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P.O. Box 208064
New Haven, CT 06520-8064

(203) 785-4638

   

Bennett A. Shaywitz, MD, FAAP, FAAN

Professor & Chief

Pediatric Specialty
Neurology

Email   bennett.shaywitz@yale.edu
Phone   (203) 785-4641
Fax   (203) 785-6369
Office Address   Department of Pediatrics
Yale School of Medicine
P.O. Box 208064
New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8064

 
 

Clinical Interests: Reading Difficulties; Dyslexia; Math Difficulties

Research Interests: Neurobiology of Reading & Dyslexia; Neurobiology of Math Difficulties

Board Certification
  • American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, 1972
  • American Board of Pediatrics, 1968
Education
  • M.D., Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 1963
  • A.B., Washington University, St. Louis, MO, 1960
Training

Research Fellow
Child Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, 1967-70

Chief Resident
Pediatrics, Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, Bronx, NY, 1966-67

Research Fellow
Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, 1965-66

Resident
Pediatrics, Bronx Municipal Hospital Center, Bronx, NY, 1963-66

Prior Academic Positions

Associate Professor
Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 1976-89

Assistant Professor
Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 1972-76

Instructor
Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 1969-70

Instructor
Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 1966-67