Caroline M. Garrett

Caroline M. Garrett, DVM, DACLAM

Languages spoken: English

Academic Information

Departments Primary - Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences

Board Certification

  • American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ACLAM)

Research Interests

  • Ophthalmic Imaging Analysis
  • Anesthesia
  • Animals, Laboratory
  • Primates
  • Surgery
  • Veterinary Medicine
  • Translational Research
  • Animal Model Development
  • Neuroimaging

Caroline M. Garrett, DVM, DACLAM, is a Senior Clinical Veterinarian in the Office of Comparative Medicine (OCM) and Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. She has over a decade of experience supporting translational preclinical research investigations.

Dr. Garrett collaborates closely with several investigators at the John A. Moran Eye Center to support a variety of in vivo studies focused on understanding the anatomical organization and function of neural circuits in the visual cortex responsible for cognitive functions, including perception.

Her expertise includes advanced imaging, anesthesia, surgical and non-surgical techniques required to perform awake visual behavior studies, neuroanatomical mapping, neurophysiology, optogenetics, and models of ocular disease, including glaucoma.

She previously served as Assistant Professor and Director of Large Animal Clinical Medicine and Surgery at Johns Hopkins University. She is a Diplomate of the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (DACLAM), with extensive experience performing biomedical research investigations across academic, government, and corporate settings.

Education History

Fellowship Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
 Postdoctoral Fellow
Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine
 DVM
Undergraduate Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
 BS

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Ifediba M, Baetz N, Lambert L, Benzon H, Page V, Anderson N, Roth S, Miess J, Nicolosi I, Beck S, Sopko N, Garrett C (2024). Characterization of heterogeneous skin constructs for full thickness skin regeneration in murine wound models. Tissue Cell, 88, 102403. (Read full article)
  2. Niederauer S, Beeman M, Cleveland A, Wojtalewicz S, Erickson S, Reilly CA, Rower JE, Garrett C, Floyd C, Shea J, Agarwal J, Lade C, Davis B (2024). A ropivacaine-eluting poly(lactide-co-caprolactone) wound dressing provided enhanced analgesia in partial-thickness porcine injuries. Plast Reconstr Surg. (Read full article)
  3. Baetz N, Labroo P, Ifediba M, Miller D, Stauffer K, Sieverts M, Nicodemus-Johnson J, Chan E, Robinson I, Miess J, Roth S, Irvin J, Laun J, Mundinger G, Granick MS, Milner S, Garrett C, Li WW, Swanson EW, Smith DJ Jr, Sopko NA (2023). Evaluation in a porcine wound model and long-term clinical assessment of an autologous heterogeneous skin construct used to close full-thickness wounds. Tissue Cell, 83, 102126. (Read full article)
  4. Labroo P, Irvin J, Johnson J, Sieverts M, Miess J, Robinson I, Baetz N, Garrett C, Sopko N (2020). Physical characterization of swine and human skin: Correlations between Raman spectroscopy, Tensile testing, Atomic force microscopy (AFM), Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and Multiphoton microscopy (MPM). Skin Res Technol, 27(4), 501-510. (Read full article)
  5. Jain A, Scavo L, Cross D, Petney M, Garrett C, Marra SP, Nimgaonkar A (2019). PeriLeve: An Implantable Peritoneovesicular Biopowered Shunt to Manage Patients with Refractory Ascites. Gastroenterology, 157(1), 21-22. (Read full article)
  6. Werts AD, Pate NM, Metcalf Pate KA, Garrett CM (2019). Atresia Ani with Imperforate Anus in a Common Marmoset (Callithrix jacchus). Comp Med, 69(2), 151-154. (Read full article)
  7. Kumbhari V, Li L, Piontek K, Ishida M, Fu R, Khalil B, Garrett CM, Liapi E, Kalloo AN, Selaru FM (2018). Successful liver-directed gene delivery by ERCP-guided hydrodynamic injection (with videos). Gastrointest Endosc, 88(4), 755-763.e5. (Read full article)
  8. Iyer RR, Gorelick N, Carroll K, Blitz AM, Beck S, Garrett CM, Monroe A, Tyler B, Zuckerman ST, Capadona JR, von Recum HA, Luciano MG (2018). Evaluation of an in vivo model for ventricular shunt infection: a pilot study using a novel antimicrobial-loaded polymer. J Neurosurg, 131(2), 587-595. (Read full article)
  9. Rao AD, Shin EJ, Beck SE, Garrett C, Kim SH, Lee NJ, Liapi E, Wong J, Herman J, Narang A, Ding K (2018). Demonstration of Safety and Feasibility of Hydrogel Marking of the Pancreas-Duodenum Interface for Image Guided Radiation Therapy (IGRT) in a Porcine Model: Implications in IGRT for Pancreatic Cancer Patients. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 101(3), 640-645. (Read full article)
  10. France LK, Vermillion MS, Garrett CM (2018). Comparison of Direct and Indirect Methods of Measuring Arterial Blood Pressure in Healthy Male Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta). J Am Assoc Lab Anim Sci, 57(1), 64-69. (Read full article)
  11. Nedelcovych M, Dash RP, Tenora L, Zimmermann SC, Gadiano AJ, Garrett C, Alt J, Hollinger KR, Pommier E, Janak A, Rojas C, Thomas AG, Wu Y, Wozniak K, Majer P, Slusher BS, Rais R (2017). Enhanced Brain Delivery of 2-(Phosphonomethyl)pentanedioic Acid Following Intranasal Administration of Its γ-Substituted Ester Prodrugs. Mol Pharm, 14(10), 3248-3257. (Read full article)
  12. Nedelcovych MT, Tenora L, Kim BH, Kelschenbach J, Chao W, Hadas E, Janak A, Prchalov E, Zimmermann SC, Dash RP, Gadiano AJ, Garrett C, Furtmller G, Oh B, Brandacher G, Alt J, Majer P, Volsky DJ, Rais R, Slusher BS (2017). N-(Pivaloyloxy)alkoxy-carbonyl Prodrugs of the Glutamine Antagonist 6-Diazo-5-oxo-l-norleucine (DON) as a Potential Treatment for HIV Associated Neurocognitive Disorders. J Med Chem, 60(16), 7186-7198. (Read full article)