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Andrew Heitzer, PhD, ABPP-CN

Assistant Member, St. Jude Faculty

Board Certified in Clinical Neuropsychology

Board Certified Subspecialist in Pediatric Neuropsychology

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Contact Information

Andrew Heitzer, PhD, ABPP-CN

Psychology

MS 740, Room R4014

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

262 Danny Thomas Place

Memphis,  TN 38105-3678

(901) 595-7650(phone)

Affiliations

Department of Psychology and Biobehavioral Sciences

Education

BS (Psychology) - Drake University, Des Moines, IA PhD (Clinical Psychology) - Wayne State University, Detroit, MI Pre-doctoral Internship - St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital / University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN Post-doctoral Fellowship Texas Children’s Hospital / Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Research Interests

  • Neurocognitive functioning in sickle cell disease
  • Development of interventions to improve neurocognitive and academic outcomes
  • Neurocognitive factors impacting transition to adult care and treatment adherence

Clinical Trials

Recruiting
SKITS2: School Readiness Intervention for Sickle Cell Disease

Study goal:

This study will help us find out how to make the intervention program better and test it with a larger group of caregivers and their children.

Age:

3.5–6.5

Dr. Heitzer in Progress

St. Jude Publications

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