Psychiatric physician

Curriculum Vita

Richard C. Heckmann, M.D.

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Areas of Medical Practice/Experience

1. General Adult Psychiatry

Current emphasis on Treatment-Resistant Depression, Adult ADD, Personality Disorders.

2. Corrections Psychiatry

3. Extensive experience in disability claims second opinions.

4. Late Adolescent Treatment

5. Level II EMDR with PTSD clinical application

6. Developmentally Disabled Adults (clinic treatment of residential patients)

7. Marriage and Family Systems Therapy

Work History

--Staff Psychiatrist, John Montford Psychiatric Hospital (Texas Dept of Criminal Justice); 3/11/2022 - 5/11/2022 (Locum Tenens)

--Consultant Psychiatrist, Colorado Department of Corrections; 1/15/2015 - 12/1/2021.

Clinical assignment: In-facility Mental Health Clinic at the Buena Vista Correctional Complex (Medium security and Minimum-R security facilities)

--Staff Psychiatrist, Veterans’ Healthcare System of the Ozarks (VHSO), Fayetteville, AR; Aug. 1994 - Dec. 2014

1. “1A” inpatient unit; Aug. 1994 through Dec. 2014

2. Mental Hygiene Clinic (MHC) general team; June 2003 through Dec. 2014.

3. Medical Director, PCT (PTSD Clinical Team); Aug. 1994 to June 2003.

--Psychiatric Consultant, NW Kansas Regional Medical Center; Goodland, KS; Mar. 1992 – Aug. 1994. This included consultation services for developmentally disabled adult residents at Golden West Skills Center.

--Private Practice, Denver, CO; Sept. 1983 - Aug. 1994.

1. Chairman, Depts. of Psychiatry, (combined staff) Porter Memorial Hospital (Denver CO), and Swedish Medical Center (Englewood CO) Jan. 1992 through Dec. 1993.

2. Active Medical Staff, Porter Memorial Hospital; and Courtesy Staff, Swedish Medical Center; Sept. 1983 to Aug. 1994.

3. Courtesy Staff at Bethesda Psychiatric Hospital, Denver, CO; Sept. 1983 to Aug. 1994.

4. Consulting Staff privileges at Littleton General Hospital, Littleton, CO; 1988 to Aug. 1994.

5. Courtesy Staff, Columbine Psychiatric Hospital, Highlands Ranch, CO; 1990 to Aug. 1994.

--Emergency Dept. consultant, Hines State Hospital, Hines, IL; 1982 and 1983.

Peer Review Positions

--Medical Records Committee member, VHSO; 2002 through 2006.

--Utilization Review and Quality Assurance Consultant, Colorado Foundation for Medical Care (Colorado PRO for Medicare and Medicaid); July 1986 to Aug. 1994.

--UR Consultant, Porter and Swedish Hospitals; Jan. 1985 to Aug. 1994.

--Consultant, Physician Advisory Board, Denver Humana Care Plus System; 1986 & 1987.

Training and Credentials

--Completion of Level II training (“certified therapist”) in EMDR, 1993; with clinical application to PTSD/trauma recovery.

--Diplomate (Psychiatry), American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology; Feb. 1986.

--Medical Licenses:

Texas, 1979

Illinois, 1982 (inactive)

Colorado 1983

Kansas 1992 (inactive)

Arkansas 1999

--Psychiatric Residency, Northwestern University (NU) School of Medicine Affiliated Hospitals, Chicago, IL; Jan. 1980 to June 1983. (This included a 6-month term at the Children’s Memorial Hospital inpatient and child guidance [outpatient] units.)

--Clinical Training Program, The Family Institute of Chicago; Sept. 1982 to Aug. 1983; This was a half-time assignment (20 hrs/wk) during that year. Training in both marital and family therapy, emphasizing “Problem-Centered Systems Therapy,” as developed by William Pinsoff, Ph.D.

--Rotating Internship (IM and Neurology), NU Medical School Affiliated Hospitals; June 1979 to Jan. 1980.

--Doctor of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX; June 1975 to May 1979.

--Bachelor of Science, Chemistry, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN; Sept. 1971 to May 1975.

Other Professional Activities

--Senior Instructor, Dept of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine; Dec. 2014 - 12/1/2021

--Additional VHSO committee assignments: Medical Records, Ethics, Continuing Education; 1994-2014

--“Occasional” clinical instructor (UAMS students rotating through VHSO); July 2013 to Dec. 2014

--“Second Opinion Consultant” for Psychiatry disability claims determination, for the VAMC Jefferson Barracks Regional Office, St. Louis, MO; 2000-2010

--Psychiatric Consultant, State of Colorado, Disability Determination Services; 1987 to Aug. 1994.

--Continuing Medical Education Coordinator, Depts. of Psychiatry, combined staffs of PMH and SMC; Jan. 1987 to May 1989

--Psychiatric Consultant, Inner City Health Center, Denver; July 1988 to Aug. 1994.

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