Laurence P. Karper, MD

Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry, LVH-Muhlenberg

Psychiatry (Behavioral Health), Adult Psychiatry, Inpatient Adult Psychiatry

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Overview

Area of focus information

  • Inpatient Psychiatry
  • Outpatient Adult Psychiatry

Languages spoken

  • English

About

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LVH–Cedar Crest is also the top hospital in the region for the 13th consecutive time and ranks fifth among the top 10 hospitals in Pennsylvania.
U.S. News rates Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest as high performing in aortic valve surgery, heart bypass surgery, transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and care for conditions including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia and stroke.

Education

Undergraduate
University of Pennsylvania, Masters of Arts (MA), 1984

Undergraduate
University of Pennsylvania, Masters of Arts (MA), 1984

Medical School
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick, Doctor of Medicine (MD), 1988

Training

Internship 1989
Psychiatry, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT

Residency 1990
Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

Residency 1991
Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

Residency 1992
Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

Certifications

American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology - Psychiatry

Publications & Clinical Trials