.jpg "Kate Carroll, MD, MAS photo")
Resident
University of Washington
Kate Carroll MD is a PGY5 in Neurological Surgery at the University of Washington (UW), pursuing an academic career in cerebrovascular and endovascular neurosurgery. Her passion for neuroscience research began as an undergraduate at Princeton University. In addition to advanced studies in social cognitive neuroscience, learning and memory, and clinical psychology, she performed thesis research on the effect of retrieval practice on associative memory with Dr. Ken Norman. She subsequently worked for Integra LifeSciences where she managed the completion and publication strategy for an international, multi-center, prospective clinical trial on the use of a collagen nerve conduit vs. direct neurorrhaphy in median and ulnar nerve repair.
During medical school at University of California San Diego (UCSD), she directed a medical student research group focused on big data and outcomes research under the guidance of Dr. Clark Chen and Dr. Bob Carter; this group published over ten manuscripts in approximately 2 years. Also during medical school, she was awarded two NIH training grants funding research on the prevalence of depression after admission to the neuro-critical care unit and a master’s degree in clinical research with thesis work on the impact of surgical resection, histopathological grade and age on outcomes in glioma patients. Her masters experience provided foundational research skills in clinical trial design, advanced statistics, mixed methods study design, and epidemiology, and furthered her intention to pursue an academic career with research as a primary component.
During residency, she has become dedicated to understanding the cognitive and mental health sequelae of vascular injuries. After residency she is doing a fellowship in endovascular neurosurgery and plans to enter academic medicine as a surgeon-scientist. Her ultimate goal is to combine excellence in clinical care with research directed toward preventing the significant cognitive and mental health sequelae faced by her patients who suffer cerebrovascular injury.