Kimberly Goodspeed, M.D.

Kimberly Goodspeed, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Pediatrics, Neurology, and Psychiatry and a Dedman Family Scholar in Clinical Care at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She is a child neurologist and neurodevelopmental specialist who cares for children and young adults with autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability. She has particular expertise in rare genetic developmental disorders in children, including Angelman syndrome, Pitt-Hopkins syndrome, SLC6A1-related disorders, Phelan-McDermid Syndrome, and Rett syndrome.

Dr. Goodspeed earned her medical degree at the UT Health Science Center at Houston and completed residencies in pediatrics and neurodevelopmental disabilities at UT Southwestern.

Board certified in pediatrics, neurology, and neurodevelopmental disabilities, she joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2018.

Among her other roles at UT Southwestern, Dr. Goodspeed serves on the Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Program Evaluation Committee, the Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Clinical Competencies Committee, and the Child Neurology and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Residency Interview Committee.

Her research seeks to better understand rare genetic developmental disorders in children and the genetic causes of developmental delays in children with autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability. She partners with basic scientists to help develop novel treatments, such as gene therapy, for these conditions.

Dr. Goodspeed is a member of several professional associations, including the American Academy of Neurology, the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy, and the Child Neurology Society. She serves as an ad hoc reviewer for many journals, among them the Journal of Child Neurology, the Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease, and Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology.

She is the author or co-author of numerous research articles, case reports, and book chapters, including a recent contribution to Autism Spectrum Disorders: Clinical Considerations.

In 2021, Dr. Goodspeed was rated one of Dallas’ Best Pediatric Specialists by D Magazine.