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Paul S. Carbone
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Paul S. Carbone, MD

Languages spoken: English, Spanish

Clinical Locations

Primary Location

Huntsman Mental Health Institute Neurobehavior HOME Program
240 East Morris Ave
Salt Lake City , UT 84115

Eccles Primary Children's Outpatient Services Building

University Developmental Assessment Clinic
81 N Mario Capecchi Drive
Salt Lake City , UT 84113

Dr. Carbone is the Medical Director of the Child Development Program within the University Developmental Assessment Clinics, providing evaluations of children with suspected autism and other developmental disabilities as part of a multidisciplinary team. He sees patients with autism and other developmental disabilities for ongoing care of medical and behavioral/psychiatric co-occurring conditions. He also serves as a primary care pediatrician within the University of Utah Neurobehavior HOME Program, a lifespan clinic that provides comprehensive medical and mental health services for individuals with ASD and other developmental disabilities.

Specialties

Board Certification

National Board of Medical Examiners

Patient Rating

Patients consistently praise Dr. Carbone for excellent, specialized care and a strong bedside manner. Reviewers note his empathy and humanity, clear explanations, responsiveness to questions, and positive engagement with children. Families describe him as dedicated and invested in helping them live full, healthy lives and highly recommend him.

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5.0 /5
( out of 11 reviews )

The patient rating score is an average of all responses on our patient experience survey. The rating averages scores for all questions about care from our providers. The scale on which responses are measured is 1 to 5 with 5 being the best score.


2026-04-25
SOUTH MAIN CLINIC

The Doctor Carbone is very dedicated and kind person. He explains everything you need to know at the first time. Also try to provide hope. Very good doctor.

2025-11-16
SOUTH MAIN CLINIC

Dr. Carbone gives us excellent, specialized care and is invested in helping our family live full and healthy lives.

2025-07-19
SOUTH MAIN CLINIC

Excellent service, he answered all my questions and especially those of my son. He seemed quite excited about his direct contact with my son. [TRANSLATED]

2024-06-20
PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER

Excelente doctor con mucho conocimiento y muy humano

2024-04-25
PRIMARY CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER

Paul Carbone is the best. The level of care my child received was excellent. He was not only caring but empathetic and informative, something that you very rarely find these days. I highly recommend Paul Carbone.


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Dr. Carbone is the Medical Director of the Child Development Program within the University Developmental Assessment Clinics, providing evaluations of children with suspected autism and other developmental disabilities as part of a multidisciplinary team. He sees patients with autism and other developmental disabilities for ongoing care of medical and behavioral/psychiatric co-occurring conditions. He also serves as a primary care pediatrician within the University of Utah Neurobehavior HOME Program, a lifespan clinic that provides comprehensive medical and mental health services for individuals with ASD and other developmental disabilities.

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Pediatrics -Professor (Clinical)
Academic Divisions General Pediatrics
Board Certification
National Board of Medical Examiners

Education history

Undergraduate Molecular Biology - San Jose State University B.S.
Professional Medical Medical - Chicago Medical School M.D.
Internship Pediatrics - University of California - San Diego Intern
Residency Pediatrics - University of California - San Diego Resident
Other Training Utah Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
Academic Pediatric Association Research Scholars Program

