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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:

  1. Complete our healthcare provider referral form
  2. Specify type of consultation requested
  3. We’ll contact your patient within 2 business days
  4. 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:

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