William Dean Carlson MD

Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Heart Failure & Transplantation

Assistant Professor, Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

55 Fruit StCardiac Unit Associates Yaw5Boston, MA 02114
Phone+1 617-724-6750
Fax+1 617-724-6767

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Summary

Dr. William Carlson is a Cardiologist and Advanced Heart Failure and Cardiac Transplant sub-specialist based at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA. He completed his medical degree at Yale School of Medicine in 1976, a Residency in Internal Medicine at New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus), followed by a Fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease at Massachusetts General Hospital. Since 2005, he has been working with the Massachusetts General Physicians Organization. Dr. Carlson is experienced in critical care medicine, heart failure and cardiac transplantation. He has been published extensively including in Frontiers in Pharmacology, JACC, The Lancet and others. He's been recognized as a Fellow (FACC) by the American College of Cardiology.

Education & Training

Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General HospitalFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1978 - 1982
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1976 - 1978
Yale School of MedicineClass of 1976

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Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 1978 - 2027
PA State Medical License 1987 - 1988
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory 2014 Certified EHR Suite, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012, 2014, 2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Oncall, Massachusetts General Hospital, 2012, 2014, 2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification EpicCare Inpatient 2014 Certified EHR Suite, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012, 2014, 2017

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

A Perioperative Blood Conservation Protocol to Achieve Successful Bloodless Heart Transplantation.
Frederick M Lang, Guilherme Marmontel Nasi, Julia Allen, Kristian Bakken, Kemar J Brown
ASAIO Journal. 2026-07-01
THR-123, a novel BMP-7 mimetic that activates Akt phosphorylation and inhibits cardiomyocyte apoptosis and inflammation, protects the heart from myocardial injury in a...
Dattatreyamurty Bosukonda, Romesh R Subramanian, Peter C Keck, Philippe Bey, Frederic R Carlson Jr
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 2026-01-01
3 citations
Cardiac preservation usingorgan perfusion: new therapies for the treatment of heart failure by harnessing the power of growth factors using BMP mimetics like THR-184.
William D Carlson, Dattatreyamurty Bosukonda, Peter C Keck, Philippe Bey, Shannon N Tessier
Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. 2025-01-01