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Biography

Dr. Heyneman graduated cum laude from Yale University (B.S. 1980) and Yale Medical School (M.D.1984 A.O.A.) and completed residencies in pediatrics and psychiatry at Yale-New Haven Hospital. She completed fellowship training in child and adolescent psychiatry at Yale Child Study Center and moved to U.C.S.D. in 1991. She is triple-boarded in pediatrics, psychiatry and child and adolescent psychiatry. Dr. Heyneman has been Director of the Residency Training Program in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at UCSD since 1996 and director of the consultation-liaison service at Children’s Hospital and Health Center since 1993. Her outpatient clinical practice is specialized in eating disorders, anxiety disorders and mood disorders in children and adolescents as well as psychiatric care of the medically-ill child.

Research Interests

Residency training and education in child and adolescent psychiatry; Eating Disorders in children and adolescents.

Clinical Focus

Dr. Heyneman has been Director of the Residency Training Program in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at UCSD since 1996 and director of the consultation-liaison service at Children’s Hospital and Health Center, San Diego since 1993. She directs the eating disorder program at Children’s Hospital and Health Center and is director of Emergency Psychiatry for Children’s Hospital and Health Center. Her outpatient clinical practice is specialized in eating disorders, anxiety disorders and mood disorders in children and adolescents as well as psychiatric care of the medically-ill child. She serves as Co-Chair of the Disaster and Trauma Committee for AACAP and is a member of the Training and Education Committee for AACAP.