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Erica Heiman

  • Department of Medicine
    Adjunct Assistant Professor
  • erica.heiman@emory.edu
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Overview

Dr. Heiman is an asistant professor of medicine in the Department of Medicine, Division of General Medicine and Geriatrics. She is based at Grady Memorial Hospital where she oversees residents both in the hospital and in primary care clinics. Her research and clinical interests include integration of mental health care with primary and medical specialty care; musculoskeletal medicine; substance abuse disorders; and housing instability.

Dr. Heiman earned her MS in Health and Medical Sciences at UC Berkeley School of Public Health in 2010, and her MD from UC San Francisco School of Medicine in 2012. She completed her internship and residency at University of California Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, California in 2015 and worked for the Permanente Medical Group for a year before joining the Emory University School of Medicine faculty in 2016.

Academic Appointment

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

Education

Degrees

  • MD from University of California San Francisco School of Medicine

Research

Publications

  • Clinical progress note: Xylazine use and its sequelae.
    J Hosp Med Volume: 19 Page(s): 713 - 715
    08/01/2024 Authors: Allcroft H; Heiman E; Butner JL
  • High Hepatitis C Cure Rates Among Patients With Alcohol Use at a Safety-Net Hepatitis C Clinic.
    J Addict Med Volume: 18 Page(s): 463 - 465
    07/01/2024 Authors: Heiman E; Alexander M; Zhang R; Zheng Z; Miller LS
  • Recognition and Treatment of Wounds in Persons Using Xylazine: A Case Report From New Haven, Connecticut.
    J Addict Med Volume: 17 Page(s): 739 - 741
    11/01/2023 Authors: Dowton A; Doernberg M; Heiman E; Barelli P; Golden M; Wang H; Leventhal J; Morford KL; Sue KL
  • Telehealth Policy, Practice, and Education: a Position Statement of the Society of General Internal Medicine.
    J Gen Intern Med Volume: 38 Page(s): 2613 - 2620
    08/01/2023 Authors: Chen A; Ayub MH; Mishuris RG; Rodriguez JA; Gwynn K; Lo MC; Noronha C; Henry TL; Jones D; Lee WW
  • Electronic Advisories Increase Naloxone Prescribing Across Health Care Settings.
    J Gen Intern Med Volume: 38 Page(s): 1402 - 1409
    05/01/2023 Authors: Heiman E; Lanh S; Moran TP; Steck A; Carpenter J
  • Capsule Commentary for McGinty et al., Effects of Maryland's Affordable Care Act Medicaid Health Home Waiver on Quality of Cardiovascular Care Among People with Serious Mental Illness.
    J Gen Intern Med Volume: 35 Page(s): 3421
    11/01/2020 Authors: Henry TL; Heiman E
  • Taking a Closer Look at Mental Health Treatment Differences: Effectiveness of Mental Health Treatment by Provider Type in Racial and Ethnic Minorities.
    J Prim Care Community Health Volume: 11 Page(s): 2150132720966403
    01/01/2020 Authors: Henry TL; Jetty A; Petterson S; Jaffree H; Ramsay A; Heiman E; Bazemore A
  • Provider Medication Use Changes for Better and Worse with Education
    Volume: 68
    06/01/2019 Authors: Sarkar S; Barnes CS; Caudle J; John SM; Clark KP; Heiman E; Volcy JC; Schmidt S; Ziemer DC
  • Depressive Symptoms Are Associated With Low Treatment Adherence in African American Individuals With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
    J Clin Rheumatol Volume: 24 Page(s): 368 - 374
    10/01/2018 Authors: Heiman E; Lim SS; Bao G; Drenkard C
  • Rheumatologists' Approaches to Diagnosis and Treatment of Depression.
    J Clin Rheumatol Volume: 22 Page(s): 307 - 311
    09/01/2016 Authors: Heiman E; Kravitz RL; Wise BL
  • Sexual health behaviors of Deaf American Sign Language (ASL) users.
    Disabil Health J Volume: 8 Page(s): 579 - 585
    10/01/2015 Authors: Heiman E; Haynes S; McKee M
  • Group A human rotavirus genomics: evidence that gene constellations are influenced by viral protein interactions.
    J Virol Volume: 82 Page(s): 11106 - 11116
    11/01/2008 Authors: Heiman EM; McDonald SM; Barro M; Taraporewala ZF; Bar-Magen T; Patton JT
  • Full genome-based classification of rotaviruses reveals a common origin between human Wa-Like and porcine rotavirus strains and human DS-1-like and bovine rotavirus strains.
    J Virol Volume: 82 Page(s): 3204 - 3219
    04/01/2008 Authors: Matthijnssens J; Ciarlet M; Heiman E; Arijs I; Delbeke T; McDonald SM; Palombo EA; Iturriza-Gmara M; Maes P; Patton JT
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