Phyllis J. Heffner, MD, FAPA, IFMCP

I am a Maryland based Psychiatrist who specializes in holistic and integrative strategies to treat both mental and physical health conditions, I am double Board Certified in General Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. I graduated from Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, PA in 1982, and Penn State/Hershey College of Medicine in 1986. My General Psychiatry Residency was at UNC-Chapel Hill. I continued my training with a Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship at the University of Maryland/Sheppard Pratt Hospital Joint Training Program. I am Certified in Functional Medicine through the Institute For Functional Medicine and also Certified in INtegrative Pediatrics. I have completed all of the required courses for MAPS (Medical Academy for Pediatric Special Needs). I have over 24 years of experience in conventional psychiatry. I transitioned to integrative, functional medicine after developing a chronic autoimmune disease, and later Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome from mold exposure, that were not able to be adequately diagnosed or treated