CURRICULUM VITAE

Name: / Heena D. Panchal, MD
Home Address: / 100 Bryn Mawr Ct E Apt 211
Pittsburgh, PA 15221 / Birthplace: / San Jose, CA
Home Phone: / (831) 277-3485 / Citizenship: / United States of America
Business Address: / 3811 O’Hara St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15213 / Email Address: /
Business Phone: / (412) 246-5918

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

UNDERGRADUATE:
8/2003-8/2007 / University of California, Berkeley / BA, Molecular and Cell Biology, with Honors
Publication of Senior Research Thesis
GRADUATE:
8/2008 – 8/2012 / University of California, Davis School of Medicine / MD, Medicine (2012)
POSTGRADUATE:
7/2012 – current
Anticipated graduation 7/2017 / Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA and McKeesport Family Medicine Residency
Chief Resident for Double Board Family Medicine and Psychiatry Residency 2016-2017 / Double Board Residency in Psychiatry and Family Medicine, Global Health Track
Dr. Michael Travis, Program Director Psychiatry, and Combined Program
Dr. Tracy Conti, Program Director for Family Medicine

CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE

MEDICAL LICENSURE:
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Unrestricted Medical Licensure / 2015 - present
United States Drug Enforcement Administration: Controlled Substances Registration
Certification for office based buprenorphine completed-American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry
In Process of Applying for California MD license / 2015 – present
Board Eligible for Family Medicine and Psychiatry in 2017

Other Certifications: ACLS, ALSO, BLS, PALS

HONORS

Undergraduate Honors in Molecular and Cell Biology
UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA / 2007
Doctoring Teaching Scholar
UC Davis Medical School, Davis, CA
RESEARCH/ SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES:
2015-current
2014-current
2014-current / Integrating ADHD education into Family Medicine Residency Training
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, McKeesport, and Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic
Training family medicine residents in ADHD biology, evaluation and management through interactive case based lecture series
Primary Investigator: Heena Panchal, Advisor: Dr. Deepa Burman IRB approved
A Community and Provider Centered Approach Towards Integrating Sustainable Mental Health Services in a Rural Primary Care Honduran Clinic.
San Jose del Negrito, Honduras & University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Primary Investigator: Heena Panchal, Advisors: Dr. Mike Travis, Dr. Mark Meyer IRB Approved
Mental health Screening in a Rural Community in Honduras
San Jose Del Negrito, Honduras & University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. PI: Heena Panchal, Advisors: Dr. Mark Meyer, Dr. Mike Travis IRB approved
2007-2008 / De-Differentiation of Epidermal Skin Cells into Pluripotent Stem Cells
Research Assistant, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA. Advisor: Irina Conboy, Ph. D.
2004 – 2007 / Anti-Oxidative and Anti-Proliferative Effects of Curcumin on Neuroglia
Senior Investigator, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA. Advisor: Paola S. Timiras, M.D., Ph.D.
2006-2007 / Effects of Curcumin in Transforming Neuroglioma into Neurons
Investigator, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA. Advisor: Paola S. Timiras, M.D., Ph.D.
/ 2012

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

PUBLICATIONS:

1.  Panchal, HD; Vranizan, K, Lee; CY, Ho, J; Timiras, PS. Early Anti-Oxidative and Anti-Proliferative Curcumin Effects on Neuroglioma Suggest Therapeutic Targets. Neurochemical Research. September 2008; 33(9):1701-1710.

2.  Gouw, A; Panchal, H; Ho, J; Ghazi, K; Chang, T; Singh, S; Timiras, PS. Neurogenesis from Neuroglia: Curcumin’s Potential Role in Transforming Neuroglia into Neurons. The Faseb Journal 2008; 22:1125.5.

3.  Panchal, H. Comparative effects of curcumin on C6 rat glioma and T98G human glioblastoma cells. Experimental Gerontology 2009; 2:147-154.

4.  Panchal, H. The anti-proliferative and anti-oxidant curcumin influences gene expression of c6 rat glioma in vitro. Experimental Gerontology A summary of the proceedings of the eighth international symposium on the neurobiology and neuroendocrinology of aging, Bregenz, Austria. 2007

CONFERENCE AND SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS:

Panchal, H; Huijon, R; Meyer, M; Travis, M. A Community and Provider Centered Approach Towards Integrating Sustainable Mental Health Services in a Rural Primary Care Honduran Clinic. Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic. Research Day. June 9, 2015

Panchal, H., Huijon, R., Meyer, M., A Mental Health Screening Intervention in a Rural Honduran Community, Case Studies in Program Design. AAFP Global Health Workshop. Denver, CO. Oct 2015. Oral Presentation

Panchal, H., Huijon, R., Meyer, M., A Mental Health Screening Intervention in a Rural Honduran Community. Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic Research Day. June 2015.

