Michelle Caraballo, M.D. Titles and Appointments Associate Professor Schools Medical School Departments Pediatrics You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Dr.Michelle Caraballo received her B.S. in Bioengineering from Rice University, and her M.D. from UT Southwestern. She completed residency training in Pediatrics at UT Southwestern before moving to Denver for fellowship training in both Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine at the University of Colorado. Originally from the Dallas area, she moved back home to join the faculty at UT Southwestern in the Department of Pediatrics in 2015. Her primary interests include infant safe sleep, sleep-related infant deaths, pediatric sleep-related breathing disorders, narcolepsy, and asthma. Education Medical School UT Southwestern Medical School (2008) Residency UT Southwestern/Children's Medical Center (2011), Pediatrics Fellowship University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine - National Jewish Health (2014), Sleep Medicine Fellowship University of Colorado Denver (2015), Pediatric Pulmonology Research Interest Infant safe sleep Pediatric sleep-related breathing disorders Publications Sleep in Adolescents Cassimere C, Caraballo M 2025 Jan 71-82 Successful Treatment of Rapidly Progressive Interstitial Lung Disease in Juvenile Dermatomyositis Ciaglia K, Ghawji M, Caraballo M, Sloan E Pediatrics 2024 Mar 153 Steering the Titanic: One tertiary care children's hospital's experience navigating safe sleep for hospitalized infants Caraballo M, Abbe M, Tidwell J, Dutton H, Garcia MG, Punzalan G, Axon A Journal of Pediatric Nursing 2023 Nov 73 e1-e9 Reasons and predictors for early termination of pediatric polysomnography: one children’s hospital’s experience Luong S, Culp M, McCreary M, Wani A, Caraballo M Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine 2023 Oct 19 1711-1716 Growth and development in pediatric obstructive sleep apnea Caraballo M 2023 Jan 121-133 Obstructive sleep apnea in children with autism Tomkies A, Johnson RF, Shah G, Caraballo M, Evans P, Mitchell RB Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine 2019 Oct 15 1469-1476 Knowledge, Attitudes, and Risk for Sudden Unexpected Infant Death in Children of Adolescent Mothers: A Qualitative Study Caraballo M, Shimasaki S, Johnston K, Tung G, Albright K, Halbower AC Journal of Pediatrics 2016 Jul 174 78-83.e2 Results 1-7 of 7 1 Books Featured Books Respiratory Tract & Mediastinum. In Current Diagnosis and Treatment: Pediatrics, 23rd ed. Federico MJ, Baker CD, Deboer EM, Halbower AC, Kupfer O, Martiniano SL, Sagel SD, Stillwell P, Zemanick ET, Caraballo M, Hawkins S. (2016). McGraw-Hill Education; 500-549. Respiratory Tract & Mediastinum. In Current Diagnosis & Treatment: Pediatrics, 24th ed. Federico MJ, Baker CD, Deboer EM, Halbower AC, Kupfer O, Martiniano SL, Sagel SD, Stillwell P, Zemanick ET, Caraballo M, Hawkins S (2018). New York, NY, McGraw-Hill Education; 509-560 Growth and development in pediatric obstructive sleep apnea. In Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Children: An Evidence-Based, Multidisciplinary Approach Caraballo M (2024). Academic Press; 121-133 Sleep in Adolescents. In Sleep Disorders in Children Cassimere C, Caraballo M (2025). New York, NY, Springer; 71-82 Honors & Awards DFWChild Mom Approved Pediatric Professional (2024) Ambulatory Provider of the MonthChildren's Health (2015) Professional Associations/Affiliations American Academy of Sleep Medicine (2013) American Thoracic Society (2011) Dallas County Medical Society (2015) Texas Medical Association (2015)
