Robert E. Schwartz, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Gastroenterology
- Phone: 314-747-2066
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Education
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (2014)
- Fellowship Gastroenterology and Hepatology: Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (2013)
- Residency: Barnes Jewish Hospital, WUSTL, St. Louis, MO (2008)
- MD: University of Minnesota School of Engineering, Minneapolis (2006)
- PhD: University of Minnesota School of Engineering, Minneapolis, MN (2004)
Research Interests
Developing and building models of human liver disease in vitro, stem cell biology, hepatocyte biology, engineering techniques to better understand human liver disease with the goal to improve clinical therapy.
Clinical Interests
Autoimmune hepatitis, cirrhosis, fatty liver disease, MASLD, MASH, general hepatology, genetic liver diseases, genetic screening, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, hepatitis D, primary biliary cholangitis, primary sclerosing cholangitis, viral hepatitis, Wilson’s disease, alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency, hemochromatosis, iron overload disorders, liver cyst, liver lesion, liver masses, liver nodules, colonoscopy, endoscopy