Metabolic Health in Motion: A Global Insight to Metabolic Associated Liver Disease
The Metabolic Health in Motion academic conference was held at the University of Iowa on September 19-20, 2025. Internationally renowned experts reviewed the state of the art in MASLD, including epidemiology, risk factors, etiology, disease progression, lifestyle changes (dietary modifications, exercise programs), pharmacological, endoscopic and surgical treatments, liver transplant and organ donation, and disease outcomes.
Different levels of care and several medical specialties provided a holistic overview.
See the program brochure, as well as an event recap below.
Topic List
- MASLD Unveiled: Origins, Diagnosis and Natural History
- Epidemiology of MASLD and Prevention Strategies from a Public Health Perspective
- Updated Mechanisms of MASLD Pathogenesis
- How are Obesity and MASLD linked to cancer?
- Assessment and Management of Cardiovascular Risk in patients with MASLD
- MetALD: How Alcohol and MASLD Interact
- Nutritional Assessment and Management in patients with MASLD
- Muscular Health: Sarcopenia in MASLD. How To Prescribe Exercise in our Clinics
- Pharmacotherapy of Obesity: An Update
- Surgical and Endoscopic Treatment Options in Patients with Obesity and MASLD
- MASH Therapeutic Landscape: Current Options and Opportunities for Future Combination Trials
- The Power of Teamwork: Building and Sustaining a Multidisciplinary MASLD Clinic
- Decompensated MASH cirrhotic patient: special considerations and contraindications to transplant
- Anesthetic Challenges Associated with Liver Transplant in MASH Patients
- Surgical Challenges Associated with Liver Transplant in MASH Patients
- Management of MASLD After Liver Transplantation
Provided by: The University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine Department of Internal Medicine-Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Sponsored by: the Don and Karen Gaddis Liver Disease Research Fund, University of Iowa International Programs, and the Stanley–UI Foundation Support Organization
Endorsed by: International Liver Transplant Society (ILTS)