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
Very happy
Dr. Carlson is very caring, very professional, extremely knowledgeable, and a great listener. I feel well cared for in over the, I think it's almost 20 years that I've had him as a provider.
Yes, as always, my time and my appointment with Bill Carlson was terrific. He answered all my questions. He was dead on in what we needed to focus in on. He clearly knew everything that he needed to know about what's going on with me. So I've been with Bill for, I don't know, a zillion years, and he continues to show utmost professionalism, great ... Read More
Dr. Carlson is always professional and very thorough. I have complete confidence in his diagnosis and follow up care.
Dr. Carlson made me feel so much better about my issues. He is a wonderful doctor. Very kind and made me feel less stressed about my issue and more hopeful about having a positive outcome.
Quick follow up visit
I am very grateful to have such a qualified doctor who pays attention and treats you like a family member. Thank you so much.
EXCELLENT
He was a good listener and he clearly understood well what I said. He's a model physician.
there is no one better. I am fortunate to be his patient