3635 Vista Avenue at Grand Blvd.
St. Louis , Missouri 63110
office 314.577.8764
fax 314.577.8125
St. Louis University Liver Center Facts (As of June 1st, 2011)
- Largest liver center in St. Louis and in Missouri in terms of research funding, patient visits, clinical trials and hepatologists
- Over 1,350 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
- Forty-one (41) faculty and staff comprise the Saint Louis University Liver Center
- Over 100 publications by the Saint Louis University Liver Center faculty and staff in 2010
- Over 829 liver transplants since July, 1988
- Over $5.5 million of research funding for liver disease in 2010. (Pharmaceutical, NIH, and VA)
- Over 1,600 patients cured of hepatitis C
- Thirty-six (36) 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 13 centers in the US funded by the NIH for the study of new treatment in hepatitis B (HBRN)
