Rujuta B. Wilson, M.D.

Dr. Rujuta B. Wilson is a pediatric neurologist specializing in autism spectrum disorders and related neurodevelopmental disorders. She is an Assistant Professor in Psychiatry at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and the UCLA Center for Autism Research and Treatment (CART). Dr. Wilson is the Director of Research for the UCLA Tarjan (UCEDD) Center. Dr. Wilson's NIH funded research is focused on developing quantitative methods of motor phenotyping to improve characterization of atypical motor development, better understand how atypical motor skills can impact cognition and language and applying this information to inform targeted interventions for children with neurodevelopmental disorders. Dr. Wilson’s work also extends to measuring the physical and behavioral benefits of organized physical activity for children with neurodevelopmental disorders. Dr. Wilson is an invited member of the United States Tennis Association Adaptive Committee and the immediate past chair of the Child Neurology Society Leadership, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee. Dr. Wilson clinically sees patients in the UCLA Child and Adolescent Neurodevelopmental Clinic and the Care and Research in Neurogenetics Clinic. Dr. Wilson has been selected numerous times as a Los Angeles Times Super Doctor, Southern California Rising Stars, and as a Los Angeles Magazine L.A. Top Doctor.