After residency training at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem, NC, Dr. Heitz earned board certification in EM and spent 10 years working in Level 1 Trauma centers in Ohio and Virginia prior to his current position at a busy, high-acuity community emergency department in Salem, Virginia. He has spent 13 years training medical students and residents in emergency medicine as well as other specialties, specifically performing high-fidelity simulated cases to prepare physicians for the care of critically ill and injured patients. During his time in academic medicine, he gained extensive public speaking experience.

Specialties

• Emergency Medicine

Subpecialties

• Medical Resuscitation
• Respiratory Distress
• Airway Management
• Sepsis
• Shock
• Allergic Reactions
• Adverse Medication Side Effects
• Traumatic Injuries
• Blood Transfusion
• Stroke
• Seizures
• Neurocognitive Emergencies
• Pre-Operative Surgical Emergencies
• Heart Attack
• Unstable Cardiac Dysrhythmias.