Karen E. Lasser, MD, MPH
CARE Unit Faculty 
Professor of Medicine and Public Health, Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health
Contact
Karen.Lasser@bmc.org
twitter.com/lasser_karen
617-414-6688
Crosstown Center, 801 Massachusetts Ave., 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02118
Biography
Dr. Lasser is Professor of Medicine and Public Health at Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health. Her research focuses on improving quality of care in primary care for underserved patient populations and reducing health disparities. Dr Lasser was multi-PI of a NIDA-funded cluster randomized trial to determine whether four implementation strategies; nurse care management, use of a patient registry, academic detailing, and electronic tools, will increase primary care provider adherence to chronic opioid therapy guidelines and reduce opioid misuse among patients, relative to electronic tools alone. Dr. Lasser’s work has received international recognition; she has published over 70 peer-reviewed papers in journals such as JAMA, British Medical Journal, and the American Journal of Public Health. Dr. Lasser is a practicing primary care physician at Boston Medical Center, the largest safety-net hospital in New England.
Boston University faculty appointment: 2009
Areas of Specialization
- Quality of care
- Health disparities
- Health policy
- Smoking cessation
Education and Training
Fellowship
General Internal Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 1999-2001
Residency
Resident and Chief Resident (Primary Care/Internal Medicine), Boston City Hospital, Boston, MA, 1995-1999
Education
MD, Cornell University, New York, NY
MPH (Clinical Effectiveness), Harvard University, Boston, MA
AB (History and Literature), Harvard College, Boston, MA