Mohammad Jafferany, MD, FAPA, MCPS (Derm.)
Professor, Central Michigan University College of Medicine
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS
- Professor
Psychodermatology, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Central Michigan University College of Medicine, East Campus, Saginaw, MI - Attending Teaching Faculty
Outpatient Clinical and Teaching Services for Residency Training Program
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Medical Director
Jafferany Psychiatric Services, and JPS Psychological Services, Saginaw, MI (August 2011 – June 2021) - Staff Psychiatrist
Tuscola Behavioral Health Systems, Caro, MI (July 2008 – October 2013) - Assistant Director, Psychiatry Department
Synergy Medical Education Alliance, Saginaw, MI (April 2009 – September 2011) - Research Associate
Burlingame Center for Psychiatric Research and Education, Institute of Living, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT (November 2001 – April 2003) - Staff Dermatologist/Consultant Dermatologist
King Abdul Aziz Hospital & Ajyad General Hospitals, Makkah, Saudi Arabia (March 1990-October 2001) - Research Assistant
Sandoz Pharma (August 1988-March 1990)
HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS & PRIVILEGES
- St. Mary’s of Michigan, Saginaw, MI – Active Staff
- Covenant Healthcare, Saginaw, MI – Active Staff
- Select Specialty Hospital, Saginaw, MI – Active Staff
- Healthsource/White Pines Mental Health Unit, Saginaw, MI – Active Staff
LICENSURES
- Michigan State Board of Medicine – Active License
- Idaho State Board of Medicine – Active License
- Texas State Board of Medicine – Active License
- Virginia State Board of Medicine – Active License
CERTIFICATIONS
- Board Certified – Adult Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology
- Board Eligible – Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology
- Board Certification – Dermatology, College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan
EDUCATION
- July 2006 to June 2008
Fellow, Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, Washington - July 2004 to June 2006
Resident, Dept. of Psychiatry, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota - June 2003 – June 2004
Internship, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota - July 1987-July 1988
Chief Resident, (Dermatology) Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center, Karachi, Pakistan . Administrative and Teaching responsibilities to residents and postgraduate trainees in dermatology - July 1985 – June 1987
Resident Physician, (Dermatology) Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center, (J.PM.C) Karachi, Pakistan. Studied advanced dermatological procedures, in-patient care and outpatient clinic - July 1984 – June 1985
Internship, Emergency Medicine and Dermatology Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center, Karachi, Pakistan
AWARDS & HONORS
- Recipient of Prof. Stefania Jablonska Medal 2024, awarded by Polish Dermatology Society in 8th Continental Congress of Dermatology, Wroclaw, Poland, May 2024.
- Recipient of the 2007 Travel Grant from the European Academy of Dermatology & Venereology and European Society of Dermatology and Psychiatry to attend the Training Workshop on Psychodermatology – Brussels, Belgium
- Recipient of 2007 Educational Outreach Program Travel Grant from the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Outstanding Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Resident Award 2007 from the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. Presented at the 54th Annual Meeting of American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry – Boston, MA
- Resident/Fellow Representative from the University of Washington, to the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Resident/Fellow Representative, Executive Council, of the Washington State Council of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
- Invited lecturer for the 13th Annual Albert Neisser Memorial lecture at the 9th World Congress on Itch – Wroclaw, Poland, September 2017
- Invited lecturer for the Stough Memorial lecture on Psychotrichology at the 29th World Congress of the International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery – Lisbon, Portugal, October 2021.
- Awarded honorary membership – Uzbekistan Dermatology and Venereology Society, 2019
- Awarded honorary membership – Azerbaijan Dermatology and Venereology Association, 2019
- Awarded honorary membership – Psychodermatology Association of India, 2020
- Awarded honorary membership – Pakistan Association of Dermatologists, 2015
- Awarded honorary membership – Kazakhstan Association of Dermatovenereologists and Dermatocosmetologists
- Awarded honorary membership – Ukrainian Hair Research Society
- Awarded honorary membership – Moroccan Society of Dermatology (Société Marocaine de Dermatologie)
- Awarded honorary membership – Polish Dermatology Society (Poliskie Twarzystwo Dermatologiczne)
- Awarded honorary membership – South Asian Association of Psychodermatology
CURRENT TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES
- Residency Training (Teaching, Mentorship and Supervision)
- Medical Students, years 3-4 (Teaching, Mentorship, and Supervision)
- Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner Students (Teaching, Mentorship, and Supervision)
- Mentorship of medical students in Psychodermatology nationally and internationally
PUBLICATIONS
- More than 178 peer reviewed publications to date and several accepted for publications and in press
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BOOKS & CHAPTERS
- Co-Editor, Pediatric Psychodermatology: A Clinical Manual of Child and Adolescent Psychocutaneous Disorders (DeGryter, Germany) (2012)
- Co-Editor, Geriatric Psychodermatology: Psychocutaneous Disorders in the Elderly (Nova Science Publishers, New York) (2014)
- Chapter Writer, Psychogenic Purpura. Alternative Medicine Research Yearbook (Nova Science Publishers, New York) (2014)
- Chapter Writer, Skin and Psychiatry: Manual of Dermatology 2nd Edition (Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers) (2015)
- Chapter Writer, Body Dysmorphic Diagnosis. Beauty and Body Dysmorphic Disorder: A Clinician’s Guide (Springer) (2015)
- Co-Editor, Stress and Skin Disorders (Springer Publishers) (2016)
- Co-Author, Chapter on Psychocutaneous Disorder’s, in Kaplan & Sadock’s Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, 10th edition (2017)
- Co-Editor, Trichotillomania (Hair Pulling Disorder): Clinical Characteristics, Psychological Interventions and Emotional Effects (Nov Science Publishers) (2017)
- Co-Author, Essentials of Psychodermatology (Springer Publishers) (2020)
- Author, Handbook of Psychodermatology, 2020 (Translated into Russian language,and Turkish language)
- Author, Handbook of Psychodermatology (Springer Nature Publishers) (2022)
- Co-Editor, Clinical Cases in Exfoliative Dermatitis (Springer Publisher) (2022)
- Co-Editor, Clinical Cases in Facial Erythema (Springer Publisher) (2022)
- Editor, Clinical Psychodermatology: Case-based Approach (Proposal accepted from American Psychiatric Association Publishers and manuscript in press)
- Co-Editor, Psychotrichology: Psychiatric Aspects of Hair Disease (Springer Nature)
PRESENTATIONS
- Invited speaker at more than a hundred International and National conferences and symposia around the globe. Majority of presentations focus on the interface of Psychiatry and Dermatology, quality of life, education, and training in Psychodermatology
ORGANIZATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
- Chief Organizer and Chair Scientific Committee
Annual Meeting of Association for Psychocutaneous Medicine of North America, 2014 – Present - President
Association for Psychocutaneous Medicine of North America, March 2024 – Present - Member, Board of Directors
Association for Psychocutaneous Medicine of North America - President
World Psychodermatology Day - Member, Advisory Board
South Asian Association of Psychodermatology - Co-President
1st World Congress of Psychodermatology, May 27-31, 2025, Istanbul, Türkiye