Dr. Carol Koeble is the Director for the North Carolina Center for Hospital Quality and Patient Safety.

Dr. Koeble completed her medical education at The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, School of Medicine, and her OB/GYN Residency at David Grant US Air Force Medical Center and a Master of Science in Preventive Medicine and Administrative Medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine. She severed in the US Air Force and was stationed at bases in Washington DC, California and Alaska. Prior to retirement she was the director of the OB/GYN clinic at Elmendorf AFB in Anchorage, AK. After retirement Dr. Koeble joined the staff at the Alaska Native Medical Center (ANMC) in Anchorage, Alaska, a Native-owned, non-profit organization that provides healthcare services to Alaskan Natives and Native Americans. She currently practices Obstetrics part time with Wake Faculty Physicians at Wake Med Raleigh.

At ANMC Dr. Koeble was the medical director for The Southcentral Foundation, a co-owners of the medical center. She worked with the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (Boston) and with Intermountain Health Care (Salt Lake City) to develop quality improvement models that could be utilized at ANMC. In September 2005, Dr. Koeble joined NCHA as the Director of the newly established North Carolina Center for Hospital Quality and Patient Safety. She has established the Center as a quality and patient safety resource for NC healthcare organizations through education, collaboration, consultation and clinical measurement services.