About Our Doctors

Thomas P. Carson, MD

Scott Appleton, MD

Board Certified Pediatric Cardiologist

practicing together since 1994

Thomas P. Carson, MD, FACC, FAAP

Dr. Carson is a Board Certified Pediatric Cardiologist. He received his undergraduate degree in Clinical Chemistry and his Medical Degree from the University of South Florida, Tampa, FL., in 1979. He completed his residency training in Pediatrics at Emory University, Atlanta, GA., with a Fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology at Emory University as well. He is Board Certified in Pediatrics since 1985 and Pediatric Cardiology since 1988.

Dr. Carson is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the American Academy of Pediatrics. He has served as chairman of Pediatrics at Florida Hospital 2000, 2001 and 2002. He has been on the Florida Hospital College of Science Board of Directors since 1998. He has served as chairman of Florida Hospital's Performance Improvement Committee for women and children 2004 and 2005. He served as secretary/ treasurer of Florida Hospital Medical staff from 2006 through 2007 and now is President elect of the Medical staff. He is a member of KidsDocs, served on their board, and has served as their Treasurer for 2004, 2005, and 2006. He is also a clinical assistant professor for the Florida State University College of Medicine. Dr. Carson has been listed among "Best Doctors in America" since 1998.

Dr. Carson has been in private practice in Orlando since 1984. He lives their with his wife and has 2 children.

Scott Appleton, MD, FACC, FACP

Dr. Appleton is Board Certified in Pediatric Cardiology. He received his undergraduate and Medical Degrees, with Honors in Research from the University of Florida. He completed his internship and residency in Pediatrics at the Medical University of South Carolina, and a Fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN.

For eight years Dr. Appleton served as Asst. Professor of Pediatric Cardiology at St. Louis University where his duties included interventional cardiac catheterizations, transesophageal echocardiography, fetal echocardiography and all aspects of pediatric cardiology. He was the director of the Echocardiography Laboratory and Medical Director of the Pediatric Heart Transplant Program. Dr. Appleton is a clinical assistant professor for Florida State University College of Medicine.

Dr. Appleton is a Fellow with the American College of Cardiology and a member of the Florida Medical Association, the Orange County Medical Society, and KidsDocs.

Dr. Appleton has been practicing pediatric cardiology in Orlando since 1994. He lives in Orlando with his wife, Dr. Karen Anijar-Appleton and their 3 children, Josh who is in graduate school at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Brooke in college at University of Central Florida and Caroline in college at Arizona State University.

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