Carmen Leon Astudillo, MD, is a board-certified pediatric pulmonologist. She received her medical degree from Universidad del Azuay, in Ecuador. After completing her pediatric residency at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, she trained in Pediatric Pulmonology at Boston Children's Hospital. Dr. Leon Astudillo joined the University of Florida as a clinical assistant professor in 2018.Her clinical and research duties focus mainly on patients with neuromuscular and rare diseases, in particular those with spinal muscular atrophy and Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Dr Leon Astudillo is also part of the aerodigestive program at the University of Florida.