Ricki S. Carroll, MD
GeneticsInsurance Accepted
- Aetna Better Health FL Medicaid and Healthy Kids
 - Aetna HMO
 - Aetna HMO/POS/PPO/EPO
 - Aetna PPO/POS/EPO
 - Amerihealth Caritas Delaware
 - Amerihealth Caritas Delaware - Delaware & Chester CTY & TJU Sites ONLY
 - Amerihealth Caritas Delaware VIP Next (DE - All Sites) (PA - Delaware & Chester County Sites & TJU Sites Only)
 - AvMed
 - Blue Cross and Blue Shield HMO
 - Blue Cross and Blue Shield Non HMO
 - Blue Cross Blue Shield Florida Blue Select
 - Cigna PPO/EPO/HMO/POS/OPEN ACCESS
 - Cigna/Great West HMO EPO POS
 - Cigna/Great West PPO
 - Community Care Plan Medicaid
 - Delaware First Health
 - Delaware Medicaid/Diamond State
 - Delaware Medicaid/Diamond State - Delaware & Chester CTY & TJU Sites ONLY
 - Delaware Medicare
 - Employers Health Network PPO
 - Evolutions Healthcare
 - Fidelis Care NJ Medicaid HMO
 - First Health Aetna PPO/EPO
 - First Health/Affordable PPO
 - Florida Community Care
 - Florida Medicaid
 - Geisinger Health Plan Commercial
 - Global Medical Managment DE/PA
 - Health First Health Plans
 - Health Partners Medicaid/Kidz Partner HMO
 - HealthSmart Health Plans PPO
 - Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware
 - Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware *PA Loc Contiguous to DE*
 - Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Pennsylvania
 - Highmark Medicaid Health Options
 - Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
 - HUMANA HEALTHY HORIZONS (FKA HUMANA MEDICAID)
 - Independance Blue Cross/Amerihealth/Keystone Health Plan
 - Independence Blue Cross/Amerihealth/Keystone Health Plan
 - Insurance Administrators of America
 - INTEGRA Administrative Group (ClaimsBridge)
 - Keystone First CHIP
 - Keystone First Medicaid HMO
 - Maryland Medicaid
 - Molina Healthcare Medicaid
 - Multiplan PPO
 - New Jersey Medicaid
 - Olympus Managed Healthcare PPO DE/PA
 - Olympus Managed Healthcare PPO ORL
 - Pennsylvania Medicaid
 - Preferred Healthcare PPO
 - Prime Health Services PPO Specialty Florida
 - Priority Partners John Hopkins
 - Private Health Care Systems (PHCS)
 - Seminole Tribe of Florida
 - Simply Healthcare Healthy Kids
 - Simply Healthcare Medicaid HMO
 - Six Degrees Health Transplant
 - Six Degrees Health-Lucent
 - Star Healthcare Network
 - Sunshine SMI/CMS 19 & 21
 - Sunshine State Health Plan Medicaid
 - Three Rivers Provider Network
 - Tricare/Humana Military Health Services/CHAMPVA
 - United Healthcare Commercial Products
 - United Healthcare Community Plan Medicaid
 - United Healthcare HMO/POS/PPO/EPO
 - UPMC Medicaid/CHIP
 - US Family Health Plan
 - Volusia Health Network PPO/EPO
 - Wellpoint Maryland Medcaid
 
- Osteogenesis Imperfecta
 - Skeletal Dysplasia
 
Research Activities
My research mainly concerns children with skeletal dysplasias. I serve as a co-Investigator for multiple clinical trials, including those involving patients with achondroplasia, rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctate (RCDP), and Sanfilippo syndrome (MPS III).Ìý I am involved in projects related to biomarkers in children with skeletal dysplasias, as well.ÌýÌý
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I also work on projects focused on quality improvement research within the field of palliative care, as well as ethics resident education.
Medical Interests
- Palliative care
 - Complex medical conditions
 - Skeletal dysplasia
 - Osteogenesis imperfecta
 
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Survivorship of Individuals With Double Heterozygosity for Achondroplasia and Type 2 Collagenopathy; American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A; (2025).
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C-type natriuretic peptide and collagen X marker are aberrant in skeletal dysplasias; Journal of Bone and Mineral Research; (2025).
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Approach to the Patient with Achondroplasia—New Considerations for Diagnosis, Management, and Treatment; The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism; (2025).
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Author Correction: Specific heterozygous variants in MGP lead to endoplasmic reticulum stress and cause spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia; Nature Communications; (2024).
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Vosoritide Therapy in Children with Achondroplasia: Early Experience and Practical Considerations for Clinical Practice; Advances in Therapy; (2024).
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Trends in Serum Cytokine Expression in Pediatric Skeletal Dysplasia; JBMR Plus; (2023).
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Specific heterozygous variants in MGP lead to endoplasmic reticulum stress and cause spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia; Nature Communications; (2023).
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Identification of potential non-invasive biomarkers in diastrophic dysplasia.; Bone; (2023).
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Collagen X Marker Levels are Decreased in Individuals with Achondroplasia; Calcified Tissue International; (2022).
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An Informed Approach to Vaccine Hesitancy and Uptake in Children.; Delaware journal of public health; (2022).
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Microcephalic osteodysplastic primordial dwarfism type II is associated with global vascular disease.; Orphanet journal of rare diseases; (2021).
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Comprehensive pain management strategy for infants with moderate to severe osteogenesis imperfecta in the perinatal period; Paediatric and Neonatal Pain; (2021).
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Should We Stop Calling Thanatophoric Dysplasia a Lethal Condition? A Case Report of a Long-Term Survivor.; Palliative medicine reports; (2020).
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End-of-life medical decision-making for children in custody: A collaborative, multi-stakeholder practical approach.; Child abuse & neglect; (2020).
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Sudden Unexpected Infant Death: A Compassionate Forensic Approach to Care; Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine; (2012).
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Motivations of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension to participate in randomized clinical trials.; Clinical trials (London, England); (2012).
 
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