Panchal, H. The anti-proliferative and anti-oxidant curcumin influences gene expression of c6 rat glioma in vitro. Experimental Gerontology A summary of the proceedings of the eighth international symposium on the neurobiology and neuroendocrinology of aging, Bregenz, Austria. 2007

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

TEACHING:

2015
2013 / Small group facilitator for PGY 1 introduction to Psychiatry course
Motivational Interviewing in Substance Use Disorders / WPIC
UPMC, McKeesport
Family Medicine Residents and Faculty Training, (30 residents and faculty)
2014 / Motivational Interviewing for Community Outreach
Service Coordinators, Resident, and Program Director, Neighborhood Living Project Group of 20 / Neighborhood Living Project Community Service Coordination, Pittsburgh, PA
2014 / Resident Group Facilitator in Motivational Interviewing
Medical Students Group of 10 / UPMC and WPIC
2011-2012 / Doctoring 4 Scholar
Leader and facilitator of Longitudinal Yearlong Doctoring course in Clinical Interviewing Skills for Medical Students
Medical Students Group of 6 / University of California Davis, School of Medicine

CLINICAL LEADERSHIP

2015-Current / Outpatient consultation in Psychiatry for Family Medicine Clinic-Latterman Family Health Center / UPMC Latterman Family Health Center, McKeesport, PA

CLINICAL EXPERIENCES

PSYCHIATRY

2012-Current / Inpatient
Consult & Liason Psychiatry / WPIC, Pittsburgh, PA
Inpatient Psychosis Unit / Presbyterian Hospital
Inpatient Mood disorders Unit, with specialization in PTSD and Trauma Cases / Children’s Hospital
Inpatient Adult Neurology
Inpatient Pediatric Neurology
Inpatient Dual Diagnosis Unit: Substance and Mood disorders: Received Formal Training in Motivational Interviewing by Dr. Antoine Douaihy.
Diagnostic Evaluation Center: Emergency Psychiatry
OUTPATIENT
Bellefield Clinic-General Mood Disorders Continuity Clinic
Comprehensive Recovery Services:
Outpatient Continuity Clinic in Psychotic Disorders.
Outpatient Child Psychiatry: Treatment and Management of Mood disorders, ADHD/ADD, behavioral issues in PDD in Children ages 3-18.
Neighborhood Living Services: Community Psychiatry Outreach for Homeless Population of Pittsburgh.
Outpatient Geriatric Psychiatry
Outpatient Dual Diagnosis-Addictions Psychiatry
THERAPY: CBT, Psychodynamic, IPT and Motivational Interviewing / WPIC, Pittsburgh, PA

FAMILY MEDICINE

2012-Current / Inpatient Adult Medicine
Outpatient Family Medicine Continuity Clinic-Latterman Family Health Center (FQHC)
Inpatient and Outpatient Pediatrics
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Surgery
ICU
Cardiology
Emergency Medicine
Pediatric ER
Nephrology / UPMC, McKeesport, PA

MOONLIGHTING

2013-Current
2014-Current
2015-Current
2015-Current / Diagnostic Evaluation Center
-worked independently in the Emergency Psychiatry department of WPIC
WPIC Medical Rounding
-did physical exams and medical evaluations for 400+ bed inpatient psychiatric unit
Outpatient General Psychiatry
-independently work as a staff psychiatrist in a busy, rural outpatient clinic. Managed general mood disorders as well as psychosis, and substance use disorders
Consult-Liason Psychiatry
-working independently in inpatient psychiatry consultation team to inpatient medicine services / Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic
Mon Yough Community Services, McKeesport, PA
Inpatient UPMC McKeesport

LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE SERVICE

LEADERSHIP

2010 – 2012 / Co-Director of Paul Hom Asian Free Clinic, UC Davis Health System / Sacramento, CA
2011 – 2012 / President of local Chapter of American Medical Students Association / University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA
2011 – 2012 / Legislative Day Coordinator, California Alliance of Health Professional Students / State of California

COMMITTEE SERVICE

2010 – 2012 / Residency Education Curriculum Committee / Family Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
2011 – 2012 / Research Committee / Family Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
2014-current / Cultural Competency Committee
Helped organize and create cultural psychiatry workshop, lead small group discussion session, and training for the psychiatry residents at Western Psychiatric Institute Audience approx. 80 residents. / Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS

Integrated Psychiatry and Family Medicine, Medical Education, Global Health, Addictions Psychiatry, Psychosomatic Medicine, Adult Medicine, Women’s Health, Pediatrics and Child Psychiatry

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

American Psychiatric Association / 2012-present
American Association of Family Physicians / 2012 – present
Association of Medicine and Psychiatry / 2011—present

References are available upon request

Curriculum Vitae Heena D. Panchal, MD

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