Past Events

The first-ever fully virtual Canadian Liver Meeting, May 2-5, 2021, was also the inaugural North American Viral Hepatitis Elimination Summit, in collaboration with the AASLD.

CAHN’s program featured topics brought to us by our membership. And, as in previous years, we were thrilled to highlight some of our amazing members in the nurse-led models of care and case study session.  Session are available on-demand until August 2021.

CAHNference 2020 was a landmark event as CAHN’s first-ever virtual meeting.  The theme Rising to the Challenge was fitting during this year of the COVID19 pandemic – also aptly, the year of the Nurse.

The Canadian Liver Meeting, held in Montreal Feb 27-Mar 1, 2020, is a unique collaborative meeting of the Canadian Association for the Study of the Liver (CASL), the Canadian Network on Hepatitis C (CanHepC) and the Canadian Association of Hepatology Nurses (CAHN). It provides an incredible opportunity for our colleagues to share what is happening in the field of liver health through various liver-focused organizations.

Presenting the ABCs of Liver Disease; Dr. Aldo Montana-Loza illuminated Alcohol-Related Liver Disease with respectful treatment. Dr. Ed Tam brought tasty treats for us to enjoy while we contemplated treatment in Hepatitis B infected patients. We then welcomed our multi-disciplinary panel to share challenges and successes with treating our hard-to-reach Hepatitis C patients.

CAHN proudly hosted the first-ever nurse program at INHSU. Members, as well as nurses from across the globe, were invited to learn from international speaker, Dr. John Dillon as he shared the path to Killing a killer disease, HCV elimination in action

A partnership event with CAHN, CASL & CanHepC.  CAHN sessions highlighted nursing approaches across Canada to bring HCV testing, linkage, and treatment.  And a lively debate between Ed Tam and David Wong – full of good science, whit, and humour!

Planned in conjunction with Dr. Alnoor Ramji’s Liver Forum. Featuring Dr. Giada Sebastiani’s The Pitfalls of Non-invasive Fibrosis Markers at CAHN’s nurse only networking dinner.

CAHN was honoured to have the opportunity to host this event as part of the prestigious Global Hepatitis Summit which happens every three years.

A partnership event with CAHN, CASL & CanHepC.  2018 was the 1st ever CLM.

Planned in conjunction with Dr. Alnoor Ramji’s Liver Forum.

An integrated program with CASL. CAHN became an Affiliate Member at CDDW to bring members to Banff.