Mark Bertin, MD

Mark Bertin, MD, is a board-certified Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician, an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at New York Medical College, and a Windward Teacher Training Institute faculty member.

Dr. Bertin studied at Cornell University and the University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine before completing general pediatric training at Oakland Children’s Hospital in California. After several years in general pediatrics, he completed a fellowship in neurodevelopmental behavioral pediatrics at the Children’s Evaluation and Rehabilitation Center (Rose Kennedy Center) at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York.

He is on the advisory board for Reach Out and Read, a national organization promoting child development and literacy, and also for Common Sense Media. He is on the board of directors for the American Professional Society of ADHD and Related Disorders (APSARD). 

Dr. Bertin also leads mindfulness classes, having attended training at Jon Kabat Zinn’s Center for Mindfulness, among many others, and he incorporates mindfulness into sessions on an individual basis for interested families. Dr. Bertin’s books The Family ADHD Solution, Mindful Parenting for ADHD, and How Children Thrive integrate mindfulness into evidence-based pediatric care, and he is a contributing author for the textbook Teaching Mindfulness Skills to Kids and Teens.