Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital, Cardiology Clinic
1153 Centre Street
Suite 4G
Jamaica Plain, MA  02130
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Heart and Vascular Center
70 Francis Street
Carl J. and Ruth Shapiro Cardiovascular Center
Boston, MA  02115
About Carolyn Y Ho, MD
Gender
Female
Leadership Title
Medical Director of the Cardiovascular Genetics Center
Specialties
Cardiovascular Medicine
Clinical Interests
cardiomyopathy
echocardiography
genetics, cardiovascular
Bio

Dr. Carolyn Yung Ho is the medical director of the Cardiovascular Genetics Center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH). A cardiovascular medicine specialist, she is also a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School (HMS).

She received her medical degree from HMS. She then completed an internal medicine residency and a cardiology fellowship at BWH. Dr. Ho is board certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease.
Dr. Ho’s clinical interests include cardiomyopathy, echocardiography, and cardiovascular genetics. The author of over 30 peer-reviewed publications, her research focuses on characterizing early phenotypes of sarcomere mutations in inherited cardiomyopathies and developing clinical trials to diminish the progression of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Her research has received support from the American College of Cardiology and National Institutes of Health.

Education

Medical School
Harvard Medical School/ BWH, 1995
Board Certifications
Cardiovascular Disease, 2001
Fellowship
Brigham and Women's Hospital, 1998 - 2001

Videos

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Advancing Care for Inherited Heart Disease Video - Brigham and Women's Hospital
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