Karn Wijarnpreecha

Dr. Karn Wijarnpreecha

1. Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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Biography

Dr. Wijarnpreecha is currently a clinical associate professor of internal medicine department, division of gastroenterology and hepatology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine/Banner University Medical Center-Phoenix. He completed his Gastroenterology fellowship at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in 2021 and transplant hepatology fellowship at the University of Michigan in 2022. He also completed a master of public health degree from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in 2021.He completed his medical school training from Chiang Mai University with Honors in 2013. He came to the USA in 2015 and completed his Internal Medicine residency training at Bassett Medical Center affiliated with Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in Cooperstown, NY. He has contributed research into the fields of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, and Hepatology. He has received a number of academic awards and honors, including the AASLD Emerging Liver Scholar, AASLD Resident/Fellow Ambassador, Young Investigator Bursary from the European Association for the Study of the Liver-The International Liver Congress, and The 2018 E. Donnall Thomas Resident Research Award in recognition of outstanding research for a resident at Bassett Medical Center in 2018. His research interest is hepatology, particularly in the area of epidemiology of MASLD, alcohol-related liver disease, viral hepatitis, liver transplantation, and racial disparity in liver diseases.

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