Rate My Professor Karen Carroll

Karen C. Carroll, M.D., Professor Emerita of Pathology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, is a distinguished clinical microbiologist with over four decades of experience. She received her B.S. in Biology from the College of Notre Dame of Maryland in 1975 and her M.D. from the University of Maryland School of Medicine in 1979. Her postgraduate training included an internship in internal medicine at the University of Maryland, residency and chief residency in internal medicine at the University of Rochester, a fellowship in infectious diseases at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and a fellowship in medical microbiology at the University of Utah and ARUP Laboratories. After practicing infectious diseases in Memphis, Tennessee (1986-1988), she joined the University of Utah faculty, rising to associate professor of pathology and medicine while directing microbiology and infectious diseases laboratories at ARUP. Recruited to Johns Hopkins in 2002 and promoted to professor in 2006, she served as Director of the Division of Medical Microbiology for 22 years until retiring in January 2025. She also consulted in infectious diseases, served on the Faculty Senate for six years, chaired committees, and was Deputy Director of Clinical Affairs for two years. Carroll directed the ACGME Medical Microbiology Fellowship Program, training numerous fellows, residents, and students.