Lisa Strate, M.D., M.P.H., is a Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. She joined the University of Wisconsin in 2024 after 18 years at the University of Washington in Seattle, where she was Section Chief of Gastroenterology at Harborview Medical Center.
Dr. Strate is a Fellow of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) and the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG). She has served on many national committees, including the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Kidney, Endocrine and Digestive Disorders (KEDD) Study Section. She is currently an Associate Editor of the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.
Dr. Strate’s clinical interests include recurrent, refractory, and complicated diverticulitis and diverticular bleeding.
Dr. Strate’s research program investigates the epidemiology, prevention, and treatment of diverticular disease complications. She and her collaborators have identified diet, lifestyle, genetic, and other risk factors for diverticulitis and illuminated the roles of chronic systemic inflammation and the gut microbiome in the pathogenesis of diverticulitis. Their results have informed guidelines, changed dietary recommendations for patients with diverticulosis, and shaped current medical measures for the prevention of diverticulitis. Her current projects examine how visceral adiposity and associated biological mechanisms influence the risk of diverticulitis and compare a Mediterranean diet pattern to a high fiber diet for the prevention of recurrent diverticulitis.