For Healthcare Providers
Referral Information
Dr. Hedaya welcomes referrals from healthcare providers seeking specialized functional medicine expertise for their patients:
When to Refer:
- Treatment-resistant psychiatric conditions
- Complex cases with multiple comorbidities
- Patients requesting medication reduction
- Cognitive decline or memory concerns
- Multiple unexplained symptoms affecting mental health
- Patients seeking root-cause analysis
Types of Referrals Accepted:
- Comprehensive Evaluation: For patients needing primary psychiatric care with functional medicine approach
- Educational Consultation: For second opinion while patient maintains current provider relationship
- Specialized Testing: qEEG, genetic analysis, comprehensive functional medicine panels
- Cognitive Assessment: Cognoscopy evaluations for dementia risk and prevention
Referral Process:
- Complete our healthcare provider referral form
- Specify type of consultation requested
- We’ll contact your patient within 2 business days
- Detailed consultation report sent to referring provider
Professional Collaboration:
- Direct provider-to-provider consultation available
- Detailed treatment recommendations and rationale provided
- Ongoing communication throughout treatment process
- Educational insights to enhance your practice
Research & Publications
Dr. Hedaya’s extensive research and publications advance the field of functional psychiatry:
Published Works:
- “Understanding Biological Psychiatry” – Pioneering work in functional medicine applications to psychiatry
- “The Antidepressant Survival Program” – Comprehensive approach to managing medication side effects while optimizing treatment
- “Depression: Advancing the Treatment Paradigm” – Professional monograph detailing multifactorial approach to depression treatment
Research Contributions:
Over 30 peer-reviewed articles in psychiatric and medical journals. Here are few:
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Pharmacokinetic Factors in Clinical Use of L-Tryptophan (J. Clinical Psychopharmacology, 1984)
- The Womanizer (J. Human Sexuality, 1985)
- Carcinoid Carcinomatous Meningitis (Annals of Internal Medicine, 1985)
- Seasonal Depression in Patients with Dissociative Disorders (J. Nervous and Mental Disease, 1996)
- Depression: Advancing the Treatment Paradigm (IFM Monograph, 2008)
- Addiction, Pain and Inflammation (SereneScene Magazine, 2016)
- A Combination of 5 Herbs Plus Thiamine Reduces Pain (Altern. Ther. Health Med., 2017)
- The Semmelweis Reflex, Medical Bilingualism and Dementia (J. Alzheimer’s Disease, 2018)
- How Precision Psychiatry Helped My Patient (Currents Psychiatry, 2018)
- Autoimmunity: Guide for Functional Medicine Practitioners (IFM, 2019) in collaboration with the Cleveland Clinic
- Reversal of Acquired Prosopagnosia using qEEG-Guided Laser Therapy (2022)
- Advancing Neuropsychiatric Practice with qEEG (Alternative Therapies, 2023)
- Utility of Thyrotropin Releasing Hormone in Clinical Practice: A Retrospective – Analysis of Thirty Cases: Hedaya, R.J; (Manuscript in preparation).
- Contributing author to primary Functional Medicine textbook
- Institute for Functional Medicine monograph on depression
- Ongoing research in advanced brain technologies and neuroplastric interventions
Professional Teaching:
- Faculty member and Master Clinician, Institute for Functional Medicine
- Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Georgetown University School of Medicine
- Regular lecturer at Walsh Research Institute
- International speaker on functional psychiatry topics
Areas of Expertise:
- Precision medicine applications in psychiatry
- Psycho-neuro-immuno-endocrinology (PNIE)
- Advanced brain mapping and neurofeedback technologies
- Genetic influences on psychiatric treatment response
- Integrative approaches to treatment-resistant conditions
Consultation Services
Dr. Hedaya offers specialized consultation services for healthcare providers:
Provider-to-Provider Consultations:
- Case review and treatment recommendations
- Functional medicine testing interpretation
- Complex case management strategies
- Medication optimization and reduction protocols