 Sheila Kim Heinle, M.D.
Dr. Heinle is a general cardiologist with national recognition and special expertise in the noninvasive field of echocardiography. She received her undergraduate degree
as an Echols Scholar and Lawn Resident at the University of Virginia. She graduated in the top ten percent of her medical school class at the University Of Pittsburgh School Of Medicine whereas she received the
Heard Junior Prize for Outstanding Student, in Medicine. She went on to complete her internship and residency training in internal medicine at Duke University Medical Center
where she was selected to be assistant chief medical resident. She then completed her cardiology fellowship training at Duke University Medical Center and was appointed assistant
professor of medicine as a member of the Duke Cardiology faculty. Before moving to Texas, she was appointed as a clinical instructor at Harvard Medical
School, affiliated with the Beth Israel Hospital in Boston. In Dallas, Texas, she was assistant clinical professor of medicine on the U.T. Southwestern medical school cardiology faculty.
Dr. Heinle has conducted and presented research on Echocardiographic evaluation of coronary artery disease, endocarditis, and Valvular heart disease
and has been published in well respected peer reviewed scientific journals. She is also a contributing author to the most recent edition of a nationally recognized major textbook in clinical echocardiography.
She was board certified in internal medicine in 1989, cardiovascular disease in 1991 with board re-certification in cardiovascular disease in 2000. She is also
board certified in echocardiography since 1998 after completing the highest level of training in this field and was most recently appointed as Fellow of the
American Society of Echocardiography by her peers in that field. Her achievements have also been recognized in "Who's Who in Healthcare and
Medicine" as well as "Who's Who in America" national publications. Throughout her academic career, Dr. Heinle has particularly enjoyed teaching medical
students, interns, residents, and cardiology fellows. She extends her love of teaching to emphasize patient education in her current practice. Being female,
she has a desire to help advance cardiac health care women (as well as men) who may have felt passed by in our rapidly advancing healthcare system. |
