Chief of Staff
Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgeon
Shriners Hospitals for Children—Salt Lake City
Sherman S. Coleman Presidential Endowed Chair in Pediatric Orthopedics
Professor
Department of Pediatrics
University of Utah School of Medicine
Shriners Hospitals for Children—Salt Lake City
1275 East Fairfax Road
Salt Lake City, UT 84103
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Kristen L. Carroll, MD, is the chief of staff of Shriners Hospitals for Children—Salt Lake City and pediatric orthopaedic surgeon. She is also professor of orthopaedics at the University of Utah and holds the Sherman S Coleman presidential endowed chair in pediatric orthopedics at the University of Utah.
Dr. Carroll specializes in the areas of pediatric hip and foot abnormalities, both congenital and neuromuscular in origin. Her research interests include neuromuscular and complex hip disorders, skeletal dysplasias, complex foot and ankle deformities, and cerebral palsy. She graduated from Albany Medical School in New York with Alpha Omega Alpha distinction, and completed her orthopaedic residency and fellowship in pediatric orthopaedics at Primary Children’s Hospital and Shriners Hospitals for Children—Salt Lake City.
Dr. Carroll has worked at Shriners Hospitals for Children—Salt Lake City for over 20 years. She specializes in caring for children with neuromuscular diseases like cerebral palsy, skeletal dysplasias, osteogenesis imperfecta and developmental dysplasia of the hip. She teaches and does research on these conditions as well, and is on the editorial board of the Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics.
No conflicts of interest (09/24/2021)
Carroll KL, Stotts AK, Baird GO, Thorman AL, Talmage M, Moss WD, McMulkin ML, MacWilliams BA.
Factors Influencing Outcomes of the Dysplastic Hip in Nonambulatory Children With Cerebral Palsy.
J Pediatr Orthop.
2021;41(4):221-226.
PubMed abstract
Sinha S, Mundy C, Bechtold T, Sgariglia F, Ibrahim MM, Billings PC, Carroll K, Koyama E, Jones KB, Pacifici M.
Unsuspected osteochondroma-like outgrowths in the cranial base of Hereditary Multiple Exostoses patients and modeling and
treatment with a BMP antagonist in mice.
PLoS Genet.
2017;13(4):e1006742.
PubMed abstract / Full Text
MacWilliams BA, Stotts AK, Carroll KL, D'Astous JL.
Utilization and efficacy of computational gait analysis for hamstring lengthening surgery.
Gait Posture.
2016;49:394-397.
PubMed abstract
Carroll KL, Schiffern AN, Murray KA, Stevenson DA, Viskochil DH, Toydemir R, MacWilliams BA, Roach JW.
The Occurrence of Occult Acetabular Dysplasia in Relatives of Individuals With Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip.
J Pediatr Orthop.
2016;36(1):96-100.
PubMed abstract
Schiffern AN, Stevenson DA, Carroll KL, Pimentel R, Mineau G, Viskochil DH, Roach JW.
Total hip arthroplasty, hip osteoarthritis, total knee arthroplasty, and knee osteoarthritis in patients with developmental
dysplasia of the hip and their family members: a kinship analysis report.
J Pediatr Orthop.
2012;32(6):609-12.
PubMed abstract