First European Annual Primary Care MASLD/MASH Summit 2025

First European Annual Primary Care MASLD/MASH Summit 2025 is organized by MCI Canada and will be held on Dec 04, 2025.

Theme: From Missed to Managed: Primary Care at the Frontline of Metabolic Liver Health

Description:
This first European edition of the Primary Care MASLD/MASH Summit in 2025 aims to engage healthcare professionals and companies across Europe. This edition will be a unique platform for networking and collaboration for European primary care and internists.

The Summit will bring together primary care professionals, hepatologists, researchers, and public health leaders to advance the understanding and management of MASLD/MASH in clinical practice. All sessions will be delivered in English with simultaneous interpretation in French.

The program features eight in-depth sessions covering current research, practical diagnostic approaches, and real-world management strategies. Attendees will gain valuable insights into early detection, integrated care pathways, and the role of interdisciplinary collaboration. Highlights include:

• Interactive case studies and expert-led panel discussions.
• The Patient Perspective Session, offering a firsthand look at the lived experience of those affected by MASLD and MASH, emphasizing the importance of patient-centered care.
• A concluding multidisciplinary panel with a primary care physician, nurse practitioner, hepatologist, discussing real-world application of strategies, best practices, and diagnostic challenges.

The summit is designed to empower healthcare professionals with the latest tools, resources, and clinical insights to improve outcomes for patients living with MASLD and MASH.

We invite you to register now and join us for this important event that will help shape the future of MASLD and MASH care in Canada and beyond.

On behalf of our co-chairs and esteemed faculty, we look forward to your participation and a dynamic exchange of ideas.

Preliminary Agenda:

18:30 – 18:35 | Welcome & Opening Remarks

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

18:35 – 19:00 | Understanding Fatty Liver: What’s New and What Matters Most in Primary Care

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

19:00 – 19:20 | Primary Care Toolbox: Managing Fatty Liver in Daily Practice

• What labs to order
• How to integrate liver health into patients visits
• FIB-4, FibroScan, ultrasound, ELF, and non-invasive scores: When and how to use them
• Workflow tips – Optimizing efficiency and improving care

19:20 – 19:50 | The Patient Voice: “I Didn’t Know I Had Liver Disease”

• How patients found out they had MASLD/MASH
• Barriers to care (stigma, confusion, fear)
• What finally worked—and why
• How Primary Care made (or could have made) a difference

19:50 – 20:20 | 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

20:20 – 20:50 | 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

20:50 – 21:20 | 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

02:50 – 03:00 | Closing Remarks: Primary Care as Liver Health Leaders

Speaker: Michael Betel

• Recap takeaways (3 things every PCP should do starting tomorrow)