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Kathleen L. Lak, MD

Associate Professor

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Locations

  • Froedtert Hospital
  • Froedtert Menomonee Falls Hospital
  • General Surgery - Froedtert Hospital

Specialties

  • Bariatric Surgery
  • General Surgery

Languages

  • English

Bariatric Surgery Appointments and Referrals

General Surgery Appointments and Referrals

Education

  • MD - Doctor of Medicine

Publications

  • (Suh S, Kim A, Higgins RM, Gould J, Tan WH, Lak K, Widlansky M, Kindel T.) Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2026 Oct;22(10):1155-1162 PMID: 42575817 PMCID: PMC13466018 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105046740086 08/11/2026

  • (Razzaq H, Saleh T, Higgins RM, Lak K, Kastenmeier A, Goldblatt MI, Tan WH.) Surg Endosc. 2026 Aug;40(8):7124-7132 PMID: 42426395 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-105044367766 07/10/2026

  • (Saleh T, Kastenmeier A, Lak K, Higgins R, Goldblatt M, Tan WH.) Surg Endosc. 2025 Jan;39(1):604-613 PMID: 39467884 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85207623699 10/29/2024

  • (Lin H, Baker JW, Meister K, Lak KL, Martin Del Campo SE, Smith A, Needleman B, Nadzam G, Ying LD, Varban O, Reyes AM, Breckenbridge J, Tabone L, Gentles C, Echeverri C, Jones SB, Gould J, Vosburg W, Jones DB, Edwards M, Nimeri A, Kindel T, Petrick A.) Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2024 Oct;20(10):895-909 PMID: 39097472 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85200322033 08/04/2024

  • (Mathson LR, Lak KL, Gould JC, Higgins RM, Kindel TL.) J Surg Res. 2024 Feb;294:51-57 PMID: 37864959 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85174168780 10/22/2023

  • (Hilt L, Sherman B, Tan WH, Lak K, Gould JC, Kindel TL, Higgins RM.) Journal of Surgical Research. March 2024;295:864-873 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85176383123 03/01/2024

  • (Saleh T, Ford J, Kindel T, Higgins R, Lak K, Gould J, Tan WH.) Surgery United States. March 2024;175(3):599-604 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85177079402 03/01/2024

  • (Tan WH, Ford J, Kindel T, Higgins RM, Lak K, Gould JC.) Surg Endosc. 2023 Apr;37(4):3103-3112 PMID: 35927346 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85135574000 08/05/2022

  • (Petcka NL, Alter-Troilo K, Hetzel E, Higgins RM, Lak KL, Gould JC, Kindel TL, Kastenmeier AS, Goldblatt MI.) Surg Endosc. 2022 Oct;36(10):7722-7730 PMID: 35194667 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85125066286 02/24/2022

  • (Lak K.) Sages Manual of Quality Outcomes and Patient Safety Second Edition. 1 January 2022:385-404 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85165058825 01/01/2022

  • (Kindel TL, Higgins RM, Lak K, Gould J, Baumann Kreuziger L, Mohammed A, Gaglianello N, Ishizawar D.) Surgery. 2021 Sep;170(3):659-663 PMID: 34052027 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85106595666 05/31/2021

  • (Suh S, Hetzel E, Alter-Troilo K, Lak K, Gould JC, Kindel TL, Higgins RM.) Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. August 2021;17(8):1480-1488 SCOPUS ID: 2-s2.0-85106298217 08/01/2021

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