Christian Larsen, M.D.

Transplant

Internal Medicine - Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine
Infections in transplant patients
Infections in immunocompromised patients

Biography

Christian Larsen, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He specializes in infections in transplant patients and other immunocompromised patients, with a focused interest in preventive infectious disease care and travel medicine in transplant patients, as well as nontuberculous mycobacterial infections.

Dr. Larsen earned his medical degree at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he also received advanced training in infectious diseases through a fellowship in conjunction with Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He received additional training through a fellowship in transplant and immunocompromised host infectious diseases, during which he developed a clinical interest in the care of patients with complex mycobacterial infections.

In addition, Dr. Larsen holds a master’s degree in public health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

He joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2021.

Dr. Larsen is a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, the American Society of Transplantation, the Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health, and the Infectious Diseases Society of America. He has published several academic articles related to his areas of expertise. In 2016, he received the Excellence in Public Health Award from the U.S. Public Health Service.

Education & Training

Graduate School - Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (2014-2015)
Medical School - University of Maryland School of Medicine (2011-2016)
Residency - Massachusetts General Hospital (2016-2019), Internal Medicine
Fellowship - Massachusetts General Hospital (2019-2021), Infectious Diseases
Other Post Graduate Training - John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (2014-2015)
Fellowship - Massachusetts General Hospital (2020-2021), Transplant Infectious Diseases

Professional Associations & Affiliations

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
American Society of Transplantation
Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health
Infectious Diseases Society of America

Honors & Awards

USPHS Excellence in Public Health Award 2016, U.S. Public Health Service
Mary C. Bunting Global Health Scholarship 2014, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Books & Publications

Publications
- Dengue human infection models to advance dengue vaccine development.
  Larsen CP, Whitehead SS, Durbin AP, Vaccine 2015 Dec 33 50 7075-82
- Tracking induced pluripotent stem cells-derived neural stem cells in the central nervous system of rats and monkeys.
  Tang H, Sha H, Sun H, Wu X, Xie L, Wang P, Xu C, Larsen C, Zhang HL, Gong Y, Mao Y, Chen X, Zhou L, Feng X, Zhu J Cellular reprogramming 2013 Oct 15 5 435-42
- Cellular localization of epidermal-type and brain-type fatty acid-binding proteins in adult hippocampus and their response to cerebral ischemia.
  Ma D, Zhang M, Mori Y, Yao C, Larsen CP, Yamashima T, Zhou L, Hippocampus 2010 Jul 20 7 811-9
- DHA promotes the neuronal differentiation of rat neural stem cells transfected with GPR40 gene.
  Ma D, Zhang M, Larsen CP, Xu F, Hua W, Yamashima T, Mao Y, Zhou L, Brain research 2010 May 1330 1-8

Clinical Focus

Infections in transplant patients
Infections in immunocompromised patients
Nontuberculous mycobacterial infections
Travel medicine in transplant patients