Occupation: Psychiatrist
Born: Newark, New Jersey
Education:
MD, New York University (1968)
BA, Douglas College (1964)
Career:
Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York City (1984-Present)
Chief of the Child Psychiatry Inpatient Unit, New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center, White Plains, New York (1979-1995)
Associate Director of the Child Pyschiatry Inpatient Unit, Albert Einstein College Medicine, Bronx, New York (1973-1979)
Career Related:
Director of Childhood Bereavement Program, Weill Medical College, Cornell University (1999); Professor of Psychiatry Weill Cornell Medical College (1989); President, New York Council On Child And Adolescent Psychiatry, New York City (1989)
Creative Works:
Co-Editor, “Child and Adolescent Neurology for Psychiatrist” (1992, 2008); Co-Editor, “Neurologic Disorders: Developmental and Behavioral Sequelae for Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America” (1999); Editor, “Intense Stress and Mental Disturbance in Children” (1996); Editor, “Youth Suicide: Perspectives on Risk and Prevention” (1989); Author, “Difficult Moments in Child Psychotherapy” (1988); Author, “The Suicidal Child” (1986)
Awards:
Recipient, William Shonfeld Award, American Society of Adolescent Psychiatry (2009); Recipient, Sigmund Freud Award, American Society of Psychoanalytic Physicians (1994); Recipient, Wilford Hulse Award, New York Council On Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (1989); Recipient, Norbert Rieger Award, American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (1988); Recipient, Erwin Stengel Award, International Association Suicide Prevention (1987); Recipient, Young Contributors Award, American Association of Suicidology (1981-1982)
Memberships:
Distinguished Life Fellow, American Psychiatric Association; Councillor-At-Large, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (1989-Present); Member, American Psychopathological Association; President, American Association of Suicidology (1987)
Family:
Daughter of Edward I. and Ann Pfeffer
Brother: Bruce Pfeffer
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