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Melvin B. Heyman, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor of Pediatrics
Chief, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Department of Pediatrics
Director, Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program
Contact Information
| Academic Office Melvin B Heyman, MD, MPH 500 Parnassus Ave, MU 4-East Campus Box 0136 University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, CA 94143-0136 mheyman@peds.ucsf.edu | Intestinal Rehabilitation and Transplantation Program 400 Parnassus Ave., 2nd Floor San Francisco, CA 94143 Phone: (877) 762-6935 Gastroenterology and Liver 400 Parnassus Ave., Second Floor San Francisco, CA 94143 Phone: (415) 353-2813 |
BiographyEducation
- UCLA School of Medicine 1976
Residencies
- LAC/USC Medical Center, Pediatrics 1979
Fellowships
- UCLA Medical Center, Gastroenterology and Nutrition 1981
Board Certification
- American Board of Pediatrics, General Pediatrics, Pediatric Gastroenterology Subspecialty
Program Affiliations
- Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program
- Pedatric Transplant Program
- UCSF Center for Obesity, Assessment, Study and Treatment (COAST)
Biography
Dr. Melvin B. Heyman, chief of pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, specializes in treating children with inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, and nutrition-related problems. He earned a medical degree at UCLA and completed a pediatric residency at Los Angeles County-University of Southern California Medical Center. He also completed postdoctoral training in nutrition, earned a master's degree in public health, and completed a fellowship in pediatric gastroenterology at UCLA. In 1981, he joined UCSF, where he organized the pediatric nutrition support service and established protocols for pediatric gastroenterology.
A UCSF professor of pediatrics, Dr. Heyman is chair of the executive committee of the Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition section of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He also serves on many local and national committees, including the American Academy of Pediatrics' Task Force on Prevention of Obesity in School Health (POSH), and the National Board of the National PTA. Dr. Heyman has an active role in teaching at all levels. He is the principal investigator for the NIH Training Grant that funds the Training Program in Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition at UCSF.
Research Summary
Dr. Heyman's research has been oriented towards clinical problems in pediatric patients with nutrition and/or gastroenterologic issues. He was one of the first investigators to reveal the importance of nutrition support in sickle cell anemia, helped to develop procedures in the diagnosis of hepatobiliary problems in infants, and has been actively pursuing novel treatments for children with inflammatory bowel disease and gastroesophageal reflux disease.
His research has been funded by the NIH, by foundation grants, and by pharmaceutical and formula industry support. His recent research has been evolving into investigation of obesity in infancy and in school age children. With other members of COAST, he is looking at the effects of acculturation in the Latino and the Chinese populations in San Francisco. He is also very actively involved in developing strategies to improve nutrition and physical activities in public schools.
Selected Publications
- Maternal omega-3 fatty acid supplementation and risk for perinatal maternal depression. Wojcicki JM, Heyman MB. J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2010 Oct 7. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 20925595 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
- Efficacy and safety of mesalamine suppositories for treatment of ulcerative proctitis in children and adolescents. Heyman MB, Kierkus J, Spénard J, Shbaklo H, Giguere M. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2010 Nov;16(11):1931-9. PMID: 20848454 [PubMed - in process]
- The Active Balance Childhood program for improving coping and quality of life in Chinese American children. Chen JL, Weiss SJ, Heyman MB, Cooper B, Lustig RH. Nurs Res. 2010 Jul-Aug;59(4):270-9. PMID: 20585223 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
- Role of small bowel follow-through in diagnosing inflammation of the terminal ileum in pediatric patients. Stenerson M, Vittinghoff E, Heyman MB, Kim GE, Gupta N. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2010 Oct;51(4):433-6. PMID: 20562720 [PubMed - in process]
- Postoperative outcome of colectomy for pediatric patients with ulcerative colitis. Patton D, Gupta N, Wojcicki JM, Garnett EA, Nobuhara K, Heyman MB. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2010 Aug;51(2):151-4. PMID: 20410838 [PubMed - in process]
- Let's Move--childhood obesity prevention from pregnancy and infancy onward. Wojcicki JM, Heyman MB. N Engl J Med. 2010 Apr 22;362(16):1457-9. Epub 2010 Apr 14. No abstract available. PMID: 20393165 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Free Article
