Otto S. Lin
Expertise in
8
conditions
Expertise in
8
conditions
1100 Ninth Avenue, 
Seattle, WA 

Overview

Otto Lin, MD, is a board-certified gastroenterologist who specializes in colonoscopy. Other areas of expertise include inflammatory bowel disease, hepatitis B and C, gastroesophageal reflux disease and peptic ulcer disease. He is also active in outcomes research, particularly as it relates to colon cancer screening.Dr. Lin finds it highly rewarding to follow patients over time. He believes that a positive physician-patient relationship can promote healing.Dr. Lin is the medical director of Quality Improvement for the Digestive Disease Institute at Virginia Mason, a clinical assistant professor of medicine at the University of Washington and a consultant for the Radiological Devices Panel at the FDA. He is also the recipient of several awards including the Franklin Ebaugh Award for Outstanding Research (Stanford Hospital), Glaxo Institute of Digestive Health Resource Award, Cabot Prize (Harvard Medical School) and Clinical Research Award (Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason).

Dr. Lin is highly rated in 8 conditions, according to our data. His top areas of expertise are Familial Adenomatous Polyposis, Gas Bloat Syndrome, Gardner Syndrome, Colonoscopy, and Endoscopy.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 39 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Graduate Institution
Harvard Medical School, Boston - 1994
Residency
Internal Medicine, Stanford University Hospital, Stanford, CA - 1997
Specialties
Gastroenterology
Licenses
Internal Medicine in WA
Board Certifications
American Board Of Internal Medicine, Subspecialty In Gastroenterology
Fellowships
Gastroenterology, Stanford University Hospital, Stanford, CA - 2001
Hospital Affiliations
Virginia Mason Medical Center
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

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Locations

Virginia Mason Medical Center
1100 Ninth Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101

Additional Areas of Focus

Dr. Lin 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.

Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)

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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