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Michelle Caraballo, M.D.

Michelle Caraballo, M.D.

Associate Professor

School
Medical School
Department
Pediatrics

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  • 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

    Star Featured Publications

    Successful Treatment of Rapidly Progressive Interstitial Lung Disease in Juvenile Dermatomyositis
    Ciaglia K, Ghawji M, Caraballo M, Sloan E Pediatrics 2024 3 153
    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, J Pediatr Nurs 2023 Jun
    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, J Clin Sleep Med 2023 May
    Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Children With Autism.
    Tomkies A, Johnson RF, Shah G, Caraballo M, Evans P, Mitchell RB, J Clin Sleep Med 2019 Oct 15 10 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 J. Pediatr. 2016 Jul 174 78-83.e2
  • Books

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  • Honors & Awards
    • DFWChild Mom Approved Pediatric Professional
      (2024)
    • Ambulatory Provider of the Month
      Children'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)