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

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Overview

Areas of Expertise: Pediatric Care; Pediatric Care
Accepting New Patients: Yes (Referral Required)
Provides Second Opinion: Yes
Patient Type: Children and Adolescents
Language: English

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Appointments for new patients are by referral only.

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About Dr. Carroll

Dr. John L. Carroll is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH). Dr. Carroll serves as Section Chief for the Pediatric Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine Division.

Arkansas Children’s Provider Profile – Dr. John Carroll

Dr. Carroll's Academic Background

Dr. Carroll received his medical degree from the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School at Dallas, TX in 1979. He completed his residency training in Pediatrics at the State University of New York in 1982 and his clinical fellowship training in Pediatric Pulmonology at University of Arizona Health Science Center and 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 joined the UAMS faculty and became section chief of the Pulmonary Medicine Division.

Dr. Carroll currently meets 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, 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 (ACRI). Dr. Carroll’s research interests include posnatal 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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UAMS Research Profile

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