Karl Karlson, MD
- Title
- Chief, Cardiac Surgery
Assistant Professor of Surgery - Office
- One Boston Medical Center Place, Robinson B-402, Boston, MA 02118
- Karl.Karlson@bmc.org
- Phone
- 617.638.7350
- Education
- Medical School: Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI
Residency: Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD; New England Deaconess Hospital, Boston, MA
Postgraduate Training: Fellowship in Surgery, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD; Fellowship in Vascular Surgery, Rush-Presbyterian – St. Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago, IL; Fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rush-Presbyterian – St. Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago, IL
Certification
- General Surgery
- Thoracic Surgery
Clinical Interests
- Aortic root reconstruction
- Aortic valve repair and replacement
- Coronary artery bypass surgery
- Minimally invasive cardiac surgery
- Mitral valve repair and replacement
- Surgical treatment of ascending aortic aneurysms
- Surgical treatment of valvular heart disease
- Transmyocardial laser revascularization of the heart
- Tricuspid valve repair
Publications
See a listing of publications on PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine.
- Clinical Services
- Cardiac Surgery
