Kristin E. Karim, MD

Positions

CNHC Faculty
Alumni

About

Dr. Karim attended the University of Notre Dame for undergraduate studies and earned her medical degree from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. She completed her residency training at the Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program where she served as Chief Resident at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Karim completed subspecialty fellowship training in hand and upper extremity surgery at The Curtis National Hand Center. She spent the first several years of her career at Mayo Clinic before returning to the East Coast to join the faculty at Curtis in 2024.

Dr. Karim provides comprehensive management of traumatic, degenerative, and neoplastic conditions affecting the hand and upper extremity. She enjoys providing superb and innovative clinical care as well as teaching and mentoring residents and fellows. Her research interests include functional outcomes and patient satisfaction in hand trauma patients, as well as examining the differences between development of arthritis in men versus women in particular regions of the hand and wrist. She is an active member of several committees of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand and the American Association for Hand Surgeons. In addition to her clinical activities, Dr. Karim enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, running, and cheering for the Bruins/Celtics/Patriots/Red Sox/Irish!

Locations

The Curtis National Hand Center at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital
3333 N. Calvert Street
Johnston Professional Bldg – 2nd Floor
Baltimore, Maryland  21218
(410) 235-5405