RESEARCH INTERESTS

Robert G. Carroll earned his Ph.D. in 1981 under the direction of Dr. David F. Opdyke at the Department of Physiology of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Newark. Following a 3 year post-doc at University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, MS under the sponsorship of Drs. Thomas E. Lohmeier and Arthur C. Guyton, he moved to East Carolina University in 1984 as an Assistant Professor of Physiology. He is currently Professor of Physiology at the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, and holds adjunct appointment in the Department of Emergency Medicine.

Back when he did the actual experiments, Rob’s dissertation examined blood pressure regulation in sharks. He now is interested in resuscitation, but mostly sits around and spends his time in front of a computer, and has an addiction to “free cell”. For the past 20 years, the real work in the laboratory was accomplished by his technician, one doctoral student, 2 masters students, and numerous medical students, residents and fellows, resulting in 48 research manuscripts. He uses travel as another mechanism to avoid lab work, presenting seminars and workshops in Hungary, Indonesia, Jamaica, Mexico, New Zealand, Pakistan, Russia, and Scotland, and hosting visiting faculty members from Indonesia, Sudan, and Jamaica. Apart from his bench research, Rob has published 11 peer reviewed education manuscripts, edited one book, is a section editor for a Medical-Surgical Nursing textbook, and published a review book for medical students preparing for their licensing examination. He is currently working on a “Problem-Based Physiology” textbook.

Rob is the past chair the Education Committee for the American Physiological Society, and is a member of the Education Committee of the International Union of Physiological Sciences. He is the incoming editor of the journal “Advances in Physiology Education”. In the past, he served on the USMLE Step I Physiology Test Material Development Committee of the National Board of Medical Examiners, and as Secretary for the International Association of Medical Science Educators. In 2002, he was recognized in the inaugural class of Master Educators at the Brody School of Medicine, and received the Arthur C. Guyton Physiology Educator of the Year from the American Physiological Society in 2004. He received the Outstanding Alumni Award from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in 2005, and the Scholar-Teacher Award from East Carolina University in 2007. His three teenage children, however, still question his sanity and judgment.

EDUCATION / EMPLOYMENT

Undergraduate (1976)

University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana

Graduate Study (1981)

College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark, NJ

Ph.D. Physiology (1981)

Postgraduate Training (1981-1984)

University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississipppi

University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi

Instructor (1981-1984)

East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, NC

Assistant Professor of Physiology (1984-1990)

Associate Professor of Physiology 1990-1996

Professor of Physiology (1996-Present)

Adjunct Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine (1991-Present)

Faculty Development Coordinator, Office of Medical Education (1993-1995)

Interim Chair, Department of Comparative Medicine (2005-2006)

PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

Elsevier's Integrated Physiology, by Robert G. Carroll. 2007 Mosby Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA

ISBN-13:978-0-323-043118-2; ISBN-10: 0-323-04318-6

Teaching Physiology in the Developing World: Models for Quality Learning. Co-edited by A. Siddiqui, H.R. Ahman, J.W. Herzig and R.G. Carroll. 2002 Oxford University Press; ISBN 0-579774-4

Section Editor for Medical-Surgical Nursing, 7th Edition, by J. M. Black and J. H. Hawks. Elsevier-Saunders, St. Louis, 2005. ISBN 0-7216-0220-7

Editor, Advances in Physiology Education 2008-2010

SELECTED MANUSCRIPTS

1. Brown, J.W., Whitehurst, M.E., Gordon, C.J., and Carroll, R.G. The pre-optic anterior hypothalamus partially mediates the hypothermic response to hemorrhage in rats. Brain Research 1041:1-10, 2005.

2. Brown, J.W., Whitehurst, M.E., Gordon, C.J., and Carroll, R.G. Thermoregulatory set point decreases following hemorrhage in rats. SHOCK 23: 239-242, 2005.

3. Meggs, W.J., R.G. Carroll, K.L. Brewer, J.B. Hack, and T.J. Reeder. Sustained oxygenation without ventilation in paralyzed pigs with high-flow tracheal oxygen. Am J Emerg Med. Nov;23(7):864-7,  2005

4. Lowry, B. P., J.F. Bradfield, R.G. Carroll, K. Brewer, and W.J. Meggs, Jr. A controlled trial of topical nitroglycerine in a New Zealand white rabbit model of brown recluse spider envenomation. Annals of Emergency Medicine 37:2, 161-165, 2001.

5. Henderson, R.A., M.E. Whitehurst, K.R. Morgan, and R.G. Carroll. Reduced oxygen consumption precedes the drop in body core temperature caused by hemorrhage in rats. SHOCK 13 (4): 320-324, 2000.

6. Henderson, R.A., M.E. Whitehurst, K.R. Morgan, and R.G. Carroll. Reduced metabolic rate accompanies the hemorrhage-induced hypothermia in conscious rats. Resuscitation 44: 129-138, 2000.

7. Carroll, R.G., Role of the Teacher in Physiology Education. Majalah IImu Faal Indonesia (Indonesian Journal of Physiology) 3 (1): 17-20, 2003

8. Carroll, R.G. Design and Evaluation of a National Set of Learning Objectives: The Medical Physiology Learning Objectives Project. Advances in Physiology Education 25: 2-7, 2001

9. Carroll, R.G. Cardiovascular pressure-flow relationships: What should be taught? Advances in Physiology Education 25: 8-14, 2001

10. Carroll, R.G. Current and Future Impact of Technology on Physiology Education. Am. J. Physiol. 275 (Adv. Physiol. Educ. 20): S8-S14-S11, 1998

11. Huang, A.H., and R.G. Carroll. Incorporating active learning into a traditional curriculum. Am. J. Physiol 273 (Adv. Physiol. Educ. 18): S14-S23, 1997

12. Carroll, R.G., Professional Development: A Guide to the Educator's Portfolio. Am. J. Physiol. 271 (Adv. Physiol. Educ. 16): S10-S13, 1996.

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Physiological Society

Chair, Teaching Section (1996-1999)

Chair, Education Committee (2001-2006)

International Association of Medical Science Educators

Board of Directors (1997-1998)

Secretary (1998-2002)

International Union of Physiological Sciences

Member, Commission on Teaching Physiology (1999-Present)

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

External Examiner, University of the West Indies, Kingston Jamaica

  #MBBS (1999-2006)

BSc Nursing (2000-2002)

National Board of Medical Examiners

  USMLE Step 1 Physiology Test Material Development Committee (2001-2003)

East Carolina University Institutional Animal Care And Use Committee

Chair (1999-Present)

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