John L. Carroll, M.D. Pediatric Pulmonologist
Primary Appointment Location
Arkansas Children’s Hospital
1 Children's Way
Little Rock, AR 72202
- Appointment Phone Numbers
- 501-263-2644
Primary Care - 501-222-4596
Specialty Care
Overview
- Areas of Expertise
- Pediatric Care
- Accepting New Patients
- Yes (Referral Required)
- Provides Second Opinion
- Yes
- Patient Type
- Children and Adolescents
- Language
- English
About Dr. Carroll
Clinical Biography
Dr. John L. Carroll is a professor of pediatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Arkansas Children’s Hospital. Dr. Carroll serves as section chief for the Pediatric Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine Division.
Dr. Carroll's Academic Background
Academic Biography
Dr. Carroll received his medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, Texas, in 1979. He completed his residency training in pediatrics at the State University of New York in 1982, his clinical fellowship training in pediatric pulmonology at the University of Arizona Health Science Center, and his research fellowship at McGill University / The Montreal Children’s Hospital in 1986. He then served on the pediatric pulmonary medicine faculty at John Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore, Maryland, from 1987 until 2000 when he joined the UAMS faculty and became section chief of the Pulmonary Medicine Division.
Dr. Carroll currently meets the requirements for maintenance of certification in Pediatric Pulmonology and has lifetime board certification in General Pediatrics. He is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Thoracic Society, and the Society for Pediatric Research.
Administrative Roles
- Department of Pediatrics — Division of Pulmonology
- Division Director
- Department of Pediatrics — Division of Pulmonology
- Fellowship Program Director
Faculty Appointments
- Department of Pediatrics — Division of Pulmonology
- Professor
- Department of Physiology and Cell Biology
- Professor
Education and Training
- Fellowship
- McGill University
Pediatric Pulmonology - Research Fellowship - Fellowship
- University of Arizona College of Medicine
Pediatric Pulmonology - Clinical Fellowship - Internship
- New York University Medical Center
- Residency
- New York University Medical Center
- Medical School
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Professional Certifications
- American Board of Pediatrics — General Pediatrics
- American Board of Pediatrics — Pediatric Pulmonology
Associations
- Alpha Omega Alpha
- Society for Pediatric Research
- American Thoracic Society
- American Academy of Pediatrics
Dr. Carroll's Research
Dr. Carroll is a researcher at Arkansas Children’s Research Institute. Dr. Carroll’s research interests include postnatal maturation of oxygen sensing, pediatric sleep apnea, respiratory control maturation, postnatal chemoreceptor development, effects of hyperoxia, chronic hypoxia and chronic intermittent hypoxia on respiratory control maturation, childhood sleep-disordered breathing, chronic lung disease of prematurity, long-term ventilation and the respiratory care of medically complex children with respiratory technology-dependence.
Selected Publications
- Wang J, Siddicky SF, Carroll JL, Rabenhorst BM, Bumpass DB, Whitaker BN, Mannen EM. Do inclined sleeping surfaces impact infants' muscle activity and movement? A safe sleep product design perspective. J Biomech. 2020 Oct 9; 111():109999. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2020.109999 PMID: 32862027.
View in Pubmed: 32862027 - Willis LD, Lowe G, Pearce P, Spray BJ, Willis R, Scott A, Carroll JL, Agarwal A. Transition From an ICU Ventilator to a Portable Home Ventilator in Children. Respir Care. 2020 Dec; 65(12):1791-1799. doi: 10.4187/respcare.07641 PMID: 32636274.
View in Pubmed: 32636274 - Dimori M, Heard-Lipsmeyer ME, Byrum SD, Mackintosh SG, Kurten RC, Carroll JL, Morello R. Respiratory defects in the CrtapKO mouse model of osteogenesis imperfecta. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2020 Apr 1; 318(4):L592-L605. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00313.2019 PMID: 32022592.
View in Pubmed: 32022592 - Hoover J, Wambach J, Vachharajani A, Warner B, Carroll JL, Kemp JS. Postmenstrual age at discharge in premature infants with and without ventilatory pattern instability. J Perinatol. 2020 Jan; 40(1):157-162. doi: 10.1038/s41372-019-0530-7 PMID: 31611617.
View in Pubmed: 31611617 - Steele RW, Agarwal A, Carroll JL. On the road to value-based payment for children with chronic respiratory disease: Are we there yet? Pediatr Pulmonol. 2019 Nov; 54(11):1650-1651. doi: 10.1002/ppul.24526 PMID: 31549488.
View in Pubmed: 31549488 - Dennery PA, Di Fiore JM, Ambalavanan N, Bancalari E, Carroll JL, Claure N, Hamvas A, Hibbs AM, Indic P, Kemp J, Krahn KN, Lake D, Laposky A, Martin RJ, Natarajan A, Rand C, Schau M, Weese-Mayer DE, Zimmet AM, Moorman JR. Pre-Vent: the prematurity-related ventilatory control study. Pediatr Res. 2019 May; 85(6):769-776. doi: 10.1038/s41390-019-0317-8 PMID: 30733614.
View in Pubmed: 30733614
UAMS Research Profile
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Conditions Diagnosed or Treated by Dr. Carroll
UAMS Health providers care for a broad range of conditions, some of which may not be listed below.
- Airway Disorders
- Airway Obstruction
- Allergies
- Asthma
- Breathing Disorders
- Breathing Disorders of Sleep
- Bronchiectasis
- Bronchitis
- Chest Pain
- Chest Wall Deformity
- Cough
- Cystic Fibrosis (CF)
- Cystic Fibrosis Liver Disease
- Diaphragmatic Paralysis
- Lung Disease
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- Pneumonia
- Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Pulmonary Nodules
- Shortness of Breath
Medical Treatments and Procedures Performed or Prescribed by Dr. Carroll
UAMS Health providers perform and prescribe a broad range of treatments and procedures, some of which may not be listed below.
Dr. Carroll's Areas of Expertise
Pediatric Care
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Locations Where Dr. Carroll Practices
Arkansas Children’s Hospital , Primary Location
1 Children's Way
Little Rock, AR 72202
- Appointment Phone Numbers
- 501-263-2644
Primary Care - 501-222-4596
Specialty Care