Weill Cornell Psychiatry NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester Behavioral Health
21 Bloomingdale Road
White Plains, NY 10605
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About Cynthia R. Pfeffer, M.D.
Dr. Cynthia Pfeffer provides comprehensive evaluation and treatment based on an understanding of a patient's early and current experiences, development, medical status, and family background. Her private practice hours are accessible without lengthy waiting for an appointment. To schedule an office appointment in Manhattan, call 212-717-2334 and in White Plains, call 914-997-5849.
Dr. Pfeffer graduated from Douglass College of Rutgers University, summa cum laude, and from New York University Medical School. She completed her pediatric internship at Bellevue Hospital - New York University Langone Medical Center and general and child psychiatric residency at Albert Einstein College of...
Board Certifications
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Psychiatry
Expertise
- Adjustment Disorder With Problems at School
- Anxiety
- Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Behavior Problem
- Bereavement
- Bipolar Disorder
- Depression
- Irritability and Anger
- Learning Disabilities
- Monitor Parenting Skills
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Panic Attacks
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Postpartum Depression
- Problem With Child Being Bullied
- Psychopharmacology
- Separation Anxiety
- Social Phobia
- Suicidal Behavior
Education
- Medical School: New York University School of Medicine
Languages
- English
Titles & Positions
- Professor Emerita of Psychiatry
Hospital Affiliations
- Newyork-Presbyterian Westchester Behavioral Health
Education
- Medical School: New York University School of Medicine
Awards & Honors
- Charlotte and Norbert Rieger Award for Scientific Achievement, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Mortimor Blumenthal, MD Annual Award from the Mental Health Section of the United Jewish Appeal-Federation of New York
- Sigmund Freud Award, American Society of Psychoanalytic Physicians
- Erwin Stengel Award for Outstanding Contributions in the Field of Suicide Prevention, International Association for Suicide Prevention and Crisis Intervention
- Wilfred Hulse Award for Contributions in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York Council on Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Best Doctors in New York, New York Magazine
- Top Doctors: New York Metro Area
- Who's Who in America
- Speaker at the International Conference of the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers at the Vatican, Rome Italy
Titles & Positions
- Professor Emerita of Psychiatry
Board Certifications
- child and adolescent psychiatry
- psychiatry
Languages Spoken
- english