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Schibler BM, Kanne SM, Stoddard GJ, Carbone P (2025). Autism Spectrum Disorder and Health-Determining Behaviors: Assessing Physical Activity, Screen Time, and Sleep with the National Survey of Children's Health. Journal of autism and developmental disorders,
  2. Carbone PS, Campbell K, Villalobos M, Stuart A, Ellzey A, Stoddard GJ, Roundy J, Tripp ZT, Stipelman (2025). Primary Care Autism Screening with the Parent's Observations of Social Interactions. Journal of autism and developmental disorders,
  3. Seabury A, Campbell K, Clay CJ, Minges EC, Carbone PS, Kreier F, Augustyn (2025). A Child With Oppositional Behavior After a Burn Injury: A Role for Inpatient Developmental Pediatrics Consults. Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics,
  4. Carbone PS, Dada Y, Villalobos M, Stoddard GJ, Roundy J, Campbell (2025). The Caregiver Concerns Questionnaire: A Tool to Target Care for Children on the Autism Spectrum. Journal of autism and developmental disorders,
  5. Carbone PS, Stipelman CH, Villalobos ME, Ellzey A, Stuart A, Stoddard GJ, Campbell (2024). A Comparison of Parent-Reported Severe Autism With Mild/Moderate Autism Among US Children. Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics, 45(5), e422-e430.
  6. Aguayo P, Lin AG, Stevens PT, Carbone PS, Bilder DA, Rapaport M (2024). A Patient-Centered Multidisciplinary Medical HOME for Persons With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Focus (American Psychiatric Publishing), 22(2), 170-174.
  7. Carbone PS, Stipelman CH, Villalobos ME, Ellzey A, Stuart A, Stoddard GJ, Campbell (2024). A Comparison of Parent-Reported Severe Autism With Mild/Moderate Autism Among US Children. Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics, 45(5), e422-e430.
  8. Lord C, Charman T, Havdahl A, Carbone P, Anagnostou E, Boyd B, Carr T, de Vries PJ, Dissanayake C, Divan G, Freitag CM, Gotelli MM, Kasari C, Knapp M, Mundy P, Plank A, Scahill L, Servili C, Shattuck P, Simonoff E, Singer AT, Slonims V, Wang PP, Ysrraelit MC, Jellett R, Pickles A, Cusack J, Howlin P, Szatmari P, Holbrook A, Toolan C, McCauley J (2022). The Lancet Commission on the future of care and clinical research in autism. Lancet (London, England), 399(10321), 271-334.
  9. Zhou X, Feliciano P, Shu C, Wang T, Astrovskaya I, Hall JB, Obiajulu JU, Wright JR, Murali SC, Xu SX, Brueggeman L, Thomas TR, Marchenko O, Fleisch C, Barns SD, Snyder LG, Han B, Chang TS, Turner TN, Harvey WT, Nishida A, O'Roak BJ, Geschwind DH, SPARK Consortium, Michaelson JJ, Volfovsky N, Eichler EE, Shen Y, Chung W (2022). Integrating de novo and inherited variants in 42,607 autism cases identifies mutations in new moderate-risk genes. Nature genetics, 54(9), 1305-1319.
  10. Suen CG, Campbell K, Stoddard G, Carbone P (2021). Patient-Centered Outcomes in an Interdisciplinary Clinic for Complex Children with Autism. Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics, 42(3), 182-190.
  11. Campbell K, Carbone PS, Liu D, Stipelman C (2021). Improving Autism Screening and Referrals With Electronic Support and Evaluations in Primary Care. Pediatrics, 147(3),
  12. Carbone PS, Smith PJ, Lewis C, LeBlanc (2021). Promoting the Participation of Children and Adolescents With Disabilities in Sports, Recreation, and Physical Activity. Pediatrics, 148(6),
  13. Campbell K, Cunningham S, Neeley A, Young PC, Stoddard G, Stone B, Carbone P (2021). Ratings of Physician Communication by Caregivers of Hospitalized Children With and Without Autism. Hospital pediatrics, 11(6), 547-553.
  14. Suen CG, Campbell K, Stoddard G, Carbone P (2020). Patient-Centered Outcomes in an Interdisciplinary Clinic for Complex Children with Autism. Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics,
  15. Kim J, Stevens P, Carbone PS, Jones K (2020). Health Care Use and Spending of Pediatric Patients With an Intellectual or Developmental Disability. Medical care, 58(5), 468-473.
  16. Carbone PS, Campbell K, Wilkes J, Stoddard GJ, Huynh K, Young PC, Gabrielsen T (2020). Primary Care Autism Screening and Later Autism Diagnosis. Pediatrics, 146(2),
  17. Rutz A, Dent KM, Botto LD, Young PC, Carbone P (2019). Brief Report: Pediatrician Perspectives Regarding Genetic Evaluations of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 49(2), 794-808.
  18. Ahlers K, Gabrielsen TP, Ellzey A, Brady A, Litchford A, Fox J, Nguyen QT, Carbone P (2019). A Pilot Project Using Pediatricians as Initial Diagnosticians in Multidisciplinary Autism Evaluations for Young Children. Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics, 40(1), 1-11.
  19. Ruiz LM, Damron M, Jones KB, Weedon D, Carbone PS, Bakian AV, Bilder DA (2016). Antipsychotic Use and Metabolic Monitoring in Individuals with Developmental Disabilities Served in a Medicaid Medical Home. J Autism Dev Disord, 46(6), 1887-94.
