Karl NELSON

ALKOS Consulting
United States

Karl Nelson has spent the past 25 years organizing and building Advanced Heart Failure programs in the United States.  These programs include chronic heart failure disease management, MCS and Transplant.  Recently, he built one of the largest acute support networks in the United States.  

Karl was instrumental in the building of “Networks of Excellence”, bringing physicians together to build partnerships to care for the advanced heart failure patient. 

He established the Hospital Alliance for LVADs that was instrumental in establishing reimbursement for MCS in the USA.  He worked in Washington to gain support from CMS. 

He is a member of ISHLT and ASAIO and speaks all over the world regarding advanced heart failure program management and organization.  “Bringing people together to solve problems” is one of his talents that he shares throughout the world.