Board-certified in psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine, Stephen J. Ferrando, M.D., is a nationally recognized physician, researcher, author and educator. At NYMC, Dr. Ferrando focuses on a regional, team-based approach to providing care through the integration of behavioral and physical health while advancing WMC’s and NYMC’s tertiary/quaternary and educational mission in the Hudson Valley region.
Dr. Ferrando previously served as professor of clinical psychiatry and clinical public health, as well as vice chair for Psychosomatic Medicine and Departmental Operations in the Department of Psychiatry at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. Dr. Ferrando was also a Dewitt Wallace Senior Fellow in the department and associate medical director and vice chair for clinical programs for New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College's Westchester Division. Dr. Ferrando is the past president of the New York Area Society for Liaison Psychiatry.
Dr. Ferrando has also authored more than 100 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters. He is editor-in-chief of Neurobehavioral HIV Medicine, a peer-reviewed journal; senior editor of Psychiatry-in-Review, a multi-media psychiatry board review guide; as well as Clinical Manual of Psychopharmacology in the Medically Ill, published by the American Psychiatric Press, Inc.
Education
- Fellowship, National Institute of Mental Health-funded HIV/AIDS Research Training, Weill Cornell Medicine
- Residency, Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco
- M.D., Northwestern University Medical School
Areas of Expertise
- Mental Health Disorders
Publications
- Ferrando SJ, Lynch ST, Dornbush R, et. al. "Associations of elevated pro-inflammatory cytokines Interleukin-6, C-reactive protein and tumor necrosis factor alpha with neuropsychiatric symptoms of post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC)." Journal of psychiatric research, 190(), (2025) 128-136. doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2025.07.038
- Nourbakhsh S, Ferrando SJ. "Primary versus secondary psychosis in a patient with congenital liver disease." BMJ case reports, 17(7), (2024) . doi: 10.1136/bcr-2024-259623
- Groenendaal E, Lynch ST, Shahar S, et. al. "Psychiatric consultations at an Academic Medical Center during alpha strain of the COVID-19 pandemic: A comparison of COVID-19 positive and COVID-19 negative patients." General hospital psychiatry, 90(), (2024) 186-188. doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2024.05.008
- Muschel C, Lynch ST, Dornbush R, et. al. "Frequency, Characteristics, and Correlates of Cognitive Complaints in a Cohort of Individuals with Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19." Brain sciences, 14(1), (2023) . doi: 10.3390/brainsci14010003
- Lynch ST, Dornbush R, Shahar S, et. al. "Change in Neuropsychological Test Performance Seen in a Longitudinal Study of Patients With Post-acute Sequelae of COVID-19: A 6-Month Follow-up Study." Journal of the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, 65(3), (2024) 231-247. doi: 10.1016/j.jaclp.2023.12.005
- Shahar S, Lynch S, Dornbush R, et. al. "Frequency and Characteristics of Depression and Its Association with Diminished Quality of Life in a Cohort of Individuals with Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19." Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment, 19(), (2023) 2069-2079. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S427957
- Thompson M, Ferrando SJ, Dornbush R, et. al. "Impact of COVID-19 on employment: sociodemographic, medical, psychiatric and neuropsychological correlates." Frontiers in rehabilitation sciences, 4(), (2023) 1150734. doi: 10.3389/fresc.2023.1150734
Memberships and Affiliations
- Fellow, Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine
- American Psychiatric Association Committee on AIDS
