Craig Henke, MD

Administrator Info
Name: Helen Rieger
Phone: 612-624-0999
Email: riege002@umn.edu
Fax: 612-625-2174

Summary
Dr. Henke graduated from medical school at the University of Minnesota in 1983. He completed residency training in Internal Medicine in 1986 and fellowship sub-specialty training in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine in 1989, both at the University of Minnesota. He is a professor in the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Division. Clinical activities and interests include subspecialty pulmonary clinic focusing on interstitial lung diseases. Dr. Henke's research program seeks to understand the pathogenesis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) at the basic science level. His research program focuses on identifying the underlying mechanisms driving IPF fibrotic progression. Recent discoveries include identification of pathological mesenchymal progenitor cells as a cell-of-origin for scar-forming IPF fibroblasts. The research program is currently focusing on elucidating epigenetic processes responsible for reprogramming IPF progenitor cells to their pathologic phenotype. Dr. Henke's research in IPF is supported by a NIH/NHLBI R01 Grant.