Karen L. Krok, MD,FAASLD
Penn State Hershey Gastroenterology
200 Campus Dr
Suite 2400 | Entrance 4
Hershey, PA 17033
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- Gastroenterology
- Transplant Hepatology
- Alcoholic Liver Disease
- Alpha-1-Antitrypsin deficiency
- Autoimmune Hepatitis (AIH)
- Cirrhosis
- Colonoscopy and upper endoscopy (EGD)
- Fatty Liver Disease / Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
- Fatty liver disease
- Hemochromatosis
- Liver Biopsy
- Liver Disease
- Liver Transplantation
- Liver cancer, mass or tumor
- Metabolic Liver diseases (Hemochromatosis, Alpha-1-Antitrypsin deficiency, Wilson's disease)
- Metabolic liver diseases
- Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
- Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)
- Primary biliary cirrhosis/cholangitis)
- Primary biliary cirrhosis/cholangitis) (PBC)
- Viral Hepatitis (Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C)
- Viral Hepatitis (Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C), HBV and HCV
- Wilson’s disease
Dr. Krok is a full time gastroenterologist and hepatologist here at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Her primary areas of interest are in the care of patients with all liver diseases, including patients that need are in need of a liver transplant. She has done research on hepatopulmonary syndrome and liver transplant outcomes and is the medical director for the live donor liver transplant program. As a gastroenterologist, she also sees patients who need screening for colon cancer. As Director of the Gastroenterology Fellowship she has a strong passion for medical education.
Board Certification
- Internal Medicine
- Gastroenterology
- Transplant Hepatology
Fellowship, Transplant Hepatology
Johns Hopkins Hospital - 2008
Fellowship, Gastroenterology
Johns Hopkins Hospital - 2007
Residency, Internal Medicine
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center (Philadelphia) - 2004
Medical School,
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (Philadelphia) - 2001 - Associate Professor of Medicine
- Program Director, Gastroenterology and Hepatology Fellowship
- Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
- Education Recognition Award from the Department of Medicine
- Liver, Pancreas and Foregut Cancer