Dr. Laczek was born and raised in Connecticut.  He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1999 and received his medical degree from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in 2003.  After completing an Internal Medicine Internship and Residency at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii he completed a Gastroenterology Fellowship at the National Capital Consortium in Washington, DC.  He returned to Tripler Army Medical Center as a gastroenterologist prior to coming to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, where he is currently the Chief of Gastroenterology.  Dr. Laczek has deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan.  His professional interests include interventional endoscopy and quality improvement in endoscopy.