Wing-Kin Syn MD PhD, FEBGH, FACP, FRCPE, FRCP

Summary

• Wing-Kin Syn, MD, is a gastroenterologist located in Saint Louis, MO, with subspecialties in hepatology and liver transplantation. He completed his medical education at the University of Sheffield School of Medicine in 1998. Dr. Syn serves as the Division Director and Professor of Medicine at Saint Louis University School of Medicine. Previously, he was Professor of Medicine and Attending physician at Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Medical University of South Carolina. His expertise encompasses metabolic syndrome, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, transplant hepatology, autoimmune, biliary, and genetic liver diseases. He has published > 150 papers on these topics, including options for treating metabolic dysfunction-associated liver diseases. Dr. Syn leads a basic science team that studies mechanisms of liver fibrosis and is also actively involved in clinical trials aimed at evaluating treatments for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, autoimmune liver diseases, and liver cirrhosis.