UAMS Pediatrics

• Professor, College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
• Section Chief, Pulmonary
• James H. Hamlen, II Endowed Chair in Pediatric Pulmonary

Sections

• Pulmonary

Specialties

• Pulmonary

Contact Information

• Email:	carrolljohnl@uams.edu
  Phone:	501-364-1006
  Fax:	501-364-3930
  Address:	Arkansas Children's Hospital
  	1 Children's Way
  	Little Rock, AR 72202

Education

• B.Sc. Chemistry, Lamar University, 1975
• B.Sc. Biology , Lamar University, 1975
• M.D. , University of Texas, Southwestern Medical School, 1979
• Internship & Residency, Department of Pediatrics State University of New York, Upstate Medical Center, 1982
• Pediatric Pulmonary Fellowship, Clinical Year, University of Arizona Health Science Center, 1983
• Pediatric Pulmonary Fellowship - Research - Resp. Medicine, The Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill University, 1986
• Research Fellowship, Newborn Respiratory Physiology, Department of Physiology, McGill University, 1987

Licensure and Board Certification

• American Board of Medical Specialties, Pediatrics, Pediatric Pulmonology
• American Board of Medical Specialties, Pediatrics, Pediatrics

Recent Honors

• James H. Hamlen II Endowed Chair in Pediatric Pulmonology, Arkansas Children's Hospital Foundation, 2007

Recent Publications

• Journal Article, Jambhekar SJ., Keiles ST. Report of two patients with associated conditions in addition to cystic fibrosis. J Cyst Fibros 2010 April;
• Journal Article, Kim D., Cavanaugh EJ., Kim I., Carroll JL. Heteromeric TASK-1/TASK-3 is the major oxygen-sensitive background K+ channel in rat carotid body glomus cells. J. Physiol. 2009 June 15; 587 (Pt 12):2963-75.
• Journal Article, Jambhekar S., Carroll JL. Diagnosis of pediatric obstructive sleep disordered breathing: beyond the gold standard. Expert Rev. Resp. Med. 2008 December; 2(6):791-809.
• Journal Article, Kim I, Donnelly DF, Carroll JL. Modulation of Gene expression in subfamilies of TASK K+ channels by Chronic Hyperoxia exposure in rat carotid body. Adv Exp Med 2006; :37-41.
• Journal Article, Lefton-Greif MA, Carrroll JL, Loughlin GM. Long-term follow-up of oropharyngeal dysphagia in children without apparent risk factors.. Pediatr Pulmonol 2006 Nov; 41(11):1040-8.
• Journal Article, Wasicko MJ, Breitwieser GE, Kim I, Carroll JL. Postnatal development of carotid body glomus cell response to hypoxia. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2006 Dec; 154(3):356 - 371.
• Journal Article, Donnelly DF, Carroll JL. Mitochondrial function and carotid body transduction. High Alt Med Biol 2005; 6(2):121 - 132.
• Journal Article, Bairam A, Carroll JL. Neurotransmitters in carotid body development. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2005 Nov; 149(1-3):217 - 232.
• Journal Article, Amin RS, Kimball TR, Kalra M, Jeffries JL, Carroll JL, Bean JA, Witt SA, Glascock BJ, Daniels SR. Left ventricular function in children with sleep-disordered breathing. Am J Cardiol 2005 Mar; 95(6):801 - 804.
• Journal Article, Donnelly DF, Kim I, Carle C, Carroll JL. Perinatal hyperoxia for 14 days increases nerve conduction time and the acute unitary response to hypoxia of rat carotid body chemoreceptors. J Appl Physiol 2005 Jul; 99(1):114 - 119.

Recent Grant Awards

• Postnatal Resetting of Carotid Chemoreceptor Sensitivity, NIH, 1/1/2008-12/31/2011
• Cystic Fibrosis Data Base, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 7/1/2010-6/30/2011