SLULC Highlights

Highlights of the Saint Louis University Liver Center

3635 Vista Avenue at Grand Blvd.
St. Louis, Missouri 63110
Office: 314.577.8764
Faxe: 314.577.8125

Click here to visit the Saint Louis University Liver Center website.

St. Louis University Liver Center Facts

  • Largest liver center in St. Louis and in Missouri in terms of research funding, patient visits, clinical trials and hepatologists
  • Over 1,390 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
  • Fifty (50) faculty investigators, clinicians and staff comprise the Saint Louis University Liver Center
  • Over 500 publications by the Saint Louis University Liver Center faculty and staff
  • Over 870 liver transplants since July, 1988
  • Over $13 million of research funding for liver disease (Pharmaceutical, NIH, and VA)
  • Over 3,000 patients treated and cured of hepatitis C at the Saint Louis University Liver Center
  • Forty (40) active clinical trials, bringing new treatments to our patients with hepatitis C, hepatitis B, primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), hepatocellular cancer (HCC), primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) and hepatic encephalopathy (HE)
  • 1490 research patient study visits in the past year.
  • One of the 8 centers in the US funded by the NIH for the study of NASH (NASH CRN), currently in its 14th year.
  • One of the 10 centers in the US funded by the NIH for the study of new treatment in hepatitis B (HBRN), currently in its 8th year.