About Joseph Garasic, MD
Dr Garasic was born in Chicago, IL and has lived in Boston since 1986. He is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Boston University School of Medicine, and completed his Internal Medicine residency, Fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease, and advanced Fellowship training in Interventional Cardiology and Vascular Medicine and Intervention all at Brigham and Women's Hospital / Harvard Medical School in Boston. He has been on-staff and the Director of Peripheral Vascular Intervention within the Cardiology Division at Massachusetts General Hospital since 2001. Dr Garasic is the Medical Director of the Cardiac Interventional Unit at MGH, is a member of the cardiac catheterization staff, and the section of Vascular Medicine. He is Co-director of the Vascular Diagnostic and Intervention fellowship within Cardiology at MGH. His area of research interest involves clinical investigations of renovascular disease and carotid vascular disease, as well as the discovery of novel endovascular procedures, and the novel use of existing endovascular devices. His clinical practice involves the management of patients with complex and multi-segmental vascular disease. His primary office practice is located on the MGH Main Campus, and he also attends a general cardiology outreach clinic in Nantucket, MA.
Dr Garasic and his wife reside locally in Boston.
Departments, Centers, & Programs:
Clinical Interests:
- Carotid artery disease
- Renovascular Disease
- Resistant Hypertension
Treats:
- Adult
Locations
Mass General Heart Center: Cardiac Catheterization Lab
55 Fruit St.
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-726-7400
Medical Education
- MD, Boston University
- Fellowship, Brigham and Women's Hospital
American Board Certifications
- Cardiovascular Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine
- Interventional Cardiology, 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
- Maine Community Health Options
- 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.
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