UCSF Liver Symposium

We are delighted to invite you to the UCSF Liver Symposium 2026, a two-day continuing medical education (CME) program that has been a marquee event of the UCSF Liver Transplant Program for more than two decades. Each year, this course brings together world-renowned transplant surgeons and hepatologists from UCSF to share the latest research, clinical advances, and practical insights in the dynamic field of liver transplantation. The 2026 program will highlight today’s most pressing and significant issues in liver transplantation through focused lectures, case-based discussions, and interactive panels. Key topics will include frailty and nutritional status in transplant decision-making, therapeutic approaches and challenges in MASLD (metabolic-associated steatotic liver disease), management of hepatocellular carcinoma with a Tumor Board panel discussion, and case-based debates on TIPS versus no TIPS in the management of portal hypertension. Additional sessions will cover clinical pearls in the management of alcohol use disorder and related liver disease, as well as updates on the treatment of hepatitis B and C. These discussions aim to provide attendees with practical tools and evidence-based knowledge to address complex scenarios in liver transplantation. Multidisciplinary aspects of care—including pharmacy, psychosocial support, and long-term management of transplant recipients—will also be emphasized, reflecting the comprehensive nature of transplantation. This course is tailored for community hepatologists, advanced practice providers, pharmacists, social workers, trainees, and all clinicians who are involved in or interested in liver transplantation. Attendees will leave with up-to-date, clinically relevant knowledge that can be readily applied in practice. In addition to cutting-edge content, the UCSF Liver Transplantation Update 2026 provides a unique opportunity to engage with UCSF faculty and colleagues committed to advancing transplantation and patient care. We look forward to welcoming you to this year’s program and continuing the tradition of excellence that has made this course a cornerstone of liver transplantation education for over 20 years.

1. Develop strategies to incorporate pre-transplant frailty and nutritional interventions into clinical workflows.
2. Identify high-risk MASLD patients and develop personalized care plans to prevent disease progression and optimize transplant outcomes.
3. Utilize tumor board methodologies to enhance personalized treatment planning for pre- and post-transplant HCC patients.
4. Improve decision-making in complex cases of portal hypertension using evidence-based frameworks.
5. Implement evidence-based therapies for alcohol use disorder in patients with liver disease, addressing psychosocial factors and relapse prevention.
6. Summarize advancements in antiviral therapies for Hepatitis B and C, including strategies for managing resistance and co-infections.

Course Number: MSU27012

An account in the UCSF CE Portal is required to register. Click SIGN IN in the menu bar and enter your email address or UCSF MyAccess credentials to complete your profile and continue with registration. Your profile must include your degree and profession to be able to claim credit.

Registration will close on 11/21/26 at 8:00am Pacific Time.  

Additional Fees or Information:

Registration and pre-course instructions will be shared with registrants 1 week prior to the course.

In support of improving patient care, the University of California, San Francisco Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

ACCME Credit: UCSF Office of CME designates this live Activity for a maximum of 6.50 AMA PRA Category 1™ Credit(s).

Advance Practice Registered Nurses and Registered Nurses: For the purpose of recertification, the American Nurses Credentialing Center accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME.

Physician Assistants: The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) states that the AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM are acceptable for continuing medical education requirements for recertification.

California Pharmacists: The California Board of Pharmacy accepts as continuing professional education those courses that meet the standard of relevance to pharmacy practice and have been approved for AMA PRA category 1 Credit^TM. If you are a pharmacist in another state, you should check with your state board for approval of this credit.

California Psychologists: The California Board of Psychology recognizes and accepts for continuing education credit courses that are provided by entities approved by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM is acceptable to meeting the CE requirements for the California Board of Psychology. Providers in other states should check with their state boards for acceptance of CME credit.

American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) MOC for Physicians: Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 6.5 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC points. Attendees must have their ABIM information entered into their CloudCME Profile and complete the course evaluation within 30 days of the activity completion in order to receive MOC credit.

Cancellation Policy
Cancellations received in writing at least 30 days before the conference start date will receive a refund of registration fees minus a [10%] administrative fee. Requests received between 30 days and 14 days before the start date will receive a 50% refund. No refunds will be issued within 14 days of the start date. Please send cancellation requests through our Refund Request form.
 
UCSF Office of CME reserves the right to cancel or postpone this program if necessary; in the event of cancellation, course fees will be fully refunded. We are not responsible for other costs incurred, such as non-refundable airline tickets, hotel penalties, or other related personal expenses.

Accessibility Statement
UCSF welcomes all participants to our events. If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in this event because of a disability, please submit a learner support ticket as soon as possible.

UCSF Land Acknowledgment Statement
We would like to acknowledge the Ramaytush Ohlone people, who are the traditional custodians of this land. We pay our respects to the Ramaytush Ohlone elders, past, present, and future, who call this place, the land that UCSF sits upon, their home. We are proud to continue their tradition of coming together and growing as a community. We thank the Ramaytush Ohlone community for their stewardship and support, and we look forward to strengthening our ties as we continue our relationship of mutual respect and understanding.

