Dr. Karabanow earned his medical degree from the University of Connecticut Health Science Center. After completing an internal medicine residency at the University of Wisconsin Hospital/Clinics, Dr. Karabanow held positions as a primary care physician and hospitalist. He has also held several global health positions including serving with Doctors Without Borders in South Sudan and with the International Medical Corps in Liberia during the Ebola outbreak.

Most recently, Dr. Karabanow was an academic hospitalist at Maine Medical Center before completing an infectious diseases fellowship at Tufts Medical Center with special training in hyperbaric medicine and wound care. He is a past assistant professor at Tufts School of Medicine and is board certified in Internal Medicine.

As an infectious disease specialist, he sees patients with infections that are unusually persistent or severe, or that involve an unusual agent. He manages patients with bacterial diseases of the bone, wounds, urinary tract, joints, and sinuses; severe viral infections such as mononucleosis, hepatitis, and AIDS; Lyme disease; and fevers of undetermined origins. Dr. Karabanow is also available for consultation to foreign travelers and is an expert in preventive medicine, and diagnosing and treating illnesses that arise during foreign travel.