Dr. Lenz has had a long standing experience in academic medicine in both basic and clinical sciences. He focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of all gastrointestinal and liver diseases with special interest in hepatitis, inflammatory bowel disease, and gastrointestinal oncology, Additionally, he has studied and now applies the knowledge how the brain affects the stomach.
American Board of Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine-
Gastroenterology-Subspecialty
Scripps/XiMED Medical Center
9850 Genesee Avenue
Suite 820
La Jolla, CA 92037
Colonoscopy with biopsies/removal of polyps
Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
Endoscopy of the stomach, esophagus and small intestine
American Gastroenterological Association
American College of Gastroenterology
American College of Internal Medicine
American Society for Gastrointestial Endoscopy
American Association for the Study of the Liver
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Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla
NIH Clinical Investigator Award
UCSD Academic Senate Awards (3)
Thannhauser Award
Ludwig Brauer Award
Medical Degree
University of Hamburg
Year of Graduation: 1981
Internship
University of California San Diego
Year of Graduation: 1988
Residency
University of California San Diego
Year of Graduation: 1989
Fellowship
University of California San Diego
Year of Graduation: 1990