• Research Interest
• Clinical Specialties
• Recent Publications
• Honors & Awards
• Training and Certifications
• Contact Information

Research Interests

• Pediatric Nutrition/Obesity:
  • Maternal knowledge of infant nutrition
  • Risk factors for the development of obesity among infants and among school age children
    
• Inflammatory Bowel Disease:
  • New treatments for pediatric inflammatory bowel disease
  • Genetic markers of disease in inflammatory bowel disease
  • Natural history of inflammatory bowel disease
    (Pediatric IBD Consortium)
    
• Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease in pediatric patients
  

Clinical Specialties

• Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  (Diagnosis and Management)
• Short Bowel Syndrome
• Intestinal Failure and Rehabilitation
• Specialized Nutritional Support
• Small Bowel Transplantation
• General Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
  

Recent Publications (selected)

• Holland N, Harmatz P, Golden D, Hubbard A, Chen C, Huen K, Heyman MB. Cytogenetic damage in blood lymphocytes and exfoliated epithelial cells of children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
  Pediatr Res (2007) (in press)
  
  
• Heyman MB, Zhang W, Huang B, Chiu Y-L, Amer F, Winter HS. Lansoprazole in Children Aged 13 to 24 Months with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, Efficacy and Safety.
  J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr (2007) (in press)
  
  
• Thornton RH, Heyman MB, Wilson MW, Zarrinpar A, Kerlan RK, LaBerge JM, Zwass M, Gordon RL. Sharp recanalization of a short esophageal occlusion in a patient with epidermolysis bullosa. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 64:793-796. (2006)
  
  
• Heyman MB, Committee on Nutrition.
  Lactose intolerance in infants, children, and adolescents.
  Pediatrics 118:1279-1286. (2006)
  
  
• Gupta N, Cohen SA, Bostrom AG, Kirschner BS, Baldassano RN, Winter HS, Ferry GD, Abramson O, Gold BD, Smith T, Heyman MB. Risk Factors for Initial Surgery in Pediatric Patients with Crohn's Disease. Gastroenterology 130:1069-1077. (2006)
  
  
• Wojcicki JM, Heyman MB. Economic impact of improving school nutrition: case of an elementary school in San Francisco.
  Amer J Public Health 96:1542-1547. (2006)
  
  
• Gupta S, Hassall E, Chiu Y-L, Lee C, Heyman MB. Presenting symptoms of non-erosive and erosive esophagitis in pediatric patients. Dig Dis Sci 51:858-863. (2006)
  
  
• Jacobstein DA, Markowitz JE, Kirschner BS, Ferry G, Cohen SA, Gold BD, Winter HS, Heyman MB, Baldassano RN. Premedication and Infusion Reactions with Infliximab: Results from a Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Consortium.
  Inflam Bowel Dis 11:442-446. (2005)
  
  
• Heyman MB, Kirschner B, Gold B, Ferry G, Baldassano R, Cohen SA, Winter HS, Smith T, El-Serag HB. Children with Early Onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Findings of a Pediatric IBD Consortium Registry. J Pediatr 146:35-40. (2005)
  
  
• Wilson L, Moskowitz J, Acree M, Heyman MB, Harmatz P, Ferrando S, Folkman S. The Economic Burden of Home Care for Children with HIV or Other Chronic Illnesses.
  Amer J Publ Hlth (2005) (in press).
  
  
• Heyman MB, Kirschner B, Gold B, Ferry G, Baldassano R, Cohen SA, Winter HS, Smith T, El-Serag HB. Children with Early Onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Findings of a Pediatric IBD Consortium Registry. J Pediatr (2005) (in press).
  
  
• Heyman MB, Harmatz P, Acree M, Wilson L, Moskowitz JT, Ferrando S, Folkman S. Economic and Psychological Burden on Caregivers of Children with Chronic Disorders Involving Gastrostomy Tube Feedings. J Pediatr (2004) 145:511-516.
  
  
• Suskind DL, Rosenthal P, Heyman MB, Kong D, Magrane G, Baxter-Lowe LA, Muench MO. Maternal microchimerism in the livers of patients with biliary atresia. (2004) BMC Gastroenterol 4:14 (Epub)
  
  
• Moyer VA, Freese DK, Whitington PF, Olson AD, Brewer F, Colletti RB, Heyman MB. Guideline for the Evaluation of Cholestatic Jaundice in Infants: Recommendations of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr (2004) 39:115-128.
  
  
• Kleinman RE, Baldassano RN, Caplan A, Griffiths AM, Heyman MB, Issenman RM, Lake AM, Motil KJ, Seidman E, Udall JN. Nutrition Support for Pediatric Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr (2004) 39:15-27.
  
  
• Moskowitz DG, Fowler, AJ, Heyman MB, Cohen SP, Crumrine D, Elias PM, Williams ML. Pathophysiological Basis for Growth Failure in Children with Ichthyosis: An Evaluation of Cutaneous Ultrastructure, Skin Permeability Barrier Function, and Energy Expenditure. J Pediatr (2004) 145:82-92.
  
  
• Gugig R, Ostroff J, Chen Y, Harrison M, Heyman MB.
  Gastric Cystic Duplication: A Rare Cause of Recurrent Pancreatitis in Children. Gastrointest Endoscopy (2004) 59:592-594.
  
  
• Fowler, AJ, Moskowitz DG, Wong A, Cohen SP, Williams ML, Heyman MB. Evaluation of Nutritional Status and Gastrointestinal Structure and Function in Children with Ichthyosis and Growth Failure. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr (2004) 38:164-169.
  
  
• Blumer JL, Heyman MB, Vandenplas Y, Wa RM.
  What safety data are needed for a medication to treat gastroesophageal reflux in premature infants? In children younger than 1 year of age? How to design a long-term safety registry for children? J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr (2003) 37:S69-S71.
  
  
• Roberts SB, Heyman MB.
  Micronutrient shortfalls in young children's diets: common, and owing to inadequate intakes both at home and at child care centers.
  Nutrition Reviews (2000) 58:27-29
  
  

  Book:
  Roberts SB, Heyman MB. Feeding Your Child for Lifelong Health. New York: Bantam Books, 1999. 354 pp.

Honors & Awards (selected)

• l972 Phi Beta Kappa, Univ. of California, Berkeley
• l990+ Who’s Who in America / West / World / Medicine and Healthcare / Science and Engineering
• l992,94,96, 98 2000, 02, 04 "Best Doctors in America" selection
• l996 American Health’s “Best Doctors in America”
• l997 Premier Physician Award: Greater Bay Area Chapter, Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America
• l997,99, 2001 Focus Magazine (KQED): Selected as one of the “Best Bay Area Physicians”
• 2000 American Medical Writers Association (New England Chapter) Will Solimene Award of Excellence in Medical Communication (for book: Feeding Your Child for Lifelong Health)
• 2000-1 American Board of Pediatrics: Pediatric Gastroenterology SubBoard – SubBoard Chair
• 2005 American Academy of Pediatrics, Chair of the Section on Gastroenterology and Nutrition
• 2006 Anita Ow Wing Endowed Chair in Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
  

Training & Certificates

• University of California, Berkeley, B.A., Economics (1972)
• University of California, Los Angeles, Medical Degree (1976)
• L.A. County/USC Medical Center Pediatric Residency (1976-79)
• University of California, Los Angeles: combined MPH (nutrition) and Fellowship in Pediatric GI/Nutrition (1979-81)
• USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Boston: Sabbatical on energy expenditure and nutritional metabolism (1989)
• Board Certified in Pediatrics (1981)
• Board Certified in Pediatric Gastroenterology
  (1990, renewed in 1997 and 2004)