Marilyn C. Augustyn, MD

Marilyn C. Augustyn, MD, is a board-certified developmental and behavioral pediatrician at Boston Medical Center (BMC), where she serves as Director of the Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. She is also a Professor of Pediatric and Director of the Section of Child Development at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine.

Dr. Augustyn has over 30 years of experience conducting developmental and behavioral evaluations of children, as well as providing ongoing care for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), ADHD, intellectual and learning disabilities, and anxiety—all through the lens of trauma-informed care. She partners with many community organizations as well as local, state, and federal systems to improve care for all youth with disabilities.

Dr. Augustyn is also one of two principal investigators (PIs) for the Boston Birth Cohort (BBC) research study, one of the nation’s largest and longest-running studies of pregnancy and child health. Since 1998, more than 8,700 families have partnered with researchers at BMC and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland, to study how pregnancy and early-life experiences influence health throughout life.