KarenRitaJacobsonMD

Infectious Disease • Boston, MA

Instructor, Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

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Office
725 Albany St
Shapiro 9, Suite B
Boston, MA 02118
Phone+1 617-414-4290

Fax+1 617-414-4285

Education & Training

Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Infectious Disease, 2007 - 2009
Yale-New Haven Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2002 - 2006
Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineClass of 2002

Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 2006 - 2026
CT State Medical License 2005 - 2006
American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Understanding the impact of pandemics on long-term medication adherence: directly observed therapy in a tuberculosis treatment cohort pre- and post-COVID-19 lockdowns.
Victoria Overbeck, Samantha Malatesta, Tara Carney, Bronwyn Myers, Charles D H Parry
BMC Infectious Diseases. 2024-10-14
Evaluation of the Tuberculosis Infection Care Cascade Among Pregnant Individuals in a Low-Tuberculosis-Burden Setting.
Jeffrey I Campbell, Dorine Lavache, Ariane Garing, Vishakha Sabharwal, Jessica E Haberer
Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2024-09-01
Patient and provider perceptions of the relationship between alcohol use and TB and readiness for treatment: a qualitative study in South Africa.
Suchitra Kulkarni, Sarah E Weber, Chané Buys, Tersius Lambrechts, Bronwyn Myers
BMC Public Health. 2024-08-14

Press Mentions

A Bellwether for COVID-19June 8th, 2022
The Checkup for July 17: With COVID-19 Case Numbers Rising, Gov. Baker Pushes for More Shots in ArmsJuly 16th, 2021
Keep an Eye on Breakthrough Covid-19 Cases. But Don’t Freak OutJuly 15th, 2021
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