{"id":17412,"date":"2023-08-07T09:47:40","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T13:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/?post_type=ud_entry&p=17412"},"modified":"2025-07-10T14:16:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T18:16:23","slug":"julia-m-carlson-md","status":"publish","type":"ud_entry","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/people\/julia-m-carlson-md\/","title":{"rendered":"Julia M. Carlson, MD"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. Julia Carlson\u2019s research interests include recovery and quality of life post severe acute brain injury and critical care hospitalizations. She has focused on withdrawal of life sustaining therapies previously. She utilizes both qualitative and quantitative research methodology.<\/p>\n

Certifications<\/strong>
\nBoard Certified in Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15238,"menu_order":2,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"ud_division":[217,315],"class_list":["post-17412","ud_entry","type-ud_entry","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","ud_division-neurocritical-care","ud_division-neurocritical-care-faculty","odd"],"acf":[],"ud_entry_custom_fields":{"ud_last_name":"Carlson","ud_first_name":"Julia","ud_gallery_summary":"

Dr. Julia Carlson\u2019s research interests include recovery and quality of life post severe acute brain injury and critical care hospitalizations.<\/p>\n","ud_telephone":[{"ud_location":"Office","ud_number":"9199668178"}],"ud_email":"jcarls@email.unc.edu","ud_positions":[{"ud_title":"Assistant Professor of Neurology"},{"ud_title":"Director of the Neurorecovery Clinic"},{"ud_title":"Neurointensivist"}],"ud_options":[],"ud_sort_order":""},"featured_image":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2022\/10\/JuliaCarlson2022headshot-scaled.jpg","featured_image_medium":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2022\/10\/JuliaCarlson2022headshot-225x300.jpg","featured_image_medium_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2022\/10\/JuliaCarlson2022headshot-768x1024.jpg","featured_image_large":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2022\/10\/JuliaCarlson2022headshot-768x1024.jpg","featured_image_thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2022\/10\/JuliaCarlson2022headshot-150x150.jpg","yoast_head":"\nJulia M. Carlson, MD | Department of Neurology<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Julia M. Carlson, MD is a neurologist and neurointensivist at UNC-Chapel Hill. She is also the Director of the Neurorecovery Clinic.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/people\/julia-m-carlson-md\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Julia M. Carlson, MD | Department of Neurology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Julia M. Carlson, MD is a neurologist and neurointensivist at UNC-Chapel Hill. She is also the Director of the Neurorecovery Clinic.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/people\/julia-m-carlson-md\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Department of Neurology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UNCNeurology\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-10T18:16:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2022\/10\/JuliaCarlson2022headshot-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UNCneurology\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/people\/julia-m-carlson-md\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/people\/julia-m-carlson-md\/\",\"name\":\"Julia M. Carlson, MD | Department of Neurology\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/people\/julia-m-carlson-md\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/people\/julia-m-carlson-md\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2022\/10\/JuliaCarlson2022headshot-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-08-07T13:47:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-10T18:16:23+00:00\",\"description\":\"Julia M. Carlson, MD is a neurologist and neurointensivist at UNC-Chapel Hill. She is also the Director of the Neurorecovery Clinic.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/people\/julia-m-carlson-md\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/people\/julia-m-carlson-md\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/people\/julia-m-carlson-md\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2022\/10\/JuliaCarlson2022headshot-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2022\/10\/JuliaCarlson2022headshot-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":2560,\"caption\":\"Julia Carlson 2022 headshot\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/people\/julia-m-carlson-md\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Directory Entries\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/people\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Julia M. Carlson, MD\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/\",\"name\":\"Department of Neurology\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/#organization\",\"name\":\"UNC Department of Neurology\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2018\/05\/new_neurology_logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2018\/05\/new_neurology_logo.jpg\",\"width\":1657,\"height\":601,\"caption\":\"UNC Department of Neurology\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UNCNeurology\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/UNCneurology\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/unc_neurology\/\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/unc-neurology\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Julia M. Carlson, MD | Department of Neurology","description":"Julia M. Carlson, MD is a neurologist and neurointensivist at UNC-Chapel Hill. She is also the Director of the Neurorecovery Clinic.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/people\/julia-m-carlson-md\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Julia M. Carlson, MD | Department of Neurology","og_description":"Julia M. Carlson, MD is a neurologist and neurointensivist at UNC-Chapel Hill. She is also the Director of the Neurorecovery Clinic.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/people\/julia-m-carlson-md\/","og_site_name":"Department of Neurology","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UNCNeurology\/","article_modified_time":"2025-07-10T18:16:23+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":2560,"url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2022\/10\/JuliaCarlson2022headshot-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@UNCneurology","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/people\/julia-m-carlson-md\/","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/people\/julia-m-carlson-md\/","name":"Julia M. Carlson, MD | Department of Neurology","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/people\/julia-m-carlson-md\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/people\/julia-m-carlson-md\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2022\/10\/JuliaCarlson2022headshot-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2023-08-07T13:47:40+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-10T18:16:23+00:00","description":"Julia M. Carlson, MD is a neurologist and neurointensivist at UNC-Chapel Hill. She is also the Director of the Neurorecovery Clinic.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/people\/julia-m-carlson-md\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/people\/julia-m-carlson-md\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/people\/julia-m-carlson-md\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2022\/10\/JuliaCarlson2022headshot-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2022\/10\/JuliaCarlson2022headshot-scaled.jpg","width":1920,"height":2560,"caption":"Julia Carlson 2022 headshot"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/people\/julia-m-carlson-md\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Directory Entries","item":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/people\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Julia M. Carlson, MD"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/","name":"Department of Neurology","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/#organization","name":"UNC Department of Neurology","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2018\/05\/new_neurology_logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/716\/2018\/05\/new_neurology_logo.jpg","width":1657,"height":601,"caption":"UNC Department of Neurology"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UNCNeurology\/","https:\/\/x.com\/UNCneurology","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/unc_neurology\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/unc-neurology\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ud_entry\/17412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ud_entry"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ud_entry"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ud_division","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/neurology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ud_division?post=17412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}