Gastroenterology
Mauricio Lisker Melman, MD
Professor of Medicine; Director, Hepatology Program, Washington University School of Medicine
Saint Louis, MO
Mauricio Lisker-Melman, MD, is a distinguished hepatologist and gastroenterologist at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, where he serves as Professor of Medicine and Director of the Hepatology Program. With over 40 years of experience, he specializes in acute and chronic viral hepatitis, autoimmune liver diseases including autoimmune hepatitis (AIH), primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), and primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma),
Credentials
Board Certifications
- Gastroenterology
- Internal Medicine
- Endoscopy
Education & Training
- Medical Degree, School of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, 1980
- Residency, Internal Medicine, Instituto Nacional de la Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico, 1983
- Fellowship, Gastroenterology-Endoscopy, Instituto Nacional de la Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, Mexico City, Mexico, 1985
- Visiting Associate, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1987
- Medical Staff Fellow, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1989
Peer Recognition
- Washington University School of Medicine — Distinguished Faculty Award for Teaching
2017
Clinical Focus
Subspecialties
Hepatology (GI)Transplant Hepatology
Conditions & Treatments
Cirrhosis & Liver DiseaseFatty Liver DiseaseLiver CancerLiver TransplantationViral HepatitisHepatitis BHepatitis CPortal Hypertension
Practice Details
Hospital Affiliations
- Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Languages
English, Hebrew, Spanish