  20. Bilder DA, Bakian AV, Stevenson DA, Carbone PS, Cunniff C, Goodman AB, McMahon WM, Fisher NP, Viskochil (2016). Brief Report: The Prevalence of Neurofibromatosis Type 1 among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Identified by the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 46(10), 3369-76.
  21. Ruiz LM, Damron M, Jones KB, Weedon D, Carbone PS, Bakian AV, Bilder D (2016). Antipsychotic Use and Metabolic Monitoring in Individuals with Developmental Disabilities Served in a Medicaid Medical Home. Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 46(6), 1887-1894.
  22. Carbone PS, Norlin C, Young P (2016). Improving Early Identification and Ongoing Care of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder. Pediatrics, 137(6),
  23. Carbone PS, Norlin C, Young P (2016). Improving Early Identification and Ongoing Care of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder. Pediatrics, 137(6),
  24. Bakian AV, Bilder DA, Carbone PS, Hunt TD, Petersen B, Rice CE (2015). Brief report: independent validation of autism spectrum disorder case status in the Utah Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network Site. J Autism Dev Disord, 45(3), 873-80.
  25. Carbone PS, Young PC, Stoddard GJ, Wilkes J, Trasande (2015). A Comparison of Ambulatory Care Sensitive Hospitalizations Among Children With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorder. Academic pediatrics, 15(6), 626-35.
  26. Carbone PS, Young PC, Stoddard GJ, Wilkes J, Trasande (2015). A Comparison of Ambulatory Care Sensitive Hospitalizations Among Children With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorder. Academic pediatrics, 15(6), 626-35.
  27. Holmes LG, Himle MB, Sewell KK, Carbone PS, Strassberg DS, Murphy N (2014). Addressing sexuality in youth with autism spectrum disorders: current pediatric practices and barriers. Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics, 35(3), 172-8.
  28. Coury DL, Swedo SE, Thurm AE, Miller DT, Veenstra-VanderWeele JM, Carbone PS, Lounds Taylor (2014). Treating the whole person with autism: the proceedings of the Autism Speaks National Autism Conference. Current problems in pediatric and adolescent health care, 44(2), 26-47.
  29. Tinker J, Carbone PS, Viskochil D, Mathiesen A, Ma KN, Stevenson D (2014). Screening children with neurofibromatosis type 1 for autism spectrum disorder. American journal of medical genetics. Part A, 164A(7), 1706-12.
  30. Carbone PS, Murphy NA, Norlin C, Azor V, Sheng X, Young PC (2013). Parent and pediatrician perspectives regarding the primary care of children with autism spectrum disorders. J Autism Dev Disord, 43(4), 964-72.
  31. Carbone P (2013). Moving from research to practice in the primary care of children with autism spectrum disorders. Academic pediatrics, 13(5), 390-9.
  32. Weedon D, Carbone PS, Bilder D (2012). Building a person-centered medical home: lessons from a program for people with developmental disabilities. J Health Care Poor Underserved, 23, 1600-1608.
  33. Weedon D, Carbone P, Bilder D, O'Brien S, Dorius J (2012). Building a person-centered medical home: lessons from a program for people with developmental disabilities. J Health Care Poor Underserved, 23(4), 1600-8.
  34. Miller JS, Gabrielsen T, Villalobos M, Alleman R, Wahmhoff N, Carbone PS, Segura (2011). The each child study: systematic screening for autism spectrum disorders in a pediatric setting. Pediatrics, 127(5), 866-71.
  35. Murphy NA, Carbone PS, Council on Children With Disabilities., American Academy of Pediatrics (2011). Parent-provider-community partnerships: optimizing outcomes for children with disabilities. Pediatrics, 128(4), 795-802.
  36. Pinborough-Zimmerman J, Bilder D, Bakian A, Satterfield R, Carbone PS, Nangle BE, Randall H, McMahon W (2011). Sociodemographic risk factors associated with autism spectrum disorders and intellectual disability. Autism research, 4(6), 438-48.
  37. Carbone PS, Farley M, Davis T (2010). Primary care for children with autism. Am Fam Physician, 81(4), 453-60.
  38. Carbone PS, Behl DD, Azor V, Murphy NA (2010). The medical home for children with autism spectrum disorders: parent and pediatrician perspectives. J Autism Dev Disord, 40(3), 317-24.
  39. Murphy NA, Carbone P (2010). Needs of children with disabilities addressed best through partnerships. Sept 2010(31), 20.
  40. Murphy NA, Carbone PS, American Academy of Pediatrics Council on Children With Disabilities (2008). Promoting the participation of children with disabilities in sports, recreation, and physical activities. Pediatrics, 121(5), 1057-61.
  41. Carbone PS, Clemens CJ, Ball TM (2005). Effectiveness of gun-safety counseling and a gun lock giveaway in a Hispanic community. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med, 159(11), 1049-54.
  42. Ahlers K, Gabrielsen TP, Ellzey A, Brady A, Litchford, A, Fox J, Nguyen Q, Carbone P A Pilot Project Utilizing Pediatricians as Initial Diagnosticians in Multidisciplinary Autism Evaluations for Young Children. Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics,

Book

  1. Carbone PS, Rosenblatt A (2012). Autism Spectrum Disorders: What Every Parent Needs to Know.