Jason P. Herrick
<p>Dr. Herrick, M.D. currently serves as the Director of Psychiatry for the Pediatric Behavioral Health Integration Program (BHIP). He has been affiliated with Montefiore and Albert Einstein College of Medicine since 2008 when he begun his psychiatry residency. He completed his Child and Adolescent fellowship in 2013 and worked briefly at the New York City Children's Center - Bronx Campus, before returning to Montefiore full time.</p>
<p>Jason Herrick, MD, is an attending physician at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore Einstein, Director, Behavioral Health at Montefiore Medical Group and Assistant Professor, Pediatrics and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Herrick’s career has focused on improving access to psychiatric services across the lifespan by supporting and leading the integration of mental health services into primary care practices.</p><p>After obtaining his Post-Baccalaureate Certificate from Columbia University School of General Studies in 2004, Dr. Herrick earned his Doctor of Medicine at New York Medical College in 2008. He completed his residency in general psychiatry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 2011, followed by a fellowship in child and adolescent psychiatry at the same institution in 2013.</p><p>Dr. Herrick is board certified in General Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He is a member of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. </p>
Michael D. DiFrancesco
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0in; line-height: normal; background: white;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dr. DiFrancesco is a Clinical Psychologist for the Behavioral Health Integration Program (BHIP) in the Department of Pediatrics at Montefiore Medical Center. Dr. DiFrancesco has extensive experience providing evidence-based treatment to children, adolescents, young adults and their families with anxiety, mood, and substance use disorders as well as ADHD, traumatic stress, behavioral concerns, and parent-child relational issues. </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dr. DiFrancesco attended Purchase College, State University of New York where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts followed by his Master of Science from Pace University. He then obtained his Doctor of Psychology in Clinical Psychology from Albizu University in Miami, Florida. </span><span style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Prior to completing his doctoral training, Dr. DiFrancesco provided </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">multidimensional family therapy (MDFT); an evidence-based treatment for adolescents and young adults with substance use and family relational problems through a collaboration with MDFT international & University of Miami/Miller School of Medicine. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dr. DiFrancesco completed his pre-doctoral internship in clinical, behavioral health psychology from Astor Services for Children and Families followed by a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Psychology </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry of New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center.</span></p>
<p><br />Liddle, H.A., Dakof, G., Rowe, C, Mohamed, A.B., Henderson, C., Foulkrod, T., Lucas, M., & <strong>DiFrancesco, M.D.</strong> (2023). Multidimensional family therapy for justice-involved young adults with substance-use disorders. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 1-14. <a href="http://doi.org/10.1007/s11414-023-09852-5">http://doi.org/10.1007/s1141…;
<p><strong>DiFrancesco, M.D.,</strong> & Rodriguez, D.A. (2014). The importance of developing rapport when attempting to treat an oppositional-defiant, teenage soiler in a residential setting. <em>Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 62(</em>3), NP1-NP3. <a href="http://doi.org/10.1177/0003065114538095">http://doi.org/10.1177/0003065…;
Ammar Y. Ahmad
Dr. Ahmad's clinical focus is psychosomatic medicine, with particular interest in heart and lung transplant psychiatry.
Dr. Ahmad’s research focuses on psychosomatic medicine and medical ethics, particularly in the area of organ transplantation selection.
<p>Ammar Yasser Ahmad, MD, is Attending Psychiatrist at Montefiore. His clinical focus is psychosomatic medicine, with particular interest in heart and lung transplant psychiatry.</p><p>In 2007, Dr. Ahmad received his Bachelor of Science in history and biology at the University of Pittsburgh. He then attended St. George’s University, where he received his Doctor of Medicine in 2014. He began his postgraduate training in 2015 with a four-year residency in psychiatry at the Bergen New Bridge Medical Center, becoming Chief Resident in his final year. In 2019, he began a yearlong fellowship in consultation-liaison psychiatry at Montefiore. In 2020, Dr. Ahmad completed the certificate program in bioethics and medical humanities at our Albert Einstein College of Medicine.</p><p>Dr. Ahmad’s research focuses on psychosomatic medicine and medical ethics, particularly in the area of organ transplantation selection. His work has been published in a number of abstracts.</p><p>In 2020, Dr. Ahmad received the Davidoff Teaching Award. He is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and a member of the American Psychiatric Association. </p>