About Me
I always knew I wanted to work with children and families, so the decision to become a pediatrician was a natural one. I’m a developmental pediatrician, which means I care for children who have developmental and behavioral difficulties.
At Hassenfeld Children’s Hospital at ºÙºÙÊÓƵ, many of the children I treat have autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, language delays, genetic problems, and behavioral difficulties in school.
I bring many years of experience in developmental pediatrics to the evaluation and treatment of children. I also partner with parents to provide individualized care and achieve the best outcomes for their children.
My research is focused on improving early brain development in children through early interventions. I also study how to use the principles of health literacy to improve patient safety and the management of chronic disease. In addition to providing patient care and conducting research, I serve as the president of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Conditions and Treatments
Conditions
- anxiety disorders
- asperger syndrome
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children
- autism
- behavior disorder
- cognitive disorder
- developmental delay
- developmental disability
- disruptive behavior disorder
- intellectual disability
- learning disorder
- oppositional defiant disorder
- pervasive developmental disorder
- speech impairment
- tourette disorder
Learn more about conditions we treat at ºÙºÙÊÓƵ:
Autism Spectrum Disorder in Children , Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in Children , Developmental Delays in Children , Disorders of Puberty , Behavioral Problems in Children , Learning Disorders in Children , Tourette DisorderCredentials
Positions
- Professor,
- Division Director, Developmental/Behavioral Pediatrics
- Chief of Service, Pediatrics at Bellevue Hospital
Board Certifications
- American Board of Pediatrics (Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics), 2002
- American Board of Pediatrics - Pediatrics, 1975
Education and Training
- Residency, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Pediatrics, 1974
- MD from New York University, 1970
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Insurance Plans Accepted
This provider accepts the following insurance plans.
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Aetna
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Indemnity
- Aetna International
- Aetna Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Open Access EPO
- Aetna Open Access HMO
- Aetna POS
- Aetna POS (American Express Employer)
- Aetna PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrators PPO
- Aetna Student Plan
- Allied
- Chesterfield Resources Inc
- Christian Brothers Services
- CoreSource
- Nippon Life of America-Aetna
- Nippon Life-Aetna
- Starmark
- WellNet
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Amida Care
- Amida Care Medicaid
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Anthem BCBS Health Plus
- BCBS Healthplus Essential Plan 1
- BCBS Healthplus Essential Plan 2
- BCBS Healthplus Essential Plan 3
- BCBS Healthplus Essential Plan 4
- BCBS Healthplus Gatekeeper exchange
- BCBS Healthplus Mediblue Advantage
- BCBS Healthplus NY Child Health Plus NY
- BCBS Healthplus NY Medicaid Managed Care NY
- BCBS Healthplus Special Needs
- Empire Mediblue Healthplus Dual
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Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Anthem BCBS CT PPO
- Anthem BCBS CT Pathway PPO
- BCBS Blue Access EPO Large Group
- BCBS Blue Access EPO Small Group
- BCBS Blue Access GEPO Small Group
- BCBS Blue Access PPO Large Group
- BCBS EPO
- BCBS EPO (BlackRock Employees)
- BCBS EPO (LICH Employees)
- BCBS EPO - Empire EPO (ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Employees)
- BCBS EPO - Empire EPO (Sunset Park/Family Health Center Employees)
- BCBS EPO - Empire NYU Care (ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Employees)
- BCBS EPO - Empire NYU Care (Sunset Park/Family Health Center Employees)
- BCBS Federal Program
- BCBS Florida Blue Care HMO
- BCBS Florida Blue Medicare PPO
- BCBS Florida Blue Options PPO
- BCBS Florida Blue Select
- BCBS Florida MyBlue HMO
- BCBS Florida Simply Blue
- BCBS Florida Traditional PPC
- BCBS HMO
- BCBS Indemnity
- BCBS Local 32BJ Employees
- BCBS Mediblue Medicare HMO
- BCBS Mediblue Medicare PPO
- BCBS Mediblue Select HMO/Extra HMO
- BCBS POS
- BCBS PPO
- BCBS PPO (BlackRock Employees)
- BCBS PPO (LICH Employees)
- BCBS PPO - Empire PPO (Sunset Park/Family Health Center Employees)
- BCBS PPO/EPO Small Group
- New York Hotel Trades
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Cigna
- Apwu Health Plan
- Cigna - Humana
- Cigna Great West PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna Indemnity
- Cigna Managed Care/POS
- Cigna Medicare Advantage
- Cigna NALC
- Cigna Open Access
- Cigna Open Access PPO
- Cigna Oscar
- Cigna PPO
- Cigna Premier Plus
- Great West HMO
- Kaiser Permanente
- MVP-Cigna Network
- Wellfleet-NYU Student
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Connecticare
- Connecticare Bridge
- Connecticare Commercial
