Karen Carlson, MD, PhD is Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University and the New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City and a member of the Adjunct faculty at The Rockefeller University.
Dr. Carlson graduated from the Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas and received her medical and doctoral degrees from The University of Wisconsin in Madison. Her PhD thesis focused on the biochemical regulation of tissue-plasminogen activator. She completed a research fellowship at The Rockefeller University in New York where she studied the use of mesenchymal stem cells for treatment of peripheral nerve disease, for which she was awarded the F. M. Kirby fellowship in sensory neuroscience. Dr. Carlson completed Internship and Residency in internal medicine and fellowship in hematology and medical oncology at Weill Cornell/New York-Presbyterian Hospital as part of the Medical Research Track. Dr. Carlson has presented her research at national and international conferences, and has published her work in peer-reviewed journals. Her research interests are in development of novel targets, specifically within the bone marrow microenvironment, for treatment of hematologic malignancies, and bone marrow failure syndromes.
Dr. Carlson is a member of the American College of Physicians, the American Society of Hematology and the American Society of Clinical Oncology. She is interested in treating patients with acute leukemia, myelodysplastic syndrome, myeloproliferative diseases and bone marrow failure syndromes.
Fellowship: Hematology/ Oncology at New York Presbyterian Hospital, 2008-2011
Residency: New York Presbyterian Hospital, 2007-2008
Internship: New York Presbyterian Hospital, 2006-2007
Postdoctoral Fellowship: The Rockefeller University, 2004-2006
MD/PhD dual degree program: The University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1996-2004
Undergraduate: Southern Methodist Univeristy, 1991-1995
