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Lesley Sloan Carson, MD

Lesley Sloan Carson, MD Physician

Medical Director, Penn Center for Rehabilitation and Care Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine

Languages spoken:

  • German
  • Spanish

Dr. Carson is employed by Penn Medicine.

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4.7out of 5
51 Patient Satisfaction Ratings

About Dr. Lesley Sloan Carson

Recognized by America's Top Doctors, 2015 – 2017

Recognized in Philadelphia magazine's May 2018 Top Docs issue

Patient Satisfaction Ratings

Patient Rating Breakdown

The Patient Satisfaction Rating is an average of all responses to the care provider related questions shown below from our nationally-recognized Press Ganey Patient Satisfaction Survey. Patients that are treated in outpatient or hospital environments may receive different surveys, and the volume of responses will vary by question.

Responses are measured on a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being the best score.

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

Overall Ratings

Clinical Specialties

Specialty:

  • Geriatric Medicine

Programs & Centers:

Board Certification:

  • Geriatric Medicine, 1988
  • Internal Medicine, 1980

Clinical Expertise:

  • Adverse Drug Reaction
  • Aging and Disability
  • Alternative Medicine
  • Alzheimer's Disease
  • Arthritis
  • Asthma
  • Breast Exam
  • Cardiac Risk Reduction
  • Caregiver Counseling
  • Cholesterol and Lipid Disorders
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
  • Chronic Pain
  • Complementary Medicine
  • Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)
  • Constipation
  • Dementia
  • Dementia Evaluation
  • Diabetic Care
  • Enlarged Prostate BPH (Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia)
  • Essential Tremor
  • Fibromyalgia (Fibrositis)
  • Geriatric Women's Health
  • Heart Failure
  • Holistic Medicine
  • Home Care
  • House Calls for Seniors
  • Hypertension
  • Immunizations
  • Impotence
  • LGBT Health
  • Medical Ethics
  • Memory Disorders
  • Metabolic Bone Disease
  • Minority Populations
  • Non-Traditional Families
  • Non-Traditional Medicine
  • Osteoarthritis (OA)
  • Paget's Disease
  • Parkinson's Disease
  • Pressure Ulcers
  • Primary Care - Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH)
  • Primary Care - Geriatrics
  • Primary Care - Homebound Elderly
  • Primary Care - Rheumatology
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)
  • Sleep Disorders
  • Stroke
  • Syncope (Fainting)
  • Temporal Arteritis (Giant Cell Arteritis)
  • Thyroid Disorders
  • Urinary Incontinence
  • Vascular Disease
  • Weight Management
  • Wound Complications

Description of Clinical Expertise

Complex Medical Problems, Home Care, Long term Care, Clinical Teaching

Practice Locations and Appointments

Insurance Accepted

  • Aetna US Healthcare
  • Amerihealth Caritas
  • Amerihealth Caritas Medicare
  • Cigna
  • Cigna HealthSpring
  • Clover Health Plan
  • CVS Health
  • Devon Health Services (Americare)
  • Gateway Health Plan
  • Geisinger Health Plan
  • HealthAmerica / HealthAssurance, a Coventry Plan
  • HealthPartners
  • HealthPartners Medicare
  • HealthSmart
  • Highmark Blue Shield
  • Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
  • Humana / Choicecare
  • Independence Blue Cross (Keystone East)
  • Intergroup
  • Keystone First
  • Keystone First Medicare
  • Multiplan
  • NJ Medicaid
  • NJ Qualcare
  • Oxford Health Plan
  • PA Health and Wellness (Centene) Medicare
  • PA Medicaid
  • PA Medicare
  • Preferred Health Care/LGH
  • Rail Road Medicare / Palmetto GBA
  • Remedy Partners at Penn Medicine
  • Tricare
  • United Healthcare
  • UnitedHealthcare Community Plan
  • US Family Health Plan
  • Vetrans Choice Program (6/2018 Not Active)

Education and Training

Medical School: Harvard Medical School
Residency: Mount Auburn Hospital
Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital

Memberships

Academy of Home Care Physicians, National American College of Physicians, National American Geriatrics Society, National American Medical Director Association, National Eastern Pennsylvania Geriatric Society, Local

Hospital Affiliation

Dr. Carson is employed by Penn Medicine.

Hospital Privileges:

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.

Research

Selected Publications:

Han JH, Garrigan C, Johnston B, Nachamkin I, Clabots C, Bilker WB, Santana E, Tolomeo P, Maslow J, Myers J, Carson L, Lautenbach E, Johnson JR; CDC Prevention Epicenters Program.: Epidemiology and characteristics of Escherichia coli sequence type 131 (ST131) from long-term care facility residents colonized intestinally with fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis 87 (3): 275-280,2017.

Tejal D, Carson L: Abducens (CN VI) Nerve Palsy Initial Manifestation of Early Disseminated Lyme Disease. American Geriatric Society : 2015.

Han JH. Maslow J. Han X. Xie SX. Tolomeo P. Santana E. Carson L. Lautenbach E.: Risk factors for the development of gastrointestinal colonization with fluoroquinolone-resistant Escherichia coli in residents of long-term care facilities. Journal of Infectious Diseases 209 (3): 420-5,2014.

Cahill JM, Carson L: Hyponatremia with concurrent eosinophilia should prompt workup for adrenal insufficiency. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) 62 : S29-S30,2014.

O'Donnell L, Carson L, Forciea MA, Kinosian B, Shea J, Yudin J, Miller RK.: What students experienced:a narrative analysis of essays written by first-year medical students participating in a geriatrics home visit. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 61 (9): 1592-1597,2013.

O’Donnell LD, Miller R, Yudin J, Forciea M, Kinosian B, Carson L, Shea J.: What Students Learn: The Reynolds Housecall Experience. American Geriatric Society Conference, Washington, DC : 2011.

Carson L.: Falls Classic Papers in Geriatric Medicine with Current Commentaries : 81-88,2008.

Viray M, Lenkin D, Maslow J, Stiemtz D, Carson L, Bilker W, Lautenbach E.: Longitudinal Trends in Antimicrobial Susceptibilities Across Long Term Care Facilities: Emergence of Fluoroquinolone Resistance 26 (1): 56-62,2005.

Carson L, Suskind-Liu D, Knox G.: Dizziness and Vertigo Geriatric Secrets 3rd edition : 74-79,2004.

Vojta CL, Carson L.: A Case of Acute Insomnia in a 96-year-old Nursing Home Resident Clinical Geriatrics 9 (2): 88,2001.

Academic Contact Info

Ralston-Penn Center
3615 Chestnut St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104-2676
Phone: (215) 662-2746
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366 (PENN)

Related Links

Geriatric Medicine website