Joseph Garasic

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.

Clinical Interests:

• Carotid artery disease
• Renovascular Disease
• Resistant Hypertension

Medical Education

• MD, Boston University School of Medicine
• 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