title: Origins of the Canadian Association for the Study of the Liver: A personal memoir.
abstract: The Canadian Association for the Study of the Liver (CASL) (Association Canadienne Pour L'Étude Du Foie) is a thriving organization. Although it was established more than a quarter of a century ago and has been successful since the beginning, most members are unaware of how CASL came into being or of its humble origins as a precursor club in the 1970s. The present article reviews those early days. It is written as a memoir because of the author's personal involvement and is based on detailed records, correspondence and handwritten notes from that era.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. simonj@queensu.ca
authors.forename: Jerome B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Simon
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D005582:Foundations / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration; D005762:Gastroenterology / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000266:history* / Q000628:therapy; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration