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Wing-Kin Syn, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor; James F. King Chair in Gastroenterology; Director, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology; Co-director, Saint Louis University Liver Center; Co-chair, SSM Health St. Louis gastroenterology clinical program
Department of Internal Medicine

Education

Fellowship
University of Birmingham - UK

Residencies
Kings College Hospital
University Hosipital Birmingham - NHS

Internship
University of Sheffield

Medical School
University of Sheffield

Practice Areas

Wing-Kin Syn, M.D., specializes in treatment of liver diseases, offering advanced care for patients with alcoholic and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, liver fibrosis and cirrhosis, chronic liver disease, hepatitis, alcoholic steatohepatitis and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH). Services include noninvasive assessment of liver disease, liver biopsy and liver elastography. 

Research Interests

  • Clinical trials related to treatment of liver fibrosis and cirrhosis, as well as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
  • Identifying risk factors for the progression of liver diseases related to type 2 diabetes mellitus and methotrexate use
  • Development of liver cancer

Professional Organizations and Associations

  • Associate editor, Digestive Disease Science
  • Honorary professor, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao