Professor of Pediatrics and Child Study Center
Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
Carol Weitzman, M.D. is a Developmental Behavioral Pediatrician and the Co-Director of the Autism Spectrum Center at Boston Children’s Hospital and Director of the CT Center for Developmental Pediatrics. She is an Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics at the Yale School of Medicine. While at Yale, Dr. Weitzman was the Director of Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics (DBP) and oversaw the fellowship training in DBP. Nationally, she is a past president of the Society for Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics (SDBP), and a past chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Section of Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics. Dr. Weitzman is the author of the AAP Clinical Report “Promoting Optimal Development: Screening for Behavioral and Emotional Problems,” and the Health Care for Youth With Neurodevelopmental Disabilities: A Consensus Statement. She is a member of the American Board of Pediatrics Sub-Board and the American Academy of Pediatrics Autism Committee.