Alumni Update

Dr. Tom Karson Named Director of Research Computing and Deputy Chief Information Officer at Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva University

Ross graduate Dr. Tom Karson was recently named director of research computing and deputy chief information officer at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. In this new role, he will oversee the research informatics and computational needs of the faculty at Einstein and direct all information technology functions in support of Yeshiva’s research efforts.

Dr. Karson, who is also a practicing cardiologist, has been at the forefront of health care computing for nearly a quarter century. He credits Ross University for helping him to develop the drive and independence to be a trailblazer in his field and an advocate for change, in addition to helping him develop the perseverance and tenacity he needed to make his dreams a reality.

Dr. Karson received his bachelor’s degree from Harvey Mudd College before graduating from Ross University School of Medicine in 1984. He then completed an internship in internal medicine at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital of Harvard Medical School, and a residency in internal medicine at Loyola University.

After completing fellowships in cardiology and critical care at Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke’s Medical Center, he began his professional career at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. There he worked as an assistant staff member in cardiology, serving both the non-invasive imaging section and the attending clinical cardiologist. He then went on to complete a fellowship in medical informatics at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Over the course of his career, Dr. Karson has led several state-of-the-art projects in electronic medical records, clinical and business applications and digital imaging at major health care organizations including the aforementioned institutions as well as Massachusetts General Hospital, Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Continuum Health Partners, where he was most recently chief medical information officer. In addition, Dr. Karson also developed LaunchPad, an innovative medical graphical user interface that is widely used within the health care industry.

Dr. Karson will put his experience and reputation as an innovator to good use at Einstein, where he will help develop and implement the College’s vision for research information management as well as the computational needs for the genomic and imaging technologies used in basic, clinical and translational applications. In addition, Dr. Karson will continue to practice and teach cardiology.