欧洲肝病研究学会(EASL,European Association for the Study of the Liver)1966年4月23~25日在德国马尔堡(Marburg)成立,来自15个欧洲国家的70多位成员参加了首届欧洲肝病专家会议,组织者为古斯塔夫?阿道夫?马提尼(Gustav-Adolf Martini)教授。EASL的名称受启发于已经成立的国际肝病学会(IASL)。当时大家认为新学会应当是一个致力于肝病研究的医生和学者们的松散组织,而不必有明确的会员制度和领导机构,并且大家商定会议应该每年轮流在欧洲国家召开。
This collaboration meeting is a milestone in our hepatology field marking the initial collaboration between two big countries: China and Indonesia, eye-witnessed by many outstanding experts from USA, Japan, India and ASEAN. Liver disease is becoming a threat in Asia Pacific Region due to the fact that Indonesia along with China and India are the three top countries having a high prevalence of Hepatitis B.