Harold Heckman, MD Child, Adolescent & Adult Psychiatry
Current Affiliations
Covenant Counseling Services, 923 North Brookside Road, PO Box 3303, Allentown, PA 18106 610-366-7880
Kidspeace, Orchard Hills Campus 5300 KidsPeace Drive Orefield, PA 18069 610-799-8000 or 800-25-PEACE
Florence Child Guidance Center, 402 North Fulton Street, Allentown, PA 18102 Telephone 610-432-0521
Philmont Guidance Center, 5175 Cold Spring Creamery Road, Doylestown, PA 18902 215-348-9640
EDUCATION
Fellowship in Child Psychiatry - Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 1970-1972; Chief: Dr. Herman Belmont
Resident in Adult Psychiatry - Philadelphia Psychiatric Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1965-1968; Chief: Dr.Morris Brody & Dr. O.S. English
Rotating Internship - St. Lukes's Hospital, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1964-1965
Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Doctor of Medicene, 1964
Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, B.S.E. in Chemical Engineering, 1959
Certification
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Adult Psychiatry, October, 1972
Professional Memberships
Pennsylvania Medical Society,1974 - Present American Psychiatric Association, 1979 -Present Lehigh Va11ey,Neuropsychiatric Society, 1972 - Present
Experience
Part-Time Positions
Carbon-Lehigh Intermediate Unit #21: Served two partial hospitalization programs in schools. 1995-1997. Schnecksville, Pennsylvania.
Prison Psychiatrist at SCI - Mahanoy and SCI - Frackville, Pennsylvania: 1995 - 1997, Employed by Correctional Physicians Services, Blue Bell Pennsylvania.
Scranton Counseling Center, Scranton, Pennsylvania: 1986 -1991, Child Psychiatrist in a consultation and treatment roll. Served as advisor to staff and ten professionals.
Hagedorn Center for Geriatrics, Glen Gardner, New Jersey: 1987 -1990, Adult Psychiatry - One - Half Time.
Adult Psychiatry, Muhlenberg Hospital Base Service Unit Bethlehem. Pennsylvania: 1977 -1985, Adult evaluations, pharmacotherapy, supportive psychotherapy.
Warren County family Guidance Center, Hackettstown, New Jersey: 1976 -1979, Child Psychiatry and psychoanalytically oriented therapy.
Abington Hospital Base Service Unit, Abington, Pennsylvania: 1970 – 1974, Adult psychiatric evaluations and psychotherapy.
Full-time Employment
Veterans Administration Medical Center, Lebanon, Pennsylvania: 1992-1993, Adult Psychiatry
Wernersville State Hospital, Wernersville, Pennsylvania: 1991-1992, Staff Psychiatrist
Private Practice Bethlehem, Pennsylvania: 1976-1991, Child and Adult Psychiatry
Lehigh Valley Guidance Clinic, Allentown, Pennsylvania: 1972-1977, Medical Director/Administrator Responsible for staff, budget, and daily operation of clinic. Responsible for overall clinical leadership., administration, team conferences, supervision and practice of family and child psychotherapy. Helped Board of Directors establish policy.
U.S. Army, Fort Bragg North Carolina: 1968-1970, Psychiatrist Served as head of in-patient unit of 30 beds during Viet Nam War.
Hanover General Hospital, Hanover, Pennsylvania; June 1995 to October 1995, Adult Psychiatry.
Logansport State Hospital, Logansport, Indiana: April 1995 to May 1995, Department of Psychiatry.
Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, Pennsylvania; March 1995 to April 1995, Department of Psychiatry.
Quakertown Community Hospital, Quakertown, Pennsylvania; February 1995 to March 1995, Adult Psychiatry. Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, Bennington, Vermont; December 1994, Department of Psychiatry.
Hampton Hospital,650 Rancocas Rd, Westampton, NJ 08060-5613 July 1994 to November, 1994, Unit Director, Adolescent Psychiatry.
Guthrie Clinic, Sayre, Pennsylvania; January 1994 to July 1994, Adult Psychiatry.
Carrier Foundation, Bell Meade, New Jersey, November 1993 to February 1994, Department of Psychiatry.
Harrisburg Polyclinic Medical Center, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; July 1992 to November 1992
Logansport State Hospital, Logansport, Indiana: May 1992 to June 1992.
St. Joseph's Hospital, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; June - August, September 1991; Department of Psychiatry.
Taylor Manor Hospital, Endicott City, Maryland: January 1986 to July 1986; Unit Director, for adolescent psychiatric unit of 19 beds.
Hospital Appointments
Muhlenberg Hospital Center, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; 1980 - 2004.
St. Luke's Hospital of Bethlehem. Pennsylvania Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; 1973 -1985.
Publication
A 25 year follow-up study of hyperactive boys and their brothers, Archives of General Psychiatry. June. 1976, Completed in conjunction with a social scientist from Penn State, Medical College, Hershey, Pennsylvania.
