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Dr. Heidi Feldman, MD, PHD

Dr. Heidi Feldman, MD, PHD

Palo Alto, CA

40 Years of Experience

Accepting patients

Affiliated with a Castle Connolly Top Hospital

    Who is Dr. Feldman, Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician in Palo Alto, CA?

    Dr. Heidi Feldman, MD, PHD is a Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician, who primarily practices in Palo Alto, CA. She has been practicing for over 40 years and is board certified. Dr. Feldman is fluent in English, French, and Spanish, and is currently seeing new patients. Dr. Feldman’s practice accepts Kaiser Permanente, Medicare, Aetna, Cigna and other major insurance plans. To book an appointment or to confirm insurance options, please call Dr. Feldman’s office at (650) 497-8000.
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    What are Areas of Expertise for Dr. Feldman?

    Dr. Heidi Feldman, MD, PHD is a highly-rated, board-certified Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician known for expertly diagnosing, treating, and managing a wide array of related conditions and procedures. Utilizing the latest medical advancements and evidence-based practices, Dr. Feldman empowers patients to confidently navigate their health journey, specializing in Autism Spectrum Disorders, Developmental & Behavioral Disorders, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, and comprehensive wellness support. Serving the Palo Alto, CA community, Dr. Feldman is dedicated to enhancing lives through expert, patient-centered care.

    Where did Dr. Feldman go to medical school and complete their residency?

      Is Dr. Feldman board certified as a Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician?

      Yes, Dr. Heidi Feldman, MD, PHD is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics

      What languages does Dr. Feldman speak?

      Dr. Feldman and their clinical team can communicate with patients in the following languages:

      • English
      • French
      • Spanish

      What conditions does a Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician like Dr. Feldman typically treat?

      As a Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician, Dr. Feldman diagnoses, treats, and manages a wide range of conditions. This condition information is derived from anonymized insurance claims and highlights the medical conditions most commonly treated by Dr. Feldman. It provides insight into the doctor’s areas of experience and expertise based on real-world patient encounters from the past two years, updated quarterly. Learn more about our claims-based healthcare methodology.

      Also known as:

      • Other Personal Health Risks
      • Other health risk factors
      • Specific personal risks
      • Individual health concerns

      ICD-10 Codes:

      • Z9189: Other specified personal risk factors, not elsewhere classified

      Also known as:

      • Autism
      • Autism Spectrum Disorder
      • Classic Autism
      • Kanner's Syndrome
      • Severe Autism

      ICD-10 Codes:

      • F840: Autistic disorder

      Also known as:

      • Other Developmental Disabilities
      • Developmental Coordination Disorder
      • Developmental Disabilities
      • Atypical psychological development
      • Unspecified developmental disorder
      • Dyspraxia
      • Motor Skill Disorder
      • Clumsiness Syndrome

      ICD-10 Codes:

      • F88: Other disorders of psychological development
      • F82: Specific developmental disorder of motor function

      Also known as:

      • Developmental Speech and Language Disorder
      • Speech and Communication Disorder
      • Childhood Language Delay
      • Global Speech Delay
      • Unspecified Communication Disorder

      ICD-10 Codes:

      • F809: Developmental disorder of speech and language, unspecified

      Also known as:

      • ADHD, Combined Type
      • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
      • Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
      • Combined ADHD
      • Typical ADHD

      ICD-10 Codes:

      • F902: Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, combined type

      Also known as:

      • Delayed Child Development
      • Child Development
      • Developmental delay
      • Slow development in children
      • Milestone delays

      ICD-10 Codes:

      • R620: Delayed milestone in childhood

      Does Dr. Feldman accept my insurance?

      Dr. Feldman accepts most major insurance plans. Important: Please call our office at (650) 497-8000 before your appointment to verify that your specific plan and network are accepted.

      What insurance plans does Dr. Feldman accept in Palo Alto, CA?

      Dr. Feldman in Palo Alto, CA accepts plans from many carriers. While this list is updated regularly, it is not a guarantee of coverage.

      Top Insurances

      • Blue Shield of California

      • Cigna Group

      • CVS Health (formerly Aetna)

      • Hill Physicians Medical Group

      • OptumRx Administered Payer

      • Other Health Care Provider

      • Santa Cruz County

      • State of California

      • UMR Administered Payer

      • UnitedHealth Group

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      Where is Dr. Feldman's office located?

      Dr. Heidi Feldman's Primary Practice

      725 Welch Rd

      Palo Alto, CA 94304

      (650) 497-8000

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      What hospitals are Dr. Feldman affiliated with?

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      Castle Connolly Top Hospital

      This doctor is affiliated with a Castle Connolly Top Hospital.

