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Carol Lynn Dorfman, MD, FAAP

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Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics

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Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics

Biography

Dr. Dorfman grew up in California but completed her undergraduate studies with a B.A.in Biology from Williams College in Massachusetts. She attended medical school at Stanford University and then completed her pediatric residency training at the University of California, San Diego. From 1992 to 2017 she was in private practice in the New Haven area while also supervising Yale residents and medical students in the Pediatric Primary Care center at the Hospital of St. Raphael. Since joining the Section of General Pediatrics at Yale in 2017, she returned to working in the Primary Care Center, York Street Campus, which as of October 2020 is currently located at 150 Sargent Drive. Her interests include asthma management and dermatology and she participates in the Pediatric Dermatology clinic twice a month. Dr. Dorfman has also been part of the group well child care “Wingspan” clinic team, supervising residents in both Spanish and English speaking groups. She also works two weekends a month in the Well baby Nursery. As Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, her other teaching activities at Yale include participation in many volunteer clinical skills workshops for residents and medical students. Since 2017, Dr. Dorfman has also been an Assistant Clinical Professor at the Quinnipiac University Frank Netter School of Medicine, teaching clinical interview and physical exam skills to first and second year students in the Foundations of Clinical Care course.

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Residency
UCSD School of Medicine (1992)
MD
Stanford University (1989)

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    Yale School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics

  • honor

    Faculty Honor Roll

Clinical Care

Overview

Carol Dorfman, MD, is a pediatrician who has been caring for pediatric patients of all ages in the Greater New Haven area for almost 30 years, while being a teacher and mentor for physicians in training. She has special interests in pediatric dermatology, asthma, and the care of healthy newborns and young infants.

“I enjoy seeing the relationships between parents and children, and watching children develop, grow, and flourish,” Dr. Dorfman says. “Children are amazing, and that makes this work joyful and ultimately optimistic.”

Dr. Dorfman supervises residents and medical students at the Pediatric Primary Care Clinic, attends pediatric dermatology clinic, and works several weekends per month in Yale New Haven Hospital's Well Baby Nursery. She focuses on shared decision-making with families and tells them, “We are a team and will work together to keep your children healthy.”

Dr. Dorfman has also been part of a group called “Wingspan” that focuses on well-child care, supervising residents in both Spanish and English-speaking groups. She is an assistant clinical professor of pediatrics and, since 2017, an assistant clinical professor at the Quinnipiac University Frank Netter School of Medicine.

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Pediatrics

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  • Pediatrics

    Certification Organization
    AB of Pediatrics
    Latest Certification Date
    2014
    Original Certification Date
    1992

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