Jerry D Heston MD

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Assocs

1135 Cully RdSte 100Cordova, TN 38018
Phone+1 901-758-1980
Fax+1 901-309-8784

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Summary

Dr. Jerry Heston is a psychiatrist in Cordova, TN and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Methodist Healthcare Memphis Hospitals and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. He received his medical degree from University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine and has been in practice 36 years. He specializes in child & adolescent psychiatry and is experienced in ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorders, depression and anxiety.

Education & Training

University of Tennessee College of MedicineFellowship, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1984 - 1987
University of Tennessee College of MedicineResidency, Pediatrics, 1981 - 1984
University of South Florida College of MedicineClass of 1981
Rhodes CollegeB.S., 1978

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Certifications & Licensure

TN State Medical License 1983 - 2028
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2002-2014
Memphis Magazine: Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2006, 2008-2014
Noted "Top Doctors in Memphis" Memphis Magazine, 2006

Publications & Presentations

Journal Articles

Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disease Severity, Psychiatric Symptoms, and Functional Outcomes in Perinatally Infected Youth
Nachman, Sharon; Chernoff, Miriam; Williams, Paige; Hodge, Janice; Heston, Jerry; Gadow Kenneth D, Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med, 2/6/2012
Co-Occuring Psychiatric Symptoms in Children Perinatally Infected With HIV and Peer Comparison Sample
Gadow KD, Chernoff M, Williams PL, Brouwers P, Morse E, Heston J, Hodge J, Di Poalo V, Deygoo NS, Nachman S., J Dev Behav Pediatr, 2/1/2010
Mental Health Treatment Patterns in Perinatally HIV-Infected Youth and Controls
Chernoff, M; Nachman, S; Williams, P; Browers, P; Heston, J; Hodge, J; DiPoala, V; Deygoo, NS; Gadow, K and the IMPAACT P1055 Study Team, Pediatrics, 8/1/2009

Books/Book Chapters

Community Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Chapter: "Day Treatment Centers/Partial Hospitalization Settings"
Kiser, L.J.; Heston, J.; Paavola, M.Editors: Theodore Petti and Carlos Salguero.American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., Washington, DC2006
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry A Comprehensive Textbook
Chapter: "Partial Hospitalization and Ambulatory Behavioral Health Services"
Kiser, L.J.; Heston, J.; Pruitt, D.B.Editors: Melvin Lewis.William & Wilkins, PhiladelphiaEdition 3rd,2002
Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry
Chapter: "Partial Hospitalization and Ambulatory Behavioral Health Services"
Kiser, L.J.; Heston, J.; Pruitt,D.B.Editors: Benjamin Sadock and Virginia Sadock.Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, PhiladelphiaEdition 7th,2000

Abstracts/Posters

"HIV Disease Severity and Psychiatric Symptoms in HIV-Infected Children and Adolescents Enrolled in IMPAACT P1055"
Chernoff, M.; Williams, P.; Brouwers, P.; Heston, J.; Gadow, K.D.; Nachman, S.; and the IMPAACT P1055 Study Team, NIMH Conference, Washington, 10/1/2008
"Psychotropic Drug Therapy and Psychiatric Symptoms in HIV-Infected and Uninfected Children and Adolescents Enrolled in PACTG 1055"
Chernoff, M.; Nachman, S.; Williams, P.; Brouwers, P.; Heston, J.; Hodge, J.; Di Poalo, V.; Deygoo, N.S.; Gadow, K., Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), Los Angeles, 2/1/2007
"Psychiatric Symptoms in Perinatally HIV-Infected Children: Preliminary Findings"
Jerry D. Heston, MD, Annual Meeting of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, San Diego, 10/1/2006

Lectures

"Bullying: What's a Pediatrician to Do?"
Memphis - 5/1/2012
"Autism Spectrum Disorders"
Memphis - 3/1/2011
"Depression in Children and Adolescents"
Memphis - 11/1/2010

Other

New Recommendations: HIV Testing for All.
Heston, J, AACAP News, Volume 40
5/1/2009
CD Set: "ADD/ADHD in Primary Care"
Heston, J., Best Practice Guidelines for Children and Adolescents, Behavioral Services, Tennessee Department of
1/1/2003