He earned his medical degree from the University of Nebraska College of Medicine and completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at The Ohio State University Medical Center before pursuing advanced training in gynecologic oncology through a fellowship at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Dr. Carlson is a skilled minimally invasive and robotic surgeon with expertise in the most advanced chemotherapies and targeted drugs to treat cancers of the female reproductive tract. He is also an active researcher, focusing on the quality and cost effectiveness of cancer care. He joined UT Southwestern in 2014.