For more information, visit https://opportunity.ucsf.edu/initiatives/ucsf-land-acknowledgment.

Join us in Sonoma, California for the UCSF Liver Transplant Symposium, hosted at the quintessential wine country escape, The Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa, an iconic wellness retreat in the heart of Sonoma Valley.

Guided by natural geothermal mineral waters, guests restore mind and body through immersive spa experiences, Sonoma-inspired dining, and championship golf.

We’ve secured a special discounted group rate at the conference hotel for our attendees. Be sure to book your room early—reservations must be made by the cut-off date or before the block is sold out. After the cut-off date, or if the room block sells out, rooms will be subject to availability and the group rate cannot be guaranteed. 

Hotel Name:  Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa

Hotel Address: 100 Boyes Blvd, Sonoma, CA 95476

Hotel Phone Number: (707) 938-9000

Hotel: Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa

Room Rate: $330

Cutoff Date: Friday, October 16, 2026

Link to Room Block Reservations:  https://book.passkey.com/go/0926LIVER

Additional Information:

A discounted daily resort fee of $20 per day will apply.

All those who book in the room block will receive a 50% discount on self-parking.

By staying at the host hotel, you help UCSF meet its contractual obligations and keep registration fees reasonable.

Air Travel

United Airlines

We are pleased to partner with United Airlines® for travel to our upcoming event.

• To make flight reservations online please enter discount code ZRMC505963

• MileagePlus® members earn miles for their travel when using the United Meetings? discount code.

You may also call United Meetings Reservation Desk from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. CT, Monday–Friday (closed for major U.S. holidays) at (800) 426-1122 for booking assistance or visit united.com/meetingtravel and enter the code above.

Booking fees are waived for United Meeting reservations.
International customers may contact their local United Reservation Desk.

This UCSF continuing education activity was planned and developed to: uphold academic standards to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor; adhere to requirements to protect health information under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA); and, include a mechanism to inform learners when unapproved or unlabeled uses of therapeutic products or agents are discussed or referenced.

UCSF adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including content planners, reviewers, authors, presenters, moderators, panelists, or others are required to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible entities. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

This UCSF continuing education activity was planned and developed to: uphold academic standards to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor; adhere to requirements to protect health information under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA); and, include a mechanism to inform learners when unapproved or unlabeled uses of therapeutic products or agents are discussed or referenced.

UCSF adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including content planners, reviewers, authors, presenters, moderators, panelists, or others are required to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible entities. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

Member Information

Role in activity

Nature of Relationship(s) / Name of Ineligible Company(s)

Philina Lim, BS
Senior Conference Manager
University of California San Francisco

Activity Administrator

Nothing to disclose

Michelle Mcmahan, BA
Manager, PR and Special Projects
UCSF Health, Transplant Services

Activity Administrator

Non-Clinical Exception

Bilal Hameed, MD
UCSF

Co-Director, Faculty

Grant or research support-Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.|Grant or research support-Akero biopharmaceuticals|Grant or research support-Madrigal Biopharmaceuticals|Grant or research support-Novo Nordisk (Any division)|Advisor-CLDF|Advisor-Madrigal|Advisor-Pleiogenix

Francis Yao, MD
Professor of Clinical Medicine and Surgery
University of California, San Francisco

Co-Director, Faculty, Peer Reviewer

Nothing to disclose

Treveni Defries, MD, MPH
UCSF

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Chris Freise, MD
Professor of Surgery
UCSF

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Nghiem Ha, MD, MAS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco

Faculty

Grant or research support-Takeda Pharmaceuticals (Any division)|Grant or research support-Gilead Sciences, Inc.|Grant or research support-Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.|Grant or research support-Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.|Consulting Fee-Madrigal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.|Grant or research support-AASLD

Jennifer C Lai, MD, MBA
UCSF

Faculty

Consulting Fee-Novo Nordisk (Any division)|Consulting Fee-Genfit|Consulting Fee-Altimmune|Consulting Fee-Stately Bio|Consulting Fee-Insmed|Consulting Fee-Lilly (Any division)|Advisor-Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Michael Li, MD, MPH
UCSF

Faculty

Grant or research support-Fujifilm (Any division)

