Dr. Karen A. Toribio
Overview
Dr. Toribio joined the Department of Rheumatology at Ochsner in 2014. She completed her rheumatology fellowship at New York University where she became chief rheumatology fellow due to her excellence in teaching and leadership skills. She is a graduate of Loyola University, New Orleans, where she was awarded Ruth and Lee Faust Award for the senior in Biological Sciences graduating with highest GPA. She completed medical school at the LSU Health Sciences Center in New Orleans and then completed internal medical residency at Duke University. She was raised in New Orleans, but was born in Dominican Republic and is a native Spanish speaker. Her clinical interests include lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, and gout.
Dr. Toribio is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Ankylosing Spondylitis. Her top areas of expertise are Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Orbital Pseudotumor, Gout, and Behcet Disease.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 1 peer reviewed article. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
Insurance
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Locations
1514 Jefferson Hwy, New Orleans, LA 70121
2120 Driftwood Blvd, Kenner, LA 70065
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
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Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Advanced
- Behcet DiseaseDr. Toribio isAdvanced. Learn about Behcet Disease.
- CryoglobulinemiaDr. Toribio isAdvanced. Learn about Cryoglobulinemia.
- Familial Mixed CryoglobulinemiaDr. Toribio isAdvanced. Learn about Familial Mixed Cryoglobulinemia.
- GoutDr. Toribio isAdvanced. Learn about Gout.
- Orbital PseudotumorDr. Toribio isAdvanced. Learn about Orbital Pseudotumor.
- Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)Dr. Toribio isAdvanced. Learn about Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA).
- Experienced
- Ankylosing SpondylitisDr. Toribio isExperienced. Learn about Ankylosing Spondylitis.
- Axial Spondyloarthritis (AxSpA)Dr. Toribio isExperienced. Learn about Axial Spondyloarthritis (AxSpA).
- BursitisDr. Toribio isExperienced. Learn about Bursitis.
- Calcium Pyrophosphate ArthritisDr. Toribio isExperienced. Learn about Calcium Pyrophosphate Arthritis.
- Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus (CLE)Dr. Toribio isExperienced. Learn about Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus (CLE).
- Discoid Lupus Erythematosus (DLE)Dr. Toribio isExperienced. Learn about Discoid Lupus Erythematosus (DLE).