Dr. Kyle Steinman, MD, MAS, is a pediatric neurologist, specializing in cognitive/behavioral neurology, with a particular emphasis on autism and other disorders involving abnormal language development. In addition to children with language and cognitive challenges, he cares for children with general pediatric neurological disorders. He is an Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of Washington and the Medical Director of the UW Autism Center.
Dr. Steinman earned his BA in Psychology, with Departmental Honors and with Distinction, from Stanford University. He attended the University of California, Los Angeles, for medical school, before returning to the San Francisco Bay Area for his Pediatrics residency at Children’s Hospital Oakland, followed by residency training in Child Neurology and clinical fellowship in Behavioral Neurology at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Steinman also earned a Masters of Advanced Studies degree in Clinical Research at UC San Francisco. Dr. Steinman was a faculty member at UC San Francisco prior to his recruitment to Seattle Children’s and UW in 2011. Dr. Steinman provides care to patients in the general neurology clinic, the Seattle Children’s Autism Center, the UW Autism Center, and in outreach clinics in Yakima, WA. Dr. Steinman’s research focuses on understanding brain differences that underlie language and cognitive functioning in individuals with autism.