Professor, Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine
Gastroenterology
Dr. Melvin B. Heyman, MD
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Melvin Heyman practices Gastroenterology. He researched medicine at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA is a one of the best medicals schools. David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA is ranked 13 in research and 7 in primary care medicine He received awards:"America's Top Doctors", "Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare" and "Super Doctor". Doctor Melvin B. Heyman, MD has written publications. He has 81 publications published with PubMed. The lastest paper is: 'Direct Costs of Acute Recurrent and Chronic Pancreatitis in Children in the INSPPIRE Registry.'
Publications
- Direct Costs of Acute Recurrent and Chronic Pancreatitis in Children in the INSPPIRE Registry.
- Cord blood telomere length in Latino infants: relation with maternal education and infant sex.
- Pediatric Chronic Pancreatitis Is Associated with Genetic Risk Factors and Substantial Disease Burden.
- High- and Low-Dose Oral Delayed-Release Mesalamine in Children With Mild-to-Moderately Active Ulcerative Colitis.
- Value of endoscopic mucosal biopsies in normal-appearing colonic mucosa.
- Utility of Neutrophil Fcγ Receptor I (CD64) Index as a Biomarker for Mucosal Inflammation in Pediatric Crohn's Disease.
- Design and Implementation of Insppire (International Study Group of Pediatric Pancreatitis: in Search for a Cure).
- The treatment-naive microbiome in new-onset Crohn's Disease.
- Increased effectiveness of early therapy with anti-tumor necrosis factor-α vs an immunomodulator in children with Crohn's Disease.
- The Benefits for Children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease of Attending a Summer Camp.
- Breastfeeding Offers Protection Against Obesity in Children of Recently Immigrated Latina Women.
- Medical Students' Conceptualizations of Quality of Life Associated With Children With IBD.
- Dedicated Bibliometrics: A More Appropriate Impact Factor for Specialty Journals?
- Shooting a Moving Target: Use of Real-Time Cine Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Assessment of the Small Bowel.
- The Use of the RESPeRATE Device to Lower Blood Pressure in Inner City Obese Adolescents and Children: A Pilot Feasibility Study.
- No association between childcare and obesity at age 4 in low-income Latino children.
- Wojcicki and heyman respond.
- The Intestinal microbiome, probiotics and prebiotics in neurogastroenterology.
- JPGN Impact Factor: The Highest in the Last 12 Years.
- Commentaries on "Workshop Report: Developing a Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Network and Data Platform in Canada": INTERNATIONAL NETWORKING IN PEDIATRIC GASTRO...
- Reducing Childhood Obesity by Eliminating 100% Fruit Juice.
- Predictors of Proctocolectomy in Children with Ulcerative Colitis.
- Bimodal Distribution of Risk for Childhood Obesity in Urban Baja California, Mexico.
- JPGN Editorial Announcement RE: Professor John Walker-Smith.
- High-dose infliximab for treatment of pediatric Ulcerative colitis: A survey of clinical practice.
- Quality of Life in Patients Post Colectomy for Pediatric Onset Ulcerative Colitis.
- Targeted MRI contrast Agents For Pediatric HepatoBiliary Disease.
- Use of food labels, awareness of nutritional programmes and participation in the special supplemental program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC): results from the N...
- Cytokine Profiles in Peripheral Blood of Children and Adults with Crohn's Disease: A Pilot Study.
- Acculturation, Dietary Practices and Risk for Childhood Obesity in an Ethnically Heterogeneous Population of Latino School Children in the San Francisco Bay Area.
- Solitary Rectal Ulcer Syndrome In Children And Adolescents.
- Transitioning the adolescent inflammatory bowel Disease patient: guidelines for the adult and pediatric gastroenterologist.
- Gastroesophageal Reflux is Not Associated with Dental Erosion in Children.
- The Efficacy of the Web-Based Childhood Obesity Prevention Program in Chinese American Adolescents (Web ABC Study).
- Gastric mucosal damage from ingestion of 3 button cell batteries.
- Infant formula, tea, and water supplementation of latino infants at 4-6 weeks postpartum.
- Risk factors for obesity and high blood pressure in Chinese American children: maternal acculturation and children's food choices.
- Western transitions.
- Chronic maternal depression is associated with reduced Weight gain in latino infants from birth to 2 years of age.
- Malnutrition and the role of the soft drink industry in improving child health in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Efficacy and safety of mesalamine suppositories for treatment of Ulcerative proctitis in children and adolescents.
- Role of small bowel follow-through in diagnosing inflammation of the terminal ileum in pediatric patients.
- Postoperative outcome of colectomy for pediatric patients with Ulcerative colitis.
- The Active Balance Childhood program for improving coping and quality of life in Chinese American children.
- Let's Move--childhood obesity prevention from pregnancy and infancy onward.
- Incidence of stricturing and penetrating complications of Crohn's Disease diagnosed in pediatric patients.
- Impact of gluten-free camp on quality of life of children and adolescents with celiac Disease.
- Early exclusive breastfeeding and maternal attitudes towards infant feeding in a population of new mothers in San Francisco, California.
