John Lake, MD, is chief of hepatology and director of the liver transplant program at University of Minnesota Health in Minneapolis. He is also a professor of medicine and surgery. He is a past president of the American Society of Transplantation and a member of the Liver Transplantation Society and American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.
Dr. Lake's clinical interests include digestive health, liver disease, endoscopy, intestine transplant and liver transplant. His research interests include post-transplant hepatitis C and predictors of outcomes following liver transplantation. He is a deputy editor for the American Journal of Transplantation, Hepatology and Liver Transplantation. He also serves on the Council of the International Liver Transplantation Society.
Dr. Lake earned his medical degree at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. He completed his residency and GI fellowship at University of California, San Francisco.