Carol J. Scott, MD, MSEd, FACEP, BCPA, NBC-HWC

Carol J. Scott, MD, MSEd, FACEP is the founder and CEO of ScottHealthAdvisory.com She is a board-certified emergency physician, Speaker, Patient Advocate, and Wellness Coach. Dr. Carol has worked as a coach for high-achieving women for over a decade, which gives her the unique expertise necessary to listen with the compassion of a physician, wife, and working mom while offering the experience of a professional advisor. As a result, clients discover a personal resilient and sustainable healthy lifestyle. Her programs include; BestStressZoneTM, MindPauseTM, The CEO Model of WellnessTM.

Dr. Carol provides ‘just in time’ advocacy, navigation, and support for families during a new diagnosis or health crisis. Prevention and optimizing chronic disease care can help you outperform past family health legacies. Starting where you are today, she helps family members reach a goal of ‘zero preventable adverse health events’ through personal high-reliability wellness.

Her insights and work are featured in the Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, SELF, Fast Company, O magazine, and Huffington Post. In addition, she received the Educator of the Year Award from the National Association of Women Emergency Physicians. Carol is a founding fellow and member of the Institute of Coaching Professionals Association.

Dr. Carol also offers keynote presentations for clients including Morgan Stanley, UPS, Oracle, McDonald’s, Discovery Channel, Barron’s, Johnson & Johnson, Kimberly Clarke, Professional Business Women of California, and more. In addition, she has spoken at the California Professional Business Women’s Association and the Governor’s Conferences for Women in various states.

Originally from Chicago, Dr. Carol began her education at the University of Illinois and Rush Medical College. After medical school, she completed a residency in Internal Medicine at Duke University and an emergency medicine residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Later she earned a master’s degree in education from Johns Hopkins University and Wellcoaches Health and Wellness Certification from Wellcoaches School of Coaching. Carol lives in Baltimore and practices Emergency Medicine in a Baltimore County community hospital. She is married to Alex Scott, MD, a physician, and philosopher. She is the proud mother of two sons.