Location Name
Avenue Van-Horne Room
Name
Session 2: Early Detection/Pathways
Date
Saturday, September 19, 2026
Time
10:40 AM - 11:40 AM (EDT)
Moderated by
Duy Dinh and Mark Swain
Talk Titles
and Learning Objectives
- Finding SLD Earlier: From Tools to Real-World Pathways with Nicola Pugliese
- Identify current gaps in early fibrosis detection in SLD and potential solutions to address them.
- Apply real-world strategies for earlier SLD fibrosis detection, including AI-based approaches.
- Recognize key barriers to implementation and pragmatic ways to overcome them.
- Why Screening Fails: Implementation barriers in Canadian Care Pathways with Sahar Saeed
- Identify key barriers to MASLD screening and fibrosis risk stratification within Canadian care pathways.
- Describe strategies to improve the implementation of MASLD screening in Canadian clinical practice.
- Task-Shifting in Action: Nurse-Led Models for SLD Care with Magdalena Kuczynski
- Explain the rationale for nurse-led SLD care.
- Describe key elements of successful nurse-led models.
- Identify opportunities to implement nurse-led care in practice.