About William Carlson, MD, PhD
Dr. Carlson received his BA from Harvard College and then completed his MD and PhD at Yale University. After finishing his residency in Internal Medicine at New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center, he came back to Boston for a fellowship in Cardiology at Mass General/Harvard Medical School. He has been on the staff at Mass General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School since then. His clinical focus has been on Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant. He serves on a variety of hospital committees and chairs the Cardiology Fellowship Selection Committee.
Departments, Centers, & Programs:
Clinical Interests:
- Advanced Heart Failure
- Hypertension
Treats:
- Adult
Locations
Mass General Heart Center: Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant
55 Fruit St.
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 866-644-8910
Mass General Heart Center
55 Fruit St.
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 866-644-8910
Medical Education
- MD, Yale University
- Residency, Cornell University Medical Center
- Fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Fellowship, Smith Kline & French Laboratories, Pa.
American Board Certifications
- Cardiovascular Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine
- Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
- Cigna
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Coventry
- Fallon Health
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Humana
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan
- MassHealth
- Medicaid CT
- Medicaid ME
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid NY
- Medicaid RI
- Medicaid VT
- Medicare
- Medicare ACO
- Multiplan
- Railroad Medicare
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- United Health Care
- Wellpoint
- WellSense
- WellSense NH
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.
Research
Dr. Carlson has focused his clinical practice on Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant. He is internationally know for his work on the design and development of drugs using the three dimensional structure of proteins. His work has focused on renin inhibitors, carvedilol and growth factor mimetics, but includes biomarkers and immunosuppressants to prevent organ rejection post transplant
Dr Carlson is always a caring and respectful doctor. I have already recommended friends to see him. They are happy too!
My visit with Dr Carlson went very well and my husband was suppose to be seen after me but ended up in the [redacted]. Later in the day Dr Carlson stopped by to see him. That meant alot to my husband and me. It showed how much he cares about his patients. I'm sure he had a full hospital visits scheduled but fit [redacted] in.
Providing excellent cares with medical professionalism, always put patients' interest in the first place.
Dr W. Carlson is always on top of everything!
Thank you Dr. Carlson for your expert care and wonderful service!
Dr. Carlson is incredibly informative, caring, and compassionate physician. I would rate him as one of the best physicians I have ever seen.
Dr Carlson is the best in the business
Dr. Carlson provides expert cardio care not only for myself but also for my parents. We are extremely lucky to have him. He answers all questions with ease and knowledge of the next steps. With complex cases, there is no one better to handle the course to better health in such a caring manner.
Excellent!
Nothing negative. Provider was great. Straight to the point just the way I like them to be.