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
- Residency, Brigham and Women's Hospital
- 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.
All the medical staff listened to my concerns and explained their answers and were very detailed and supportive.
Dr. G was friendly and kind, took the time to get to know you as a new transfer patient from Dr. [redacted].
Overall, a very good patient experience. Dr. Garasic explained everything about my condition. It's a little bit complicated, but he was clear as to the options and that was very helpful and he also audited the appropriate next steps. So as I said before, it was a very good patient experience. Thank you.
It was just excellent. That's it.
Dr. Garasic and Dr. [redacted] are excellent,and take the time to review all details.
Dr. Garasic and his assistant, [redacted] were both very good educators. I want to thank them very much. Certainly [redacted] analogy to the heart of being two ice cream cones was very good. It's something I will always remember. Thank you.
He has always been excellent thank you so much
I could not ask for better care or more thorough discussion and explanation of my condition.
This was my first visit to meet. Dr. Garasic. He and his resident impressed me in many ways. They were very familiar with my medical records for the past 4-5 years. They listened to me very attentively. He very clearly outlined to me his approach to diagnosing my situation, and what further test he wanted to have done and new medication he ... Read More
Dr Garasic assistant and staff were exceptional I got all my questions answered. Thank You MGH