Meet the Doctor

Hagop Karpanian, MD

Hagop Karpanian MD

Dr. Hagop Karpanian is a Board Certified cardiac anesthesiologist who has been in practice for over 12 years. After graduating UC Berkeley, he completed medical school at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and completed his anesthesiology residency at the University of Washington, where he was voted “Resident of the Year” by the faculty during his final year. He then completed a fellowship in cardiac anesthesiology at UCLA in 2009 and began private practice.

“Your trusted partner on your journey to be your best self.”

Listen to a podcast describing ketamine (among other anesthesia topics) with Dr Karpanian and his colleague, Dr Sara Herman

Dr. Karpanian has had the privilege and pleasure of caring for the sickest and most complex patients while working in the operating room. It’s this knowledge and experience that he brings to Chrysalis Ketamine while taking care of each of the clinic’s patients personally. He also has over 10 years experience administering high dose ketamine for ECT (electroconvulsive therapy) patients. Thus he is well versed in how it affects patients, what to look out for and how to respond to any issues that may arise. You can be confident you will have a safe and comfortable experience.