – 19:00 | Primary Care Toolbox: Managing Fatty Liver in Daily Practice

 

• People-First Liver Charter 
• What labs to order
• How to integrate liver health into patients visits
• Importance of NITs: FIB-4, FibroScan, ultrasound, ELF, and non-invasive scores. When and how to use them
• Workflow tips – Optimizing efficiency and improving car

19:00 – 19:25 | The Patient Voice: Obesity and Liver Disease

 

• Why is the patient’s voice is so important?
• How patients found out they had MASLD/MASH
• Barriers to care (stigma, confusion, fear)
• How Primary Care made (or could have made) a difference

19:25 – 19:55 | Lifestyle Rx: Pearls for a busy Primary Care Practice

 

• Addressing real world nutritional advice – Practical strategies for Primary Care
• Addressing patient challenges and stigma
• Brief and Practical lifestyle intervention strategies for busy clinics

19:55 – 20:25 | Integrating Available Medications in Primary Care for management of Fatty Liver disease

 

• Role of GLP-1s, statins, insulin sensitizers, and upcoming MASH therapies
• Considerations for T2D, obesity, CKD, and polypharmacy
• What’s in the pipeline

20:25 – 20:55 | Case-Based Panel: What Would You Do?

 

• Newly diagnosed patient with elevated ALT & diabetes
• Patient with advanced fibrosis on FibroScan but no symptoms
• Young patient with obesity and normal liver enzymes

20:55 – 21:00 | Closing Remarks: Primary Care as Liver Health Leaders

Speaker: Michael Betel

• Closing Remarks

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