Michelle Clayton, MD, MPH

Dr. Michelle Clayton is a board-certified specialist in Child Abuse Pediatrics. She is the Division Director of Child Advocacy at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. She completed medical school at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and completed a residency in Pediatrics at Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS)/Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters (CHKD) in Norfolk, Virginia. Dr. Clayton completed a fellowship in Forensic Pediatrics (now called Child Abuse Pediatrics) at EVMS/CHKD. She is an Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of Pittsburgh. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and is a member of the AAP Section on Child Abuse and Neglect (SCAN) and the Helfer Society (an honorary society for doctors specializing in child abuse and neglect). She frequently lectures to medical, investigative, and judicial audiences about child abuse and neglect, and its consequences. Dr. Clayton has received awards recognizing her work on behalf of abused and neglected children. She has performed thousands of consultations regarding abused and neglected children, and frequently provides expert court testimony.