Dr. Heyne is passionate about promoting mental health and wellness in the community and among medical professionals. He is a dynamic, engaging speaker with experience presenting to a wide range of audiences from high school and pre-med students to doctors and academics. Past speaking engagements have included keynote addresses at the National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine, Grand Rounds presentations at multiple academic institutions, and regular audio contributions to Oakstone Publishing, a Continuing Medical Education provider for physicians.

He is particularly interested in educating the community, students, teachers, parents, and public servants about mental health issues affecting children and adolescents, including but not limited to ADHD, PTSD, anxiety, depression, and substance abuse. He also enjoys fostering an interest in medicine among younger students, presenting medicine, and psychiatry in particular, as a worthy and achievable profession. His talks are lively and accessible, incorporating humor, stories, and analogies to teach complex medical issues.

Dr. Heyne has experience

speaking to various venues:

  • Assemblies of high school students
  • Faculty meetings of middle schools and high schools
  • Collegiate pre-medical societies
  • Medical Schools—students, residents, and fellows
  • Hospital Grand Rounds
  • Academic Seminars and Conferences

Contact Dr. Heyne today about speaking at your next event.

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“Dr. Heyne is an excellent public speaker who draws from his incredibly diverse public speaking experience and can deliver a talk that will engage the audience, change their perspective, and remain in their memory.”

David L. Atkinson, M.D., American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry Youth and Adolescent Committee Chair

“Dr. Heyne is engaging, funny, and thoughtful in his talks. I've had multiple students come up to me after Dr. Heyne's visits and say, 'Thank you, he said just what I needed to hear.”

S. W., President of the University of Dallas Pre-Health Society