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Tara Karamlou, MD, MSc
Cardiovascular Surgeon
Gender: Female
Practices/Specialties: Pediatric Congenital Heart Surgery, The Heart Center: Pediatric and Adult Cardiology
Primary Location:
Cardiac Surgery, Akron (Akron)
Practicing in Akron
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Appointments: 330-543-8772
Akron Children's Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Akron
Considine Professional Building
215 West Bowery Street
Level 5
Akron,
Ohio
44308 US
Fax: 330-543-3850
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Appointments: 330-543-8772
Meet Tara Karamlou, MD, MSc
Dr. Karamlou is a pediatric congenital heart surgeon who joined the Akron Children’s team in 2025. After graduating from Baylor College of Medicine, she completed a general surgery residency at Oregon Health and Science University, as well as a surgery residency at the University of Michigan and Oregon Health and Science University. Dr. Karamlou also completed a pediatric congenital cardiac surgery fellowship at Seattle Children’s Hospital. She is a world-renowned expert in clinical outcomes research, with more than 280 peer-reviewed publications and holds national leadership positions in all cardiac surgery professional societies. Dr. Karamlou is a Cincinnati Children’s faculty member in cardiovascular surgery, a clinical professor at the University Hospital College of Medicine, and a professor of surgery at Case Western Reserve University.
Education & Affiliations
Medical School:
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Graduate School:
Institute of Medical Science, Toronto, Canada
Residency:
General Surgery: Oregon Health and Science University, Portland; Cardiothoracic Surgery: University of Michigan, An Arbor, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland
Fellowship:
Pediatric Congenital Cardiac Surgery: Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle
Certifications:
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Cardiothoracic Surgery; American Board of Thoracic Surgery Congenital Cardiac Surgery
Publications:
Associations:
- Portland Surgical Society
- John Alexander Society
- Society of Thoracic Surgeons
- Western Thoracic Surgical Association
- Women in Thoracic Surgery
- Adult Congenital Heart Association
- Distinguished Master Consultant, American Board of Cardiology
- Pediatric Congenital Heart Association
- American Heart Association
- Congenital Heart Surgeons’ Society Research and Quality Center
- Western Thoracic Surgical Association
- The American Association for Thoracic Surgery
