Dr. Heidary is the Chief of Pediatric Anesthesia at Lankenau Hospital in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania. He is a Diplomat of the American Board of Anesthesiology and has a subspecialty in Pediatric & Neonatal Anesthesia and Intensive Care.

In addition, Dr. Heidary is a certified acupuncturist and runs an acupuncture clinic at Lankenau Hospital. As an anesthesiologist, he first grew interested in acupuncture in 1973 to find alternative ways to manage and treat pain in his patients. Skeptical at first, his colleagues called him "Dr. Voodoo" because acupuncture was still viewed as mysterious and unconventional at the time. Nonetheless, Dr. Heidary learned acupuncture techniques from a Taiwanese acupuncturist and anesthesiologist, and was fascinated by the endless treatment possibilities of acupuncture.

Ten years later, after the death of his father from emphysema, Dr. Heidary began to treat smoking addictions and developed his own technique to help people quit smoking. Since then, most of his acupuncture patients have come from all around the United States to stop smoking, and have achieved outstanding results. Dr. Heidary's smoking treatments have also been the subject of several television stories and print articles in the Philadelphia area.

Education

1971-1973 Fellowship at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania

1969-1971 Residency at Philadelphia General Hospital

1968-1969 Internship at Misericordia Hospital

1961-1965 Tehran University Medical School. Degree: M.D.

1958-1961 Tehran University. Degree: B.S.