Overview
Dr. Amber Charoen is a board-certified specialist in internal medicine and gastroenterology. She completed medical school at Rangsit University in Thailand with First Class Honors and Valedictorian. Based on peer nomination and her outstanding accomplishments, she was recognized by Castle Connolly Top Doctors as a 2024 Rising Star.
Dr. Charoen arrived in the U.S. in 2015 as a research fellow specializing in pancreas, nutrition, and celiac disease at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School. She continued her journey of excellence by completing her residency in internal medicine at MetroWest Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine in Framingham, Massachusetts. She then pursued a fellowship in gastroenterology at Rhode Island Hospital/Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Dr. Charoen has been recognized for her outstanding teaching with an Exemplary Teaching Award from Brown University and is the 2022 recipient of the Joseph A. DiMase Brown University Gastroenterology Research Award.
Before joining Gastro Health of Tri-Cities, Dr. Charoen served as an Assistant Professor of Medicine at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her clinical expertise spans GI upper endoscopy, colonoscopy screening, capsule endoscopy and women’s digestive health. Dr. Charoen was trained in one of only few centers in US that provide training in Women’s Gastrointestinal Medicine, focusing on gastroenterological issues unique to women.
Dr. Charoen is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Peptic Ulcer. Her top areas of expertise are Colonic Malakoplakia, Childhood Volvulus, Portal Hypertension, Indigestion, and Endoscopy.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 3 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
Insurance
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Locations
7114 W Hood Pl, Kennewick, WA 99336
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Charoen has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
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Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Advanced
- Colonic MalakoplakiaDr. Charoen isAdvanced. Learn about Colonic Malakoplakia.
- Experienced
- Attenuated Familial Adenomatous PolyposisDr. Charoen isExperienced. Learn about Attenuated Familial Adenomatous Polyposis.
- Bacterial GastroenteritisDr. Charoen isExperienced. Learn about Bacterial Gastroenteritis.
- Bowel IncontinenceDr. Charoen isExperienced. Learn about Bowel Incontinence.
- Campylobacter InfectionDr. Charoen isExperienced. Learn about Campylobacter Infection.
- Celiac DiseaseDr. Charoen isExperienced. Learn about Celiac Disease.
- Childhood Iron Deficiency AnemiaDr. Charoen isExperienced. Learn about Childhood Iron Deficiency Anemia.