Dr. Karin DeCastro, MD

Dr. DeCastro completed her undergraduate studies at Washington University in St. Louis and then returned to her native Denver to attend medical school at the University of Colorado. She stayed on at the University of Colorado to complete her internal medicine residency and graduated in 2003. Dr. DeCastro then moved to Ohio to complete her gastroenterology fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic. After receiving a prestigious 2006 American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) advanced fellowship, she spent an additional year at the Cleveland Clinic studying clinical hepatology and liver transplantation. She was board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in gastroenterology in 2006 and received her transplant hepatology certification in 2008. She has been thrilled to practice with Associates in Gastroenterology since 2008 and remains the only board certified transplant hepatologist in all of southern Colorado.

Dr. DeCastro has received several research grants and authored multiple publications, predominantly in the area of hepatitis C. She has consistently been listed as one the "Top Docs" in Colorado Springs as voted on by her peers and published annually in the Colorado Springs Style magazine. She is an active member of the AASLD, the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) and the American Liver Foundation (ALF). Her clinical interests include viral hepatitis and complications of liver cirrhosis. Her personal interests include traveling, Pilates and spending time with her husband and their four children.