Wesley Wayne Lake

Background

Lake, Wesley Wayne was born on October 11, 1937 in New Orleans. Son of Wesley Wayne and Mary McGehee (Snowden) Lake.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry, Princeton University, 1959; Doctor of Medicine, Tulane University, 1963.

Career

Intern, Charity Hospital of Louisiana, New Orleans, 1963-1964; resident internal medicine, Charity Hospital of Louisiana, New Orleans, 1966-1969; National Institutes of Health fellow allergy and immunology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, 1969-1970; instructor department medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, 1967-1969; fellow department medicine, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, 1969-1970; instructor department medicine, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, 1970-1973; assistant clinical professor medicine, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, 1973-1977; chief allergy clinic, Louisiana State University Svc. Charity Hospital Louisiana, New Orleans, 1970-1977; associate clinical professor medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, since 1978. Temporary staff positions various hospitals, 1963-1970, including Baton Rouge General Hospital, Our Lady of the Lake Hospital, Glenwood Hospital, St. Francis Hospital, Monroe, Louisiana, Lallie Kemp Charity Hospital, Independence, Louisiana, HueyP. Long Hospital, Pineville, Louisiana.

General medical officer outpatient clinic Hunter Air Force Base, Savannah, Georgia, 1964-1965, general medical officer internal medicine service, 1965-1966. Consultant physician Seventh Ward General Hospital, Hammond, Louisiana, 1971-1977, Slidell (Louisiana) Memorial Hospital, 1971-1989, St. Tammany Parish Hospital, Covington, Louisiana, 1977-1985. Consultant physician East Jefferson Hospital, Metairie, Louisiana, 1971-1977, staff physician, since 1990.

Assistant visiting physician Charity Hospital New Orleans, 1970-1975, staff physician, 1975-1977, visiting physical Tulane division, since 1979. Associate physician Southern Baptist Hospital, New Orleans, 1970-1975, staff physician, since 1975, department chairman medicine, chairman internal medicine committee, 1982-1984, chairman pharmacy and therapeutics, 1980-1982,member investigative review committee, 1984-1985, member internal medicine quality assurance committee, 1989-1994. Staff physician Kenner (Louisiana) Regional Med.Ctr.

(formerly St. Jude Medical Center), since 1985, chairman quality assurance committee, 1987-1989.

Achievements

• Wesley Wayne Lake has been listed as a noteworthy Internist, allergist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American College of Physicians, American College Allergy, Sigma Xi. Member New Orleans Academy Internal Medicine, Musser-Burch Society, S.E. Allergy Society, Louisiana Allergy Society (secretary 1975-1976, vice president 1976-1977, president 1977-1978).

Connections

Married Abby F. Arnold, August 1959 (divorced 1974 children: Courtenay B., Corinne A., Jane S.

Father:

Wesley Wayne Lake

Mother:

Mary McGehee (Snowden) Lake

Spouse:

Abby F. Arnold

child:

Corinne A. Lake

child:

Courtenay B. Lake

child:

Jane S. Lake