Erik P. Thyssen, MD

11525 Olde Cabin Road
St. Louis, MO, 63141
TEL 314-997-0554
FAX 314-997-5086

Education

  • Medical Degree 1984 University of Copenhagen School of Medicine
    Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Postgraduate Training
  • Rotating Internships in Internal Medicine, 1984-1987
    General and Orthopedic Surgery and Radiology
    Holbaek Central Hospital
    Holbaek, Denmark
  • Residency in Internal Medicine 1987-1990
    Michael Reese Hospital
    Chicago, Illinois
  • Fellowship in Gastroenterology 1990-1993
    Washington University School of Medicine
    St. Louis, Missouri

Board certifications

  • Internal Medicine 1990
  • Recertified 1999
  • Gastroenterology 1993
  • Recertified 1999

Academic positions

  • Clinical Instructor in Medicine 1993-1997
    Washington University School of Medicine
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine 1997- present
    Washington University School of Medicine
  • Clinical Instructor in Surgery 1997-present
    Washington University School of Medicine
  • Jewish Hospital Medicine Clinic Attending 1993-1996
    Washington University School of Medicine
  • Jewish Hospital, Flexible Sigmoidoscopy Clinic Attending 1996-1999
  • Instructor of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy for 1993- present
    Gastroenterology Fellows, Colorectal Fellows and General Surgical Residents

Honors

  • National research service award 1991

Medical practice

  • Specialists in Gastroenterology, LLC 1993-present
    Burton A Shatz, MD
    Leonard B. Weinstock, MD
    Guiseppe Aliperti, MD

Hospital Staff Appointments

  • Barnes-Jewish Hospital 1993-present
  • Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital 1993-present
  • Missouri Babtist Medical Center 1995-present

State licensures

  • Missouri State Board of Registration Issued
    for the Healing Arts (MD R3P63) 06/14/1991

Associations

  • Medical Danish Medical Association 1984
  • American College of Physicians 1990
  • American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 1992
  • Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation 1993
  • St. Louis Endoscopy Society 1993
  • Washington University Cancer Center 1996
  • St. Louis Metropolitan Medical Society 1997
  • American College of Gastroenterology 1997
  • American Medical Association 1997

Committee Memberships

  • Chairman, Quality Assessment Committee 1996-1997
    Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
  • Medical Executive Committee 1996-present
    Barnes-Jewish West County hospital
  • Chief of Staff, elect 1998
    Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
  • Chief of Staff 1999
    Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
  • Chairman, Credentials Committee 2000
    Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital

Consultant

  • Reviewer for Annals of Internal Medicine 1998

Presentations

Talk at National Meeting

  • Thyssen EP, Turk J, Bohrer A, Stenson WF. 1992
    Quantification of Discrete Molecular Species
    of Platelet-activating Factor and its 2-Lyso Metabolite
    in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
    American Gastroenterological Association
    San Francisco, CA

Posters at National Meetings

  • Thyssen EP, Stenson WF. 1992
    CaCO-2 Cells, A Human Intestinal Epithelial Cell Line,
    Secrete PAF Acetylhydrolase activity. Fourth International Congress on PAF and Related Lipid Mediators. Snowbird, UT
  • Thyssen EP, Stenson WF. 1993
    Metabolism of Platelet-activating factor in
    Ulcerative Colitis. Boston, MA
  • Weinstock LB, Shatz BA, Mujeeb IB, DeSchryver K, 1995
    Thyssen EP. Colonic "chicken skin": A mucosal change adjacent to
    colon neoplasms. American College of Gastroenterolgy San Francisco, CA

Lectures

  • Gastroenterology Division Grand Rounds 1990- 1993
    Washington University School of Medicine
    Chylous Ascites
    Medical treatment of Familial Polyposis Coli
    Toxic Megacolon
    Maintenance Therapy in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Peptic Ulcer Disease 1992
    Core Curriculum Conference
    Jewish Hospital of St. Louis
  • ERCP 1993
    Society of Gastroenterology Nurses
    Clayton, MO
  • Annual Internal Medicine Board Review Course 1994-1997
    Gastroenterology Review
    Washington University School of Medicine
  • "Helicobacter Pylori" – an update 1995
    Core Curriculum Conference
    Jewish Hospital of St. Louis
  • Peptic Ulcer Disease 1996-1997
    Gastroenterology Review Section
    Family Practice Board Review Course
    St. Louis, MO
  • Peptic Ulcer Disease – an update 1997
    Core Curriculum Conference
    Barnes-Jewish Hospital

