Nicholas G. Heyne, M.D., specializes in adult, child/adolescent, forensic, and addiction psychiatry. A native of Southlake, Texas, he attended Cistercian Preparatory School and then the University of Dallas in Irving, Texas. After graduating from medical school in 2010 at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston, Dr. Heyne completed general psychiatry training at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
While at UNC, Dr. Heyne pursued his passion for serving pediatric patients by completing a fellowship in Child/Adolescent Psychiatry. Additionally, he received specialized training in Autism Spectrum Disorders at the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities as well as training in Sports Psychiatry at the North Carolina State University Athletics Department.
After completing a fellowship in Forensic Psychiatry (for children and adults) at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia in 2016, Dr. Heyne returned home to North Texas to train as an Addiction Psychiatrist specialist at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
Dr. Heyne has received multiple teaching awards for his outstanding work with medical students and residents and was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society in 2013. He volunteers to teach medical students, residents, and fellows at local academic institutions and hospitals today. Triple-board certified in general adult psychiatry, child/adolescent psychiatry, and addiction psychiatry, Dr. Heyne is a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
Upon completion of his third fellowship in 2017, Dr. Heyne opened his private practice, Cornerstone Family Psychiatry, PLLC where he serves patients throughout the North Texas community. Additionally, he works at various emergency rooms and rehabilitation centers throughout the metroplex.
