Ellen Li, M.D., Ph.D.

Ellen Li, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Medicine

Office Location: CSRB-North Tower Room 927
Telephone: (314) 362-1072
Fax: (314) 362-8959
E-mail address: eli@im.wustl.edu

Dr. Li joined the Gastroenterology Division in 1986. She received her M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from Washington University School of Medicine. She completed her internal medicine training at Massachusetts General Hospital and returned to Washington University for a fellowship in gastroenterology. Dr. Li’s focus has been to build an infrastructure for clinical translational research in digestive diseases. 

Research Interests

Dr. Li’s focus is on understanding the effects of genetic factors implicated in Crohn’s disease on the human enteric microbiota.  She has assembled a multicenter and multidisciplinary team and works closely with the Genome Center at Washington University to pursue this question.  Her clinical interest focuses on the inflammatory bowel diseases.

 

Link to Medline for selected publications

Division of Gastroenterology
Department of Medicine
Washington University School of Medicine