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Konstantinos N. Lazaridis

Konstantinos N. Lazaridis MD

Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine
Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

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Dr. Lazaridis is a Professor of Medicine, a Consultant in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and the Associate Director of the Center for Individualized Medicine in Rochester, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine.

Dr. Lazaridis received his medical degree (summa cum laude) at the University of Ioannina in Greece. He completed his Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology training at Mayo Clinic and was a Mayo Clinic Scholar in Genomics in the laboratory of Dr. Francis Collins at the National Human Genome Research Institute.

Dr. Lazaridis is considered a leader in the area of the genomics of chronic cholestatic liver diseases, namely, Primary Biliary Cirrhosis and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis. Since 2003, he has established and is the principal investigator of the two national consortia for studying patients afflicted with these diseases. His research group applies the latest genomic and genetic epidemiology approaches to better understand the pathogenesis and improve the therapy of these patients with PBC and PSC. This research effort is supported by grants from the NIH and public and private foundations. His clinical expertise is focused on the management of Primary Biliary Cirrhosis, Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis, and hepatobiliary malignancies.

As the Associate Director of the Center for Individualized Medicine, Dr. Lazaridis has been instrumental in the establishment and direction of the Individualized Medicine Clinic, a strategic initiative of the Mayo Clinic, with the ultimate goal to improve the care of our patients.