Director, The Yellin Center for Student Success
Paul Yellin is the founding director of the Center for Student Success, established in 2007. For the previous five years he served as National Director of the Student Success Program at the All Kinds of Minds Institute where he worked closely with colleagues to bring a multi-disciplinary model of learning assessments, personalized learning plans, and ongoing care to over 4,000 students at clinical centers in New York and North Carolina. Dr. Yellin and his team are now affiliated with the Department of Pediatrics at New York University (NYU) School of Medicine and remain affiliated with All Kinds of Minds.Dr. Yellin has been an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at NYU School of Medicine since 1991. Prior to his tenure at All Kinds of Minds, he served as Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer and Director of Neonatology at NYU Downtown Hospital. He has also served as Director of Neonatal Clinical Services at NYU Medical Center, where he was named Faculty Teacher of the Year. Before coming to NYU, Dr. Yellin was Associate Chief of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine at Brookdale Hospital Medical Center and Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn.
He is an active member in the local and national leadership of the American Academy of Pediatrics, having served as President of the New York City Chapter. He has served on the National Nominating Committee and the Committee on State Government Affairs and chairs the New York State Task Force on Pediatrics and Childhood Learning Differences. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the New York Institute for Special Education.
Dr. Yellin graduated from Princeton University in 1975. He received his medical degree at the NYU School of Medicine and completed a pediatric residency at NYU Medical Center/Bellevue Hospital. He completed a fellowship in neonatal-perinatal medicine at Babies Hospital of Columbia University School of Medicine and is board certified in both pediatrics and neonatal-perinatal medicine. He joined the CAST board in 2009.
