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Falk Foundation e.V. – Knowledge drives everything
Falk Foundation e.V. provides a platform for experts in the fields of gastroenterology and hepatology to meet and communicate with one another. Its wide range of events provide continuing medical education to professionals. Written resources and other media are also available to provide clinicians, students, and researchers with up-to-date and comprehensive information on diseases, diagnostic procedures, and treatments.
Our topics
Our topic-specific pages offer an overview of the latest contents from our range of events, literature, scientific news and videos:
Latest news
International Adolf Windaus Award 2026
At the International Bile Acid Meeting 2026 in Vienna, Prof. Catherine Williamson received the Adolf Windaus Award for research that transformed the management of intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy and influenced international practice. Read the full announcement.
New: Quick Quizzes in EoE, IBD, PSC, Microscopic Colitis, and Liver Scores
Challenge your knowledge with our new Quick Quizzes – designed to make evidence-based learning interactive, accessible, and engaging. Put your knowledge to the test and strengthen your understanding in just a few minutes.
Coming Soon: Science Movie Warsaw on Treatment Decisions in Stricturing Crohn’s Disease
Coming soon to the Falk Foundation website: “Science Movie Warsaw” reports on treatment decisions for stricturing Crohn’s disease: Medical, endoscopic, or surgical treatment? Florian Rieder from Cleveland, speaking in favor of conservative treatment, and Willem Bemelman from Amsterdam, speaking in favor of surgery, will participate in the discussion. Edyta Tulewicz-Marti from Warsaw will moderate. This scientific exchange took place during Symposium 243, “Gastrointestinal Inflammation and Neoplasia,” held in Warsaw, Poland, in April 2026.
Symposia and online live events educational opportunities
The Falk Foundation events provide a forum for experts in the field of digestive and metabolic medicine to share their expertise. These continuing education events are held at the regional and international levels as webinars or as hybrids of in-person and online interactions.
You can find the following information about the past symposia in Berlin in 2025, Freiburg in 2026 and Warsaw in 2026: Highlights, poster award ceremony, videos...
Video
Berlin 2025 – Looking back
Symposium 242: Advances in Hepatology - from Mechanistic Insights to Novel Therapeutic Concepts
October 24 – 25, 2025 in Berlin, Germany
Scientific Organization:
Prof. Dr. Stefan Fichtner-Feigl, Freiburg (Germany)
Prof. Dr. Tom Hemming Karlsen, Oslo (Norway)
Dr. Sophie Lotersztajn, Paris (France)
Prof. Dr. Frank Tacke, Berlin (Germany)
©Falk Foundation e.V., Freiburg. All rights reserved.
Looking back on Freiburg 2026
Symposium: Next Gen Liver Immunology: Bridging Basic Science and Clinical Practice
February 5-6, 2026, Freiburg, Germany
Scientific Organization:
Prof. Dr. Robert Thimme, Freiburg (Germany)
©Falk Foundation e.V., Freiburg. All rights reserved.