      Dr. Feldman has admitting privileges at the following hospitals:

      Stanford Medicine Children’s Health,Palo Alto, CA

      Recognitions

      Publications

      • Redesigning Health Care for Children with Disabilities: Strengthening Inclusion, Contribution

      • Clinical practice. Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder in children and adolescents., 2014

      • Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders: the solution or the problem?, 2014

      • Case series: fractiol anisotropy along the trajectory of selected white matter tracts in, 2013

      • Attention and Interlizing Behaviors in Relation to White Matter in Children Born Preterm, 2013

      • Hospitalizations of Children with Autism Increased from 1999-2009., 2013

      • Neural plasticity after pre-linguistic injury to the arcuate and superior longitudil fasciculi, 2013

      • Effects of early language, speech, and cognition on later reading: a mediation alysis., 2013

      • Language and reading skills in school, 2012

      • Tract Profiles of White Matter Properties: Automating Fiber-Tract Quantification, 2012

      • White matter microstructure on diffusion tensor imaging is, 2012

      • Oculomotor Assessments of Executive Function in Preterm Children, 2012

      • Research Priorities for Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics: A DBPNet Consensus Study, 2012

      • Missed Opportunities in the Referral of High-Risk Infants to Early Intervention, 2012

      • Differences in neural activation between preterm, 2012

      • Executive function skills are associated with reading, 2012

      • The Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics Research Network (DBPNet), 2012

      • Myofascial structural integraton, 2012

      • ADHD: Clinical Practice Guideline for the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Treatment of Attention-Deficit, 2011

      • Behavior problems of 9-16 year old preterm children: Biological, sociodemographic, 2011

      • Specific language and reading skills in school, 2011

      • Magement of Symptoms in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2011

      • Individual differences in auditory sentence comprehension in children, 2010

      • Reading performance correlates with white-matter properties in preterm and term children, 2010

      • Diffusion Tensor Imaging: A Review for Pediatric Researchers and Clinicians, 2010

      • Delayed Recognition of Profound Hearing Loss in a 7-Year-Old Girl With a Neurological Condition, 2010

      • Delayed Recognition of Profound Hearing Loss in a 7-Year-Old Girl With a Neurological Condition, 2009

      • Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging, 2009

      • Oculomotor Performance Identifies Underlying Cognitive Deficits in Attention-Deficit, 2009

      • Otitis Media with Effusion and Child Development: Rethinking magement., 2009

      • Functiol characteristics of children diagnosed with Childhood Apraxia of Speech, 2009

      • Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics

      • Early Histories of School-Aged Children With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, 2008

      • Academic and educatiol outcomes of children with ADHD, 2007

      • Using the language characteristics of clinical populations to underst, 2007

      • Tympanostomy tubes and developmental outcomes at 9 to 11 years of age, 2007

      • The Parent?s Guide to Speech and Language Problems

      • Academic and educatiol outcomes of children with ADHD, 2007

      • Commentary on Hooper et al, 2006

      • Reliability in assigning ICF codes to children with special health care needs using a, 2005

      • Developmental outcomes after early or delayed insertion of tympanostomy tubes, 2005

      • Concurrent and predictive validity of parent reports of child language at ages 2 and 3 years, 2005

      • Treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: Overview of the evidence, 2005

      • Evaluation and magement of language and speech disorders in preschool children, 2005

      • Language learning with an injured brain, 2005

      • Inter-rater reliability in assigning ICF codes to children with disabilities, 2004

      • Phonological memory and vocabulary learning in children with focal lesions, 2003

      • Early versus delayed insertion of tympanostomy tubes for persistent otitis media, 2003

      • Parent-reported language skills in relation to otitis media during the first 3 years of life, 2003

      • Risk factors for speech delay of unknown origin in 3-year-old children, 2003

      • Sentence processing in children with early unilateral brain injury, 2002

      • Effect of early or delayed insertion of tympanostomy tubes, 2001

      • Expressive language delay in a toddler, 2001

      • Prevalence and assessment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder in primary care settings, 2001

      • Language, speech sound production, 2000

      • Measurement properties of the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventories at ages one, 2000

      • Online measures of basic language skills in children with early focal brain lesions, 2000

      • The pediatrician and childhood bereavement, 2000

      • Developmental and lesion effects, 2000

      • Materl education and measures of early speech and language, 1999

      • Parental stress and parent, 1999

      • American Academy of Pediatrics. Committee on Psychosocial Aspects of Child, 1999

      • Parent-reported language and communication skills at one and two years of age in relation to otitis, 1999

      • Efficacy of methylphenidate among preschool children with developmental disabilities and ADHD, 1999

      • A fork in the road: Decision time for behavioral pediatrics, 1999

      • ltrexone and communication skills in young children with autism, 1999

      • Functiol organization of activation patterns in children, 1999

      • Physician-family partnerships: The adaptive practice model, 1999

      • How pediatricians can respond to the psychosocial implications of disasters, 1999

      • A playroom observation procedure to assess children with mental retardation and ADHD, 1998

      • Guidance for effective discipline, 1