Haleh (Kadivar) Van Vliet MD

Emergency Medicine•Pottstown, PA

Physician

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1600 E High StreetPottstown, PA 19464
Phone+1 619-327-7744

Summary

Dr. Haleh Van Vliet is an ABEM certified Emergency Medicine Physician currently working in Pennsylvania. She completed her residency at the University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics after graduating from the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. Her undergraduate degree is in Neuroscience, with a minor in French, from Vanderbilt University. She worked as an Emergency Medicine Physician with Tower Health Medical Group from 2020 to 2025, where she helped launch the Montgomery County Street Medicine program in 2021 providing healthcare to people experiencing homelessness. She subsequently served as the program's medical director from 2023 to 2025. Dr. Van Vliet has spoken nationally about the intersection between EMS and Street Medicine and has published several pieces of poetry. She has received multiple honors, including the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award. She is currently transitioning into a career in correctional medicine and remains committed to elevating vulnerable populations.

Education & Training

University of Wisconsin Hospitals and ClinicsFellowship, 3+1 Clinical Instructor, 2015 - 2016
University of Wisconsin Hospitals and ClinicsResidency, Emergency Medicine, 2012 - 2015
University of Rochester School of Medicine and DentistryClass of 2012
Vanderbilt UniversityB.S., Major in Neuroscience, minor in French, Summa Cum Laude, 2004 - 2008
University College LondonNo degree, Psychology and Anatomy, 2006

Certifications & Licensure

PA State Medical License 2020 - 2026
CO State Medical License 2016 - 2021
WI State Medical License 2014 - 2017
American Board of Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow - American College of Emergency Physicians ACEP
Certificate of Commendation, Resident Physician Community Service AAMC, 2015
Graduate Medical Education Quality Improvement Award UWHC, 2014
John Peterson Education Award for Hospice and Palliative Medicine UWHC, 2014
Leonard Tow Humanism Award Arnold P Gold Foundation (URSMD), 2012
Gold Humanism Honor Society Inductee URSMD, 2011
Fellowship at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics 2011
Translational Pain Summer Research Fellowship, Department of Neurosurgery Strong Memorial Hospital (URSMD), 2009
Creative Excellence Award Contest – Honorable Mention URSMD, 2009, 2012
Memorial Scholarship, Arthur J. and Mary Redmond Scholarship, and Jules Cohen Scholarship URSMD, 2009
Certificate of Medical French, with Distinction 2008
Rochester Prize Scholarship, Dean’s Merit Scholarship, and Fannie & Henry Rice Scholarship URSMD, 2008
Harold and Ellen Cash Memorial Scholarship Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga, 2008
Jack Kent Cooke Graduate Scholarship Nominee, Vanderbilt University, 2008
Summer Undergraduate Research Program (VUSRP) Scholar Vanderbilt University, 2007
Tipton Scholarship 2006
HHMI Community of Scholars Program Vanderbilt University, 2005
Top Tenn Scholarship Vanderbilt University, 2004
Harold and Ellen Cash Memorial Scholarship 2004
Ned McWherter Scholarship Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation, 2004
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Publications & Presentations

Journal Articles

An extended multisensory temporal binding window in autism spectrum disorders
Foss-Feig JH, Kwayke LD, Cascio CJ, Burnette CP, Kadivar H, Stone WL, Wallace MT, Exp Brain Res, 1/1/2010

Books/Book Chapters

Neuropathic Pain: Mechanisms, Diagnosis and Treatment
Chapter: Spinal root disease: radiculopathy and arachnoiditis
Page 350 - 371Markman, J., & Van Vliet, H.Editors: D.M. Simpson, J.C. McArthur, & R.H. Dworkin.Oxford University Press, New York, NY2012
Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics Final Project Journal
Chapter: In Auschwitz: facing the history of the Holocaust
Page 55 - 57Kadivar, H.Editors: T.R. Tritter.Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York, NY2011

Lectures

Initiating Post-Cardiac Arrest Therapeutic Temperature Management in the Emergency Department: Development of a Clinical Practice Guideline
Madison, WI - 1/17/2014
56 yo White Male Presents with Sister for Abdominal Pain
Las Vegas, NV - 1/13/2013
Neurovascular and neuroinflammatory induction of neurogenic intermittent claudication reveals new potential pharmacological targets
Rochester, NY - 1/13/2009
An Extended Temporal Window for Multisensory Integration in ASD
Hamburg, Germany - 1/16/2008
Mapping Second Language Acquisition with fMRI: Directions and Dead Ends
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN - 1/9/2007
Amount of Chromatin-Bound Human DNA Helicase B Correlates with UV Irradiation Level
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN - 1/11/2005
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Other

Palliative Care in the Emergency Department: A Practical Overview of Why and How
Schnittke N, Van Vliet H
http://www.emdocs.net/palliative-care-in-the-emergency-department-a-practical-overview-of-why-and-how
1/2/2016
78-Year-Old Female With Left Hip Fracture: Palliative Medicine in the Emergency Department Simulation Case
Van Vliet H, Thompson R, Ross J, MedEdPORTAL
https://www.mededportal.org/publication/10244
1/1/2015
Mindful Medicine. In J. Beck-Esmay (Ed), AAWEP Section Newsletter - Fall: If I Knew Then What I Know Now
Van Vliet, H
http://www.acep.org/content.aspx?id=103317
1/1/2015

Professional Memberships

American College of Emergency Physicians - ACEP
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