Rohit Loomba, MD, MHSc
Professor of Medicine
University of California, San Diego

Faculty

Consulting Fee-Altimmune|Consulting Fee-Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals|Consulting Fee-AstraZeneca (Any division)|Consulting Fee-Bausch Health|Consulting Fee-Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.|Paid consultant-Eccogene|Paid consultant-Eli Lilly|Paid consultant-GSK|Paid consultant-HeptaBio|Paid consultant-Inipharma|Paid consultant-Insitro|Paid consultant-Inventiva |Paid consultant-Ionis Pharmaceuticals|Paid consultant-Kriya Therapeutics |Paid consultant-Madrigal Pharmaceuticals |Paid consultant-Metavi|Paid consultant-Novo Nordisk (Any division)|Paid consultant-Sagimet|Paid consultant-Sourcebio|Paid consultant-89 Bio|Paid consultant-Roche (Any division)|Paid consultant-Takeda Pharmaceuticals (Any division)|Paid consultant-Viking Therapeutics |Stocks or stock options, excluding diversified mutual funds-Sagimet|Grant or research support-Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals|Grant or research support-AstraZeneca (Any division)|Grant or research support-Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.|Grant or research support-Eccogene|Grant or research support-Eli Lilly|Grant or research support-Gilead Sciences, Inc.|Grant or research support-GSK|Grant or research support-Hanmi|Grant or research support-HeptaBio |Grant or research support-Inventiva |Grant or research support-Ionis Pharmaceuticals|Grant or research support-Madrigal Pharmaceuticals|Grant or research support-Novo Nordisk (Any division)|Grant or research support-Roche (Any division)|Grant or research support-TensorBio |Grant or research support-Takeda Pharmaceuticals (Any division)|Ownership-LipoNexus

Jennifer Price, MD, Professor of Medicine
Professor of Medicine
UCSF

Faculty

Charles Rickert, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of California, San Francisco

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Garrett Roll, MD, Associate Professor
UCSF

Faculty

Jessica Rubin, MD, MPH
UCSF

Faculty

Varun Saxena, MD

Faculty

Courtney Sherman, MD

Faculty

Jaehoon Shin, MD PhD
UCSF

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Shareef Syed, MD, MBChB, MRCS
UCSF

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Elizabeth Zheng, MD
UCSF

Faculty

Nothing to disclose

Exhibitors

EXHIBITORS WELCOME - LIMITED AVAILABILITY!

Availability is limited and registration is a 2-step process this year - you must complete both of the steps to secure your space. 

Letter of Request

Current Course Agenda

Exhibitor Agreement

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1. Please download and email a signed copy of the Exhibitor Agreement to [email protected].

2. Please find our exhibitor options below and click the Exhibit at this Event button at the bottom of the page to register. Please Note: You will need to create an account with CloudCME if you haven't already.

Term & Conditions

UCSF Office of Continuing Medical Education reserves the right to deny any application. UCSF OCME will acknowledge exhibitor(s) support in course materials as permissible by the ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. 

The exhibitor acknowledges that conducting marketing or promotional activities in any conference area except for their assigned exhibit space is prohibited. Exhibitors/Vendors may not engage in sales, promotional activities, or distribute product-specific advertisements while in the designated location of the CME activity. CME activity space includes, but is not limited to, lecture halls, breakout rooms, and laboratory areas. 

Exhibitors and UCSF OCME agree to abide by the ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited CE. Any actions that are not in accordance with the above-stated policies may result in the removal of the exhibiting company and its representatives from the conference site, in which case no refund of exhibit fees will be allowed. 

New This Year!

Exhibitor tiers and associated fees are available as follows:

Silver $5,000

• (1) 6’ x 30” tabletop exhibit space at UCSF assigned location in exhibit hall

• Standard acknowledgement from the podium

• Acknowledgement in the course syllabus distributed to each registrant*

• (2) complimentary exhibitor attendees

• (2) tickets to the conference welcome reception; additional tickets can be purchased

• Electrical Power

Gold $7,500

• 6’ x 30” tabletop exhibit space at UCSF assigned location in exhibit hall

• Standard acknowledgement from the podium

• Acknowledgement in the course syllabus distributed to each registrant*

• Electrical Power

• (4) complimentary exhibitor attendees

• (4) tickets to the conference welcome reception; additional tickets can be purchased

• Early booth selection

Platinum $10,000

• 6’ x 30” tabletop exhibit space at UCSF assigned location in exhibit hall

• Standard acknowledgement from the podium

• Acknowledgement in the course syllabus distributed to each registrant*

• Electrical Power

• (4) complimentary exhibitor attendees

• (4) tickets to the conference welcome reception; additional tickets can be purchased

• Early booth selection

• Choose 1 (first come, first serve):

  • Sponsored charging stations *needs to be outside of meeting room

  • hydration stations with branding *needs to be outside of meeting room

  • Company can include branded swag or flyers in the UCSF branded tote bag distributed to registered conference attendees.

Payment Deadline & Late Fee Policy

Exhibitor payment is due in full by the deadline listed on program materials (webpage and exhibitor agreement form). A $500 late fee will apply to any payments received after the posted deadline. 

To avoid a late fee and ensure participation, proof of payment (such as a check copy, electronic payment confirmation, or remittance advice) must be submitted by the deadline. 

Please note that exhibit placement and promotional benefits are not guaranteed until full payment and proof of payment are received. 

Cancellation Policy

There are no refunds for cancellations of exhibit registrations. 

Payment must be received prior to the event. 

Download a copy of UCSF’s payment information: UCSF W9 

For information about commercial support opportunities, please contact:  [email protected]