Research interests
Expressed interest in studying access barriers, interventions, and medical therapies affecting minority populations, particularly Hispanic populations.[4]
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Karen Flores Rosario
As of 2024 · Last known relationship
As of 2024 · Last known relationship
Karen Flores Rosario is a Duke assistant professor, advanced heart failure specialist, and transplant cardiologist whose work centers on genetic cardiomyopathies and complex transplant care. She facilitates a Duke clinic offering genetic testing and counseling for patients and families affected by inherited cardiomyopathies. Her clinical expertise includes LVAD care, heart transplantation, and transplant evaluation. She earned an MD from the University of Wisconsin in 2017, completed Internal Medicine residency at UT Southwestern from 2017 to 2020, and completed cardiology and advanced heart failure/transplant fellowships at Duke from 2020 to 2024. Her research interests include genetic heart disease, cardiac MRI, and health disparities affecting Hispanic populations. She was lead author of a published perspective on pregnancy among patients with LVADs.
Speaks English and Spanish.
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Training includes Was a Consulting Associate in the Department of Medicine at Duke in 2024., Completed an Advanced Heart Failure/Transplant Cardiology Fellowship at Duke University, School of Medicine, from 2023 to 2024., Listed in the 2023-2024 alumni section of the Duke cardiovascular disease fellowship page, with Duke University shown as the location., and Completed a Cardiology Fellowship at Duke University, School of Medicine, from 2020 to 2023., plus 10 more records.
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Expressed interest in studying access barriers, interventions, and medical therapies affecting minority populations, particularly Hispanic populations.[4]
Identified as the lead author of an LVAD perspective.[9]
Is interested in using advanced imaging, including cardiac MRI, to understand and manage heart conditions.[5]
Studies how genetic heart conditions, including cardiomyopathies, develop and progress over time.[5]