- Dr. Karen K Ballen, MD
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Dr. Karen K Ballen, MD
Internal Medicine
- Massachusetts, Boston
Overview
Dr. Karen K Ballen, MD works in Boston, Massachusetts is a specialist in Internal Medicine, Hematology, Oncology and graduated Beth Israel Hosp/harvard Med School in 1989. Dr. Ballen is affiliated with Massachusetts General Hospital and practicing for 37 years
Specialties
- Internal Medicine
- Hematology
- Oncology
Conditions
• Allergic Reactions to Insect Stings• Aphasia
• Arterial Revascularization
• Atrial Septal Defect 2 (ASD 2)
• Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease
• Berger's Disease
• Bilateral Cataracts
• Chronic Pain Management
• Demyelinating Disorders
• Food Allergy - Tree Nuts
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• Herbal Agent Adverse Reaction - Echinacea
• Hypertensive Encephalopathy
• Imperforate Anus
• Intrauterine Device Management
• Knee Pain
• Lumbar Decompression Therapy
• Memory Disorders
• Mental Retardation, X-Linked Recessive - Macrocephaly - Ciliary Dysfunction
• Metabolic Rate Testing
• Microscopic Ulcerative Colitis
• Muscle Hypotonia
• Muscular Dystrophy, Congenital, Type 1C
• Ocular Myasthenia Gravis
• Outpatient and inpatient dialysis supervision and management [More]
• Photosensitivity
• Plasmapheresis
• Post-Dysenteric Arthropathy
• Prolactinoma
• Salivary Gland Stones
• Severe Chronic Pain
• Sexual Disorders
• Sleep-Related Rhythmic Movement Disorder
• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
• The provision of follow-up treatment for patients who have undergone kidney transplants
• The provision of nutritional information for patients with kidney disease
• Wound Infection
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Procedures
• Acute Leukemia• Anemia
• Bone Marrow Biopsy
• Central Nervous System Lymphoma
• Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML)
• Coagulation Disorders (incl. Hemophilia)
• Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
• Graft vs Host Disease
• Hodgkin's Disease
• HPC Transplantation (Stem Cell Transplant)
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• Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP)
• Leukocytosis
• Lung Cancer
• Lymphoma
• Lymphoma, Large-Cell
• Lymphosarcoma
• Macroglobulinemia (incl. Waldenstrom's )
• Mantle Cell Lymphoma
• Mast Cell Diseases
• Melanoma
• Mycosis Fungoides
• Myelodysplastic Syndromes
• Myeloma
• Myeloproliferative Disorders
• Neuroendocrine Tumors
• Neutropenia
• Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
• Pancreatic Cancer
• Pancytopenia
• Polycythemia Rubra Vera
• Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma
• Prostate Cancer
• Reticulosarcoma
• Secondary Malignancies
• Skin Cancer
• Thalassemia
• Thoracentesis
• Thrombocytosis
• Venous Embolism and Thrombosis
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Board Certifications
- Board Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine
Years Since Graduation
- 37
State License
- Massachusetts
Education & Training
Residency Hospital
Beth Israel Hosp/harvard Med School
Boston, MA, USA
Year completed: 1989
Boston, MA, USA
Year completed: 1989
Internship Hospital
Beth Israel Hosp/harvard Med School
Boston, MA, USA
Year completed: 1987
Boston, MA, USA
Year completed: 1987
Fellowship Hospital
Brigham And Women's Hospital
Select City, Select State, United States
Year completed: 1992
Select City, Select State, United States
Year completed: 1992
Medical School
Dartmouth Medical School
Hanover, NH, United States
Graduated: 1986
Hanover, NH, United States
Graduated: 1986
Awards
1 ASH
2 AXO
3 ISEH
4 ISHG
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I received a correct diagnosis and up-to-date treatment.
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The provider really listened, gave me the time I needed, and put me at ease.
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The provider addressed traditional and alternative medicine treatment options in an open-minded way.
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Office Locations
Primary location
Bone Marrow and Leukemia Prog
Zero Emerson Place
Massachusetts (MA)
Boston
2114
Phone:(617) 724-1124
Accepting New Patients
- Yes
Map & Directions
Insurances Accepted (check insurance plans)
- Aetna
- Aetna HMO
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
- Blue with Managed Care Behavioral Health HMO
- BlueConnect HMO
- Choice Care PPO
- Choice Plus POS
- Choice Plus POS II
- Cigna
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Commercial Insurance Company
- EmblemHealth
- Fallon Community Health Plan
- First Health (Coventry Health Care)
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- GHI PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care PPO
- Health Net
- Humana
- Medicare
- Medicare Advantage PFFS
- Medicare MCR
- MultiPlan
- MultiPlan PPO
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Network Health
- Open Access Plus
- Options PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- Preferred Blue PPO
- Tufts Health Plan
- Tufts PPO
- UnitedHealthCare
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Affiliated Hospitals
Massachusetts General Hospital
55 Fruit Street
Massachusetts MA,
Boston,
2114
Massachusetts General Hospital is a hospital located in Boston, MA. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are below the state average in 16 of 16 procedures. Length of Stay is at the state average in 6 of 16 procedures.
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