- Safety, efficacy, and pharmacokinetics of balsalazide in pediatric patients with mild-to-moderate active Ulcerative colitis: results of a randomized, double-blind study.
- Persistent Systemic inflammation and atypical enterocolitis in patients with NEMO syndrome.
- Presentation of the 2008 Shwachman Award to M. Michael Thaler, MD.
- Folate concentrations in pediatric patients with newly diagnosed inflammatory bowel Disease.
- Development of extraintestinal manifestations in pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel Disease.
- Use of complementary medicine in pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel Disease: results from a multicenter survey.
- Inflammatory bowel Disease in African American children compared with other racial/ethnic groups in a multicenter registry.
- Growth hormone treatment for growth failure in pediatric patients with Crohn's Disease.
- Presentation and Disease course in early- compared to later-onset pediatric Crohn's Disease.
- Pilot study of an individually tailored educational program by mail to promote healthy Weight in Chinese American children.
- Reduced intracellular T-helper 1 interferon-gamma in blood of newly diagnosed children with Crohn's Disease and age-related changes in Th1/Th2 cytokine profiles.
- Measuring quality of life in pediatric patients with inflammatory bowel Disease: psychometric and clinical characteristics.
- Body mass index and elbow range of motion in a healthy pediatric population: a possible mechanism of overWeight in children.
- Gender differences in presentation and course of Disease in pediatric patients with Crohn Disease.
- Cytogenetic damage in blood lymphocytes and exfoliated epithelial cells of children with inflammatory bowel Disease.
- Caregiving time in sickle cell Disease: psychological effects in maternal caregivers.
- Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of lansoprazole in children 13 to 24 months old with gastroesophageal reflux Disease.
- Sharp recanalization of a short esophageal occluding stricture in a patient with epidermolysis bullosa.
- Healthier choices and increased participation in a middle school lunch program: effects of nutrition policy changes in San Francisco.
- Presenting symptoms of nonerosive and erosive esophagitis in pediatric patients.
- Risk factors for initial surgery in pediatric patients with Crohn's Disease.
- The economic burden of home care for children with HIV and other chronic illnesses.
- Premedication and infusion reactions with infliximab: results from a pediatric inflammatory bowel Disease consortium.
- Children with early-onset inflammatory bowel Disease (IBD): analysis of a pediatric IBD consortium registry.
- Economic and psychologic costs for maternal caregivers of gastrostomy-dependent children.
- Pathophysiologic basis for growth failure in children with ichthyosis: an evaluation of cutaneous ultrastructure, epidermal permeability barrier function, and energy e...
- Gastric cystic duplication: a rare cause of recurrent Pancreatitis in children.
- Nutritional status and Gastrointestinal structure and function in children with ichthyosis and growth failure.
- 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 s...
- The impact of liver Disease on growth and nutrition.
- Research agenda for pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition: nutrition and obesity. Report of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, H...
- Maternal sociodemographic characteristics and the use of the Iowa Infant Attitude Feeding Scale to describe breastfeeding initiation and duration in a population of ur...
Schools
David Geffen School Of Medicine At UCLA University Of California Los Angeles
University Of Southern California School Of Med
Usc School Med
UCLA Los Angeles
Procedures Preformed
- Colonoscopy, Proctosigmoidoscopy, and Sigmoidoscopy
- Endoscopy (Esophagus, Stomach, Small Intestine)
- Liver Biopsy
Conditions Treated
- Abdominal Pain
- Anemia
- Benign Neoplasm of the Digestive System
- Biliary Atresia
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Doctors Specialties
- Pediatric Gastroenterology
- Gastroenterology
Accepted Insurances
- Aetna HMO
- Basic HMO
- Choice Plus POS II
- Vitalidad Plus California Con Aetna
- Power Select HMO
- Blue Card PPO
- CaliforniaCare HMO
- Advantage Preferred DirectAccess Plus PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of California PPO
- Pathway X Direct Access PPO
- Pathway X Tiered Direct Access
- Select Plus HMO
- Select PPO
- Access Plus Savenet
- Basic Exclusive PPO for Small Business
- Basic PPO
- Enhanced Exclusive for Small Business HMO
- Local Access Plus HMO
- Brown & Toland Physicians
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- LocalPlus
- Open Access Plus
- Commercial Insurance Company
- Delta Health System
- Emblem Health
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Group Health Cooperative
- Blue & Gold HMO
- Covered California - Bronze PPO
- Employer Group HMO
- Health Net PPO
- Individual and Family PPO
- Medicare Advantage PFFS
- WholeCare Network HMO
- Humana
- Medicaid
- Medicare MCR
- Kaiser PHCS Network PPO
- MultiPlan PPO
- PHCS Network PPO
- Heritage Signature
- Tricare
- Choice Plus POS
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Options PPO
- PacifiCare HMO
- United Healthcare
Awards
- America's Top Doctors
- Whos Who in Medicine and Healthcare
- Super Doctor
Education
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UCLA Medical Center -
University of Southern California - LAC+USC Medical Center -
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Hospital
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UCSF Medical Center
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