Karl Pawlik (12 March 1849, Klattau – 7 September 1914, Prague) was an Austro-Hungarian obstetrician and gynecologist.

He obtained his medical doctorate in 1873, and from 1877 served as assistant to Karl von Braun-Fernwald at the university women's hospital.

In 1881 he received his habilitation, and several years later was named head of the department of obstetrics at the Vienna General Polyclinic.

[1] In August 1889 he performed the first successful cystectomy on a patient suffering from papillomatosis of the bladder.

[3][4] In addition, he introduced a method for freehand catheterization of the ureters and was a pioneer of direct-vision air cystoscopy.