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Dr. Karen Krok joined Penn State College of Medicine in 2013. Her research interests include post-liver-transplant outcomes, focusing on patients transplanted for hepatitis C; the cardiovascular complications of patients after a liver transplant; pulmonary complications of liver disease; and outcomes of heart-liver transplants in the congenital heart disease population.
Dr. Krok is the site PI for a multicenter trial, Pulmonary Vascular Complications of Liver Disease 3 Study Group, which assesses the pulmonary complications and hormonal changes in patients with pulmonary hypertension and hepatopulmonary syndrome. She has successfully recruited for and been the site PI for several multi-site and pharmaceutical clinical trials.
As the congenital heart disease population is aging, there is more evidence of liver disease associated with the Fontan circulation. Dr. Krok has served on an international multi-specialty group that developed recommendations about how to follow these patients clinically.
Dr. Karen Krok is a board-certified transplant hepatologist, focused on the diagnosis of and care for patients with cirrhosis and liver cancer. She is the medical director for both the liver transplant program and the live donor liver transplant program at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.
As a gastroenterologist, Dr. Krok also sees patients who need screening for colon cancer.
Dr. Karen Krok was director for the Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fellowship at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center from 2016 to 2019. After assuming her vice chair role in the Department of Medicine, she assumed the role of assistant director of the fellowship.
She hs a strong passion for medical education. She previously served on the education council for the Internal Medicine Residency at Hershey Medical Center from 2018 to 2019 and was a JEMS mentor for residents from 2014 to 2018. She is also a member of the Internal Medicine Residency clinical competency committee.
Dr. Krok has spoken at numerous local, national and international meetings.
Fellow, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, 2018 (member, 2006 to present; member, Surgery and Liver Transplantation Committee, 2007 to 2009; member, Public Policy Committee, 2010 to 2013; member, Conflict of Interest Committee, 2015 to 2018)
Member, Pennsylvania Society of Medicine, 2015 to present (treasurer, 2018; secretary, 2019)
Member, American Society of Transplantation, 2010 to present
Board-certified in transplant hepatology, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2008 to present
Board-certified in gastroenterology and hepatology, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2007 to present
Member, American College of Gastroenterology, 2005 to present
Board-certified in internal medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2004 to present
Member, American Gastroenterological Association, 2004 to present
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Transplant Hepatology, Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University
2007 → 2008
Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University
2004 → 2007
Internship and Residency, University of Pennsylvania
2001 → 2004
MD, University of Pennsylvania
… → 2001
Biology and Spanish, BA, Franklin and Marshall College
… → 1997
At-Large Steering Committee Member, Clinical Practice Special Interest Group, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD)
2020 → 2022
Member, Development Committee, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD)
2019 → …
Member, Review Board for Hepatocellular Carcinoma, United Network for Organ Sharing
2019 → …
Representative to Specialty Leadership Cabinet, Pennsylvania Society of Medicine
2016 → …
Board Member, American Liver Foundation
2012 → …
Member, Liver and Intestinal Community of Practice, American Society of Transplantation
2010 → …
Board Member, Pennsylvania Society for Gastroenterology
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Parent, Leslie (Recipient), Reid, J. Spence (Recipient), Krok, Karen (Recipient), Lubin, Jeffrey (Recipient), Acharya, Jayant (Recipient) & Felix, Todd (Recipient), 2014
Prize
Miller, Ronald (Recipient) & Krok, Karen (Recipient), 2018
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