Kristen L. Carroll, MD

Specialties

Orthopaedic Surgery

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Languages Spoken:

English

Kristen Carroll, M.D., grew up in Massachusetts and went to Brown University (BA English literature and neuroscience) and then attended Albany Medical College. From age 7 through medical school, she competed and coached as a professional water skier. She then moved to Utah for her residency, followed by fellowship at the University of Utah training at both Shriners Children's Salt Lake City and PCH. She joined the University of Utah in 1996, working at both Primary Children's Hospital and Shriners Children's. Over the past 10 years, she has focused more on children with neuromuscular disease such as cerebral palsy, myopathies and neuropathies.

Dr. Carroll has served as chief of staff at Shriners Children's Salt Lake City since 2014. She became a full professor of orthopedics in 2015. She received the Sherman S. Coleman Presidential Chair in pediatric orthopedics in 2019. She has served as chair, or member, of the committee for residency selection for the University of Utah for 25 years. Now, she is chair of the University of Utah Committee on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.

Dr. Carroll has been married to Steve Bott, M.D., (cardiac anesthesia and medical director of the Air Medical Team for the University of Utah) since 1994. They have two sons, Finn, and Ryan.

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Pediatric Care

Specialty

Orthopaedic Surgery
Orthopedics

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Board Certifications

American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery - General

Education and Training

Medical Education|Albany Medical College|Albany|NY||05/24/1990

Internship|University of Utah School of Medicine|Salt Lake City|UT||06/30/1991

Residency|University of Utah School of Medicine|Salt Lake City|UT||06/30/1995

Academic Positions and Locations

University of Utah Orthopaedics
Clinical Professor

Leadership and Memberships

2014-Present: Chief of Staff, Shriners Children's Salt Lake City
2015-Present: Professor, Clinical Track University of Utah Department of Orthopedics
2019-Present: Sherman S. Coleman Presidential Endowed Chair, Pediatric Orthopedics
Chair, University Of Utah Department of Orthopedics Committee on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
2016-Present: Physician Executive Council, Shriners Children's
Co-Chair, Shriners Children's Cerebral Palsy Research Group

Editorial Positions

2016-2020: Reviewer, Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics
2020-Present: Editor, JPO

Awards and Honors

Presidential Endowed Chair UU
2012-Present, American Orthopedic Association
Alpha Omega Alpha

Academic Works and Presentations

Lecture: McGill - Wrong Side Surgery and Metacognition (03/2021)
Lecturer: McGill - Survivorship of Hip Stability in GMFCS 4 and 5 Patients with CP (03/2021)
Presentation: POSNA 2020 - Survivorship of Equinus surgery in Ambulatory CP (2020)
Presentation: POSNA 2021 - Survivorship of the Hip Stability in CP (2021)
Presentation: AACPDM 2020 - Hip Stability in CP (2020)