Adam Lake, MD

Adam Lake, MD, is a family physician with expertise in LGBTQIA+ health, as well as an HIV specialist and addiction medicine specialist. He is medical director of a clinic specializing in primary care, HIV, and gender-affirming care. He received a bachelor's in biochemistry with an interdisciplinary concentration in linguistics from Grinnell College in Iowa in 2006. He then completed his MD at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia. He completed his family medicine residency, HIV area of concentration, and population health fellowship at Lancaster General Health in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, in 2015.

Dr. Lake is an actively practicing physician with primary areas of interest in the intersectionality of marginalized populations and empowering people's health journey with compassion and collaboration. His work focuses on meeting people where they are and bringing care to them. His clinic has expanded access to STD testing and access to preexposure prophylaxis against HIV, and he serves as the tuberculosis physician for his local office of the department of health.

In addition to his work as a physician and for Everyday Health, Lake frequently teaches students and residents, lectures regionally and nationally on related topics, and has published in national journals.

• Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Biochemistry, Grinnell College
• Interdisciplinary Concentration in Linguistics, Grinnell College
• Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Temple University School of Medicine

• Board-Certified in Family Medicine, Degree of Fellow
• Board-Certified in Addiction Medicine, Degree of Fellow
• HIV Specialist, AAHIVM Certification
• Certificate of Medical Quality, ACMQ Certification, Degree of Fellow
• Graduate Certificate in Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University School of Population Health, Philadelphia

• Castle Connolly Top Doctor
• "40 under 40" Award, Pennsylvania Medical Society, 2022 
  
• Clinical Assistant Professor (Adjunct), Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
• Lancaster General Family Medicine Residency, Outpatient Teaching Group of the Year, June 2020
• Lancaster General Family Medicine Residency, Preceptor of the Year Award, 2017
• Overall Winner, Quality and Patient Safety Award, Penn Medicine, January 2018
• Family Medicine Educational Consortium: Best Research Poster; Emerging Leader Award; First Place: Creative Writing — Prose, November 2017
• Exceptional Teacher Award, Penn State School of Medicine, 2014, 2016, 2017
• Exceptional Role Model Award, Penn State School of Medicine, 2014, 2017
• Active Peer Reviewer for Journals, Including Journal of Addictive Diseases, AIDS, Annals of Internal Medicine, and BMJ

• Member, American Academy of Family Physicians
• Member, American Academy of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Medicine
• Member, World Professional Association for Transgender Health
• Member, Pennsylvania Medical Society
• Member, Lancaster County and City Medical Society
• Member, American Society of Addiction Medicine

• Lake AC. Pa. Lawmakers Must Legalize Syringe Services Programs. The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 26, 2021.
• Knowles L. What’s the Difference Medical Marijuana and CBD: What They Are and What You Need to Know. LancasterOnline. September 19, 2021.
• Knopf A. Is Generic Buprenorphine Film as Good as Suboxone? Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Weekly. June 10, 2019.
• Blest L. Dozens of People Have Been Charged With Delivering Fatal Drugs in Lancaster County Since 2012. Is It a Solution to the Opioid Crisis? LancasterOnline. Mar 4, 2019. Accessed from:
• Saint Thomas S. PrEP Isn’t Just for Men Who Have Sex With Men — Should You Be on It? Self. January 19, 2018. Accessed from:
• Szalavitz M. Doctors Who Hate Drug Users Are Fueling the Opioid Crisis. Vice. November 22, 2017.