Ryan J. Carpenter
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Ryan J. Carpenter, MD

Languages spoken: English, Spanish

Clinical Locations

Primary Location

Eccles Primary Children's Outpatient Services

81 N Mario Capecchi Drive
Salt Lake City , UT 84113
801-213-3599
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University of Utah Hospital

Newborn Intensive Care Unit
50 N Medical Dr
Salt Lake City , UT 84132
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Primary Children's Hospital

Newborn Intensive Care Unit
100 N Mario Capecchi Drive
Salt Lake City , UT 84113
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Dr. Carpenter earned his medical degree from the Georgetown University School of Medicine in 2015 and completed pediatric residency at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, affiliated with the University of Southern California in 2018. He completed fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine in 2021, followed by Pediatric Cardiology in 2023, both at the McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University and Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. Dr. Carpenter is board certified in Pediatric Cardiology and Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. He is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Utah.

Dr. Carpenter's clinical interests includes care for critically ill infants with heart disease and co-occuring extracardiac anomalies or prematurity, and infants and children with pulmonary hypertension. He is the associate medical director of the Primary Children's Hospital Newborn Intensive Care Unit. His academic work focuses on clinical and echocardiographic outcomes amongst infants with congenital heart disease and congenital diaphragmatic hernia.

Specialties

Board Certification

American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Cardiology)
American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine)
American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)

Dr. Carpenter earned his medical degree from the Georgetown University School of Medicine in 2015 and completed pediatric residency at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, affiliated with the University of Southern California in 2018. He completed fellowship in Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine in 2021, followed by Pediatric Cardiology in 2023, both at the McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University and Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago. Dr. Carpenter is board certified in Pediatric Cardiology and Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine. He is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Utah.

Dr. Carpenter's clinical interests includes care for critically ill infants with heart disease and co-occuring extracardiac anomalies or prematurity, and infants and children with pulmonary hypertension. He is the associate medical director of the Primary Children's Hospital Newborn Intensive Care Unit. His academic work focuses on clinical and echocardiographic outcomes amongst infants with congenital heart disease and congenital diaphragmatic hernia.

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Pediatrics -Assistant Professor (Clinical)
Academic Divisions Cardiology
Board Certification
American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Cardiology)
American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine)
American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)

Education history

Undergraduate Major: Premedical Studies; Minor: Sociology - University of Dayton B.S.
Professional Medical Medicine - Georgetown University School of Medicine M.D.
Internship Pediatrics - Children¿s Hospital Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California Intern
Residency Pediatrics - Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California Resident
Fellowship Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine - McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Fellow
Fellowship Pediatric Cardiology - McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Yang MJ, Carpenter RJ, Yost CC, Kahan AM, Fenton SJ, Russell KW, Yoder B (2026). Congenital diaphragmatic hernia: are improvements in ECMO & survival sustainable over time?. Journal of perinatology,
  2. Ellsworth TS, Carpenter RJ, Yost CC, Yoder BA, Yang M (2025). Oxygenation Index and Oxygen Saturation Index in Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: Do Management Guidelines Make a Difference?. Neonatology, 1-17.
  3. Yang MJ, Carpenter RJ, Russell KW, Fenton SJ, Yost CC, Yoder B (2025). Are Early, Frequent Echocardiograms Necessary to Improve Outcomes of Neonates with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia?. The Journal of pediatrics, 280, 114510.
  4. Yang MJ, Yost CC, Carpenter RJ, Kahan AM, Fenton SJ, Russell KW, Yoder B (2025). Congenital diaphragmatic hernia: Exclusion criteria for repair or ECMO?. Journal of pediatric surgery, 162721.
  5. Lagoski M, Reisfeld M, Carpenter RJ, Lamorena E, Goodman DM, Murthy K (2023). Hyperinflation and its association with successful transition to home ventilator devices in infants with chronic respiratory failure and severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia. J Perinatol, 43(3), 332-336.
  6. Carpenter RJ, Srdanovic N, Rychlik K, Sen SK, Porta NFM, Hamvas AE, Murthy K, Hauck AL (2022). The association between pulmonary vascular disease and respiratory improvement in infants with type I severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia. J Perinatol, 42(6), 788-795.
  7. Carpenter RJ, Subramanyan RK, Ben-Isaac E (2020). Case 1: Progressive Dysphagia in a Teenager with Down Syndrome. Pediatr Rev, 41(5), 245-248.
  8. Carpenter RJ (2020). 50 Years Ago in TheJournalofPediatrics: Intermittent Positive Pressure Ventilation in Hyaline Membrane Disease. J Pediatr, 217, 164.
  9. Carpenter RJ, Kouyoumjian S, Moromisato DY, Lieu P, Amirnovin R (2020). Lower-Dose, Intravenous Chlorothiazide Is an Effective Adjunct Diuretic to Furosemide Following Pediatric Cardiac Surgery. J Pediatr Pharmacol Ther, 25(1), 31-38.
  10. Michelle J. Yang, MD MSCI, Matthew Douglass, DO, Ryan J. Carpenter, MD, Bradley A. Yoder, M Respiratory Management for the Infant with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia. Clinics in perinatology,

Letter

  1. Yang MJ, Carpenter RJ, Russell KW, Fenton SJ, Yost CC, Yoder B (2025). Reply. The Journal of pediatrics, 283, 114580.
  2. Yang MJ, Carpenter RJ, Russell KW, Fenton SJ, Yost CC, Yoder B (2025). Reply. The Journal of pediatrics, 291, 114955.

Video/Film/CD/Web/Podcast

  1. Siddeek H, Amula V, Bierer R, Carpenter RJ, Darro N, Delgado C, Domingo L, Hogan W, Kelso K, Ruoti A, Ware (2026). Guidelines for Infants with Trisomy 13 and 18 and Congenital Heart Disease.
  2. Andrews K, Carpenter RJ, Moore J, Pietri-Toro J, Vigil-Mallette (2024). Intermountain Health NICU/WBN Cardiology Discharge Algorithm.