Paul Lipkin, M.D.

Paul Lipkin, MD is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Kennedy Krieger Institute (KKI) and the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, as well as KKI’s Director of Outpatient Medical Services. Dr. Lipkin’s clinical and research careers have focused on the early identification, evaluation, and treatment of children and adolescents with developmental disabilities, including autism, learning, and attention disorders, and most recently has focused his efforts on the problem of suicide in children with autism and other disabilities. He is currently Prinicipal Investigator for a study validating a suicide screening tool for use in children with autism and other developmental disabilities, supported by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. He was previously the Director and Principal Investigator of the Interactive Autism Network from 2013 to 2019, overseeing this nationwide online community and research platform and registry of over 60,000 individuals on the autism spectrum and their families. He has provided national leadership on children with special health care needs and disabilities, including autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders, through his work with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), where he served as Chair of its Council on Children with Disabilities from 2002 to 2007. and has been a leader on on developmental screening initiatives since 2004, including its 2006 and 2020 guidelines on developmental screening and surveillance. Dr. Lipkin has been honored as the recipient of the AAP’s Arnold J. Capute Award in 2011 for his efforts on behalf of children with disabilities, and as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health Policy Fellow in 2010-2011, working in the Office of the US Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Dr. Lipkin graduated from Rutgers University and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. After a pediatric residency training at the Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, he completed a fellowship in developmental pediatrics at the Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins in 1986. He is board-certified in pediatrics, neurodevelopmental disabilities, and developmental and behavioral pediatrics.