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Elderplan
- Elderplan
- Elderplan FIDA
- Elderplan Medicare Advantage Plan
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Emblem
- Emblem Select Care Bronze Small Group
- Emblem Select Care EPO
- Emblem Select Care Gold Small Group
- Emblem Select Care HMO
- Emblem Select Care PPO
- Emblem Select Care Platinum Small Group
- Emblem Select Care Silver Small Group
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Fidelis Care
- Ambetter Fidelis Care Bronze Exchange
- Ambetter Fidelis Care Catastrophic Cvg Exchange
- Ambetter Fidelis Care Gold Exchange
- Ambetter Fidelis Care Native American Exchange
- Ambetter Fidelis Care Platinum Exchange
- Ambetter Fidelis Care Silver Exchange
- Fidelis Care Child Health Plus
- Fidelis Care Medicaid Managed Care
- Fidelis Essential Plan 1
- Fidelis Essential Plan 2
- Fidelis Essential Plan 3
- Fidelis Essential Plan 4
- Wellcare by Fidelis Care Medicare
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First Health
- First Health PPO
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GHI
- American Plan Administrators
- GHI CBP (City of New York Employees)
- GHI Emblem Health EPO
- GHI Emblem Health PPO
- GHI HMO
- GHI HMO Medicare
- GHI Medicare PPO
- GHI Medicare Supplement
- GHI Network Access - Benefit Services of PA
- GHI Network Access - Humana
- GHI Network Access - Total Plan Concepts
- IUOE Local 14-14B
- Wlny-TV Inc.
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HIP
- Emblem Essential Plan 1
- Emblem Essential Plan 2
- Emblem Essential Plan 3
- Emblem Essential Plan 4
- HIP Access I
- HIP Access II
- HIP Bridge
- HIP Child Health Plus
- HIP EPO
- HIP HMO
- HIP Medicaid Enhanced Care
- HIP Medicare Supplement
- HIP POS
- HIP PPO
- HIP Prime Basic Exchange
- HIP Prime Bronze
- HIP Prime Bronze Exchange
- HIP Prime Catastrophic Exchange
- HIP Prime Gold
- HIP Prime Gold Exchange
- HIP Prime Platinum
- HIP Prime Platinum Exchange
- HIP Prime Silver
- HIP Prime Silver Exchange
- HIP VIP Medicare Bold
- HIP VIP Medicare Prime
- Vytra HMO
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Healthfirst
- Health And Recovery Plan (Harp)
- Healthfirst Bronze Leaf Exchange
- Healthfirst Bronze Total, Pro, Plus EPO
- Healthfirst Child Health Plus
- Healthfirst Essential Plan 1 & 2
- Healthfirst Essential Plan 3 & 4
- Healthfirst Gold Leaf Exchange
- Healthfirst Gold Total, Pro, Plus EPO
- Healthfirst Green Leaf Exchange
- Healthfirst Medicaid
- Healthfirst Medicare
- Healthfirst Medicare/NYU Risk
- Healthfirst Personal Wellness Plan
- Healthfirst Platinum Leaf Exchange
- Healthfirst Platinum Total, Pro, Plus EPO
- Healthfirst Silver Leaf Exchange
- Healthfirst Silver Total, Pro, Plus EPO
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Hotel Trades Council
- Hotel Trades Council
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Humana
- Humana Medicare Advantage
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Local 1199
- Local 1199 - NYU Hospital Member Choice
- Local 1199 PPO
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Magnacare
- Magnacare PPO
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Medicaid of New Jersey - Molina
- Medicaid NJ/Molina
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Medicaid of New York
- NYS Medicaid
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Medicare
- Medicare Part A and B
- Medicare Part B
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MetroPlusHealth
- MetroPlusHealth Bronze Plus Plan Exchange
- MetroPlusHealth Child Health Plus
- MetroPlusHealth Essential Plan 1 and 2
- MetroPlusHealth Essential Plan 3 and 4
- MetroPlusHealth Gold
- MetroPlusHealth Gold Plus Plan Exchange
- MetroPlusHealth Goldcare
- MetroPlusHealth Medicaid Managed Care
- MetroPlusHealth Medicare
- MetroPlusHealth Medplus Plan Exchange
- MetroPlusHealth Platinum Plus Plan Exchange
- MetroPlusHealth Silver Plus Plan Exchange
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Multiplan
- AXA Assistance USA
- Administrative Concepts
- Beech Street PPO
- Diversified Administration Corporation
- Fiserv Health
- GEHA
- Global Excel
- Global Health
- Guardian Life Insurance Co Of America
- Health Net Of California
- Health Republic Of NJ
- Insurance Design Administrators
- Kaiser Foundation
- Kaiser Permanente
- Meritain Health
- Multiplan PPO
- Multiplan-Capital Dist Phys Health
- Mutual Of Omaha
- Nippon Life Ins Co
- PHCS
- Professional Benefit Admin
- Qualcare Inc
- Screen Actors Guild
- Teamsters Allied Benefits
- US Life Insurance Company
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NYSHIP - The Empire Plan
- NYS Health Insurance Plan - The Empire Plan, Excelsior Plan, NY Student Employee Health Plan
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Oxford
- Oxford Health Plans Freedom
- Oxford Health Plans Liberty
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POMCO Insurance Company
- POMCO Insurance Company
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Partners Health Plan Inc
- Partners Health Plan FIDA
- Partners Health Plan Medicaid
- Partners Health Plan Medicare
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Qualcare Inc.
