Background
Laura Wake, M.D., is a hematopathologist at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She is board certified in anatomic pathology, clinical pathology, and hematopathology by the American Board of Pathology.
Dr. Wake's pathology expertise extends to hematology and oncology. She specifically focuses on hematologic cancers and lymphoid malignancies.
Dr. Wake earned her medical degree at the American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine. She completed an anatomic and clinical pathology residency at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and a hematopathology fellowship at the National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute.
Dr. Wake previously served as co-chair for the Clinical Fellows Committee at the National Institutes of Health. She is a member of the Society for Hematopathology, the American Society of Hematology, the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathologists, the American Society of Clinical Pathology and the College of American Pathologists.
Dr. Wake has earned the Outstanding Clinical Pathology Award by University of Nebraska Medical Center.
Dr. Wake has contributed to numerous publications on hematopathology research.