Scott Faber, MD, is a developmental pediatrician at The Hospital at The Children’s Institute, working with children with severe developmental and behavioral disorders, including autism. Previously he served for six years as director of Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics at Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh. He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, completed his internship in pediatrics at Children’s Hospital of Buffalo and his residency in Boston.
He practiced as a general pediatrician and assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center prior to completing a fellowship in developmental-behavioral pediatrics and neuro-developmental disabilities at Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in Cleveland. He is a frequent lecturer and has made presentations at American Academy of Pediatrics exhibitions and at Pediatric Academic Society meetings, also publishing work on the clinical effects of deprivation on the developing brain as well as other topics.