- Qualcare Direct
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Railroad Medicare
- Palmetto GBA Railroad Medicare
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Sedgwick WTC
- World Trade Center - Sedgwick
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Senior Whole Health
- Senior Whole Health Medicare Advantage
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Tricare
- TriWest
- Tricare
- US Family Health Plan
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United Healthcare
- AARP Medicare Complete
- Bind Benefits inc
- Oxford Health Plans Medicare Advantage
- UMR
- United Healthcare (NY University Care Plan)
- United Healthcare AARP
- United Healthcare All Savers
- United Healthcare Choice
- United Healthcare Choice (AMEX employees)
- United Healthcare Choice (Blackrock employees)
- United Healthcare Choice (CBS employees)
- United Healthcare Choice (Simon
- United Healthcare EPO
- United Healthcare EPO (ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Health Employees)
- United Healthcare Golden Rule Insurance
- United Healthcare HMO
- United Healthcare Healthscope
- United Healthcare Indemnity
- United Healthcare Indemnity (ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Health Employees)
- United Healthcare Medicare
- United Healthcare Navigate
- United Healthcare Nexus
- United Healthcare Nexus (Amex Employees)
- United Healthcare POS
- United Healthcare PPO
- United Healthcare Plus (ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Health Employees)
- United Healthcare Student Resources
- United Healthcare Student Resources (NYU)
- United Healthcare Value, Advantage and HDHP (New York University employees)
- UnitedHealthcare Choice (NY Power Authority Employees)
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VA Community Care Network
- VA CCN Optum
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VNS Choice Advantage
- VNS Medicare Advantage
- VNS NY Choice Select Health
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Village Care
- VillageCare
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WTC Health Program
- NY Fire Department - WTC
- WTC Health Program
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Wellcare
- WellCare Medicare
Benard P. Dreyer, MD does not accept insurance.
Locations and Appointments
ºÙºÙÊÓƵ Pediatric Inpatient Associates
550 First Avenue, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10016
Research My Research
Research Summary
The work of my group has focused on the problems of poor immigrant families living in urban environments. We have studied the effects of family homelessness on growth of development and health status of children. We have looked at the effect of environmental toxins, such as lead, on early childhood development. And we have tested low-intensity clinic-based interventions that have the potential to improve early childhood language and cognitive development as well as parent-child interactions. To find out more about our important .
Recently, we have begun looking at the effect of media violence on child behavior, and have begun to test interventions to decrease childhood obesity through a focus on parenting in early childhood. Finally, we are looking at novel methods to improve parent understanding by the use of pictograms and plain language materials to communicate with parents with low health literacy.
Major areas of investigation:
- Interventions to promote cognitive and language development in early childhood among poor children
- Prevention of childhood obesity
- The effect of media violence on early childhood behavior
- Health literacy of parents and children and its effect on patient outcomes, as well as interventions to improve patient outcomes in families with low health literacy
Academic Contact
Phone
212-263-3005
Clinical Trials and Research Studies
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Leveraging the EHR to Promote Pharmacy Adoption of Dosing Best Practices and Reduce Parent Errors in Administering Pediatric Liquid Medications: A Health Literacy-Informed Approach
Publications
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Dreyer, Benard P
Pediatrics (1948). 2024 Nov 01; 154(5):
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Gross, Rachel S; Thaweethai, Tanayott; Kleinman, Lawrence C; Snowden, Jessica N; Rosenzweig, Erika B; Milner, Joshua D; Tantisira, Kelan G; Rhee, Kyung E; Jernigan, Terry L; Kinser, Patricia A; Salisbury, Amy L; Warburton, David; Mohandas, Sindhu; Wood, John C; Newburger, Jane W; Truong, Dongngan T; Flaherman, Valerie J; Metz, Torri D; Karlson, Elizabeth W; Chibnik, Lori B; Pant, Deepti B; Krishnamoorthy, Aparna; Gallagher, Richard; Lamendola-Essel, Michelle F; Hasson, Denise C; Katz, Stuart D; Yin, Shonna; Dreyer, Benard P; Carmilani, Megan; Coombs, K; Fitzgerald, Megan L; Güthe, Nick; Hornig, Mady; Letts, Rebecca J; Peddie, Aimee K; Taylor, Brittany D; Foulkes, Andrea S; Stockwell, Melissa S; ,; ,; Balaraman, Venkataraman; Bogie, Amanda; Bukulmez, Hulya; Dozor, Allen J; Eckrich, Daniel; Elliott, Amy J; Evans, Danielle N; Farkas, Jonathan S; Faustino, E Vincent S; Fischer, Laura; Gaur, Sunanda; Harahsheh, Ashraf S; Hasan, Uzma N; Hsia, Daniel S; Huerta-Montañez, Gredia; Hummel, Kathy D; Kadish, Matt P; Kaelber, David C; Krishnan, Sankaran; Kosut, Jessica S; Larrabee, Jerry; Lim, Peter Paul C; Michelow, Ian C; Oliveira, Carlos R; Raissy, Hengameh; Rosario-Pabon, Zaira; Ross, Judith L; Sato, Alice I; Stevenson, Michelle D; Talavera-Barber, Maria M; Teufel, Ronald J; Weakley, Kathryn E; Zimmerman, Emily; Bind, Marie-Abele C; Chan, James; Guan, Zoe; Morse, Richard E; Reeder, Harrison T; Akshoomoff, Natascha; Aschner, Judy L; Bhattacharjee, Rakesh; Cottrell, Lesley A; Cowan, Kelly; D'Sa, Viren A; Fiks, Alexander G; Gennaro, Maria L; Irby, Katherine; Khare, Manaswitha; Guttierrez, Jeremy Landeo; McCulloh, Russell J; Narang, Shalu; Ness-Cochinwala, Manette; Nolan, Sheila; Palumbo, Paul; Ryu, Julie; Salazar, Juan C; Selvarangan, Rangaraj; Stein, Cheryl R; Werzberger, Alan; Zempsky, William T; Aupperle, Robin; Baker, Fiona C; Banich, Marie T; Barch, Deanna M; Baskin-Sommers, Arielle; Bjork, James M; Bookheimer, Susan Y; Brown, Sandra A; Casey, B J; Chang, Linda; Clark, Duncan B; Dale, Anders M; Dapretto, Mirella; Ernst, Thomas M; Fair, Damien A; Feldstein Ewing, Sarah W; Foxe, John J; Freedman, Edward G; Friedman, Naomi P; Garavan, Hugh; Gee, Dylan G; Gonzalez, Raul; Gray, Kevin M; Heitzeg, Mary M; Herting, Megan M; Jacobus, Joanna; Laird, Angela R; Larson, Christine L; Lisdahl, Krista M; Luciana, Monica; Luna, Beatriz; Madden, Pamela A F; McGlade, Erin C; Müller-Oehring, Eva M; Nagel, Bonnie J; Neale, Michael C; Paulus, Martin P; Potter, Alexandra S; Renshaw, Perry F; Sowell, Elizabeth R; Squeglia, Lindsay M; Tapert, Susan; Uddin, Lucina Q; Wilson, Sylia; Yurgelun-Todd, Deborah A
JAMA. 2024 Aug 21;
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Rao, Suchitra; Gross, Rachel S; Mohandas, Sindhu; Stein, Cheryl R; Case, Abigail; Dreyer, Benard; Pajor, Nathan M; Bunnell, H Timothy; Warburton, David; Berg, Elizabeth; Overdevest, Jonathan B; Gorelik, Mark; Milner, Joshua; Saxena, Sejal; Jhaveri, Ravi; Wood, John C; Rhee, Kyung E; Letts, Rebecca; Maughan, Christine; Guthe, Nick; Castro-Baucom, Leah; Stockwell, Melissa S
Pediatrics (1948). 2024 Mar 01; 153(3):
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