3635 Vista Avenue at Grand Blvd.
St. Louis , Missouri 63110
office 314.577.8764
fax 314.577.8125
Visit the Saint Louis University Liver Center website.
View the current list of Clinical Trials at the Saint Louis University Liver Center.
St. Louis University Liver Center Facts (As of December 31st, 2008)
- Largest liver center in St. Louis and in Missouri in terms of research funding, patient visits, clinical trials and hepatologists
- Over 1,300 patient visits per month for care of patients with liver disease by Saint Louis University Liver Center clinicians
- One of the largest treatment centers for liver disease in the United States
- Thirty-eight (38) faculty and staff comprise the Saint Louis University Liver Center
- Over 85 publications by the Saint Louis University Liver Center faculty and staff in 2008
- Over 727 liver transplants since July, 1988
- Over $5,285,000 of research funding for liver disease in 2008. (Pharmaceutical, NIH, and VA)
- Over 1,200 patients cured of hepatitis C
- Thirty-five (35) active clinical trials, bringing new treatments to our patients with hepatitis C, hepatitis B, primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), hepatocellular cancer (HCC)
- One of the 8 centers in the US funded by the NIH for the study of NASH (NASH CRN)
- One of the 12 centers in the US funded by the NIH for the study of maintenance interferon for hepatitis C (HALT-C)
- One of the 13 centers in the US funded by the NIH for the study of new treatment in hepatitis B (HBRN)