National Courses

  • American College of Gastroenterology 1990
    Annual Postgraduate Course
    San Francisco, CA
  • American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 1992
    Appropriate use of Technology in Gastroenterology
    San Francisco, CA
  • Digestive Disease Week 1993
    Management of Gastrointestinal Cancers
    Boston, MA
  • American Gastroenterological Association 1993
    Review Course in Gastroenterology and Hepatology
    Chicago, IL
  • Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Laser Course 1994
    Harvard Medical School
    Boston, MA
  • American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 1994
    Annual Postgraduate Course
    New Orleans, LA
  • Digestive Disease Week 1995
    San Diego, CA
  • American College of Gastroenterology 1996
    Annual Meeting
    Seattle, WA
  • Digestive Disease Week 1999
    Orlando, FL
  • Physician Executive Leadership Course 1999
    Washington University

Publications

  • Articles Faarvang KL, Thyssen EP. Beta-Thalassemia Minor in a Northern European Family Ugeskr Laeger 1985;147:3170-1
  • Faarvang KL, Thyssen EP. Giant Cell Arteritis. Loss of Vision During
    Corticosteroid Therapy. Journal of Internal Medicine 1989;225:215-6
  • Rasmussen RB, Thyssen EP. Rupture of The Flexor Hallucis Longus Tendon:
    A Case report. Foot and Ankle 1990;10:228-9
  • Thyssen EP, Hou SH, Alverdy JC, Spiegel DM. Temporary Loss of Limb Function Secondary to Soft Tissue calcification in a patient with Rabdomyolosis-induced Renal failure American Journal of Kidney Disease 1990;16:491-4
  • Thyssen EP, Weinstock LB, Balfe DM, Shatz BA. Medical Treatment of Benign Gastrocolic Fistula. Annals of Internal Medicine. 1993;118:433-5.
  • Shatz BA, Weinstock LB, Thyssen EP, DeSchriver K. Colonic "chicken-skin" – a mucosal change adjacent to colon neoplasm. American Journal of Gastroenterology 1994;89:1698.
  • Teefy SA, Roarke MC, Brink JA, Middleton WD, Balfe DM, Thyssen EP, Hildebolt CF. Bowel Wall thickening: Differentiation of inflammation from ischemia with doppler and duplex ultrasonography. Radiology 1996;198:547-51.
  • Thyssen EP, Turk J, Bohrer A, Stenson WF. Quantification of Distinct Molecular Species of Platelet-Activating Factor in Ulcerative Colitis. Lipids 1996;31:S-255-9.
  • Thyssen EP, Weinstock LB, Shatz BA. Colon Cancer Screening and Surveillance.
    Washington University Cancer Matters 1996.
  • Shatz BA, Weinstock LB, Swanson PE, Thyssen EP. Long-term Safety of India Ink Tattoos in the Colon. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 1997;45:153-6.
  • Weinstock LB, Shatz BA, Thyssen EP, Mujeeb IB, DeSchryver K. Colonic Chicken Skin Mucosa: an endoscopic and histologic abnormality adjacent to colon neoplasms. American Journal of Gastroenterology 1998;93:623-7.
  • Weinstock LB, Shatz BA, Thyssen EP. Esophageal food bolus obstruction: Evaluation of extraction and modified push techniques in 75 cases. Endoscopy 1999;31(6):421-25.
  • Weinstock LB, Shatz BA, Thyssen EP, Ritter J, Korenblat PE, DeSchryver K. Colonic mucosal specling detected by endoscopy. Histopathologic differential diagnosis. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 1999;49:786-90.
  • Shatz BA, Weinstock LB, Thyssen EP. Inflammatory Bowel Disease after India Ink tattooing: Too much of a good thing. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 2000;51:253.

Abstracts

  • Thyssen EP, Turk J, Bohrer A, Stenson WF. Quantification of Distinct Molecular Species of Platelet-Activating Factor and its 2-lyso metabolite by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Gastroenterolgy 1992;102:A704.
  • Thyssen EP, Stenson WF. Metabolism of Platelet-Activating Factor in Ulcerative Colitis Gastroenterology 1993;104:A789.
  • Connell DC, Thyssen EP, Weinstock LB, Shatz BA. Colonic Stretch Marks: An endoscopic finding not previously described. American Journal of Gastroenterology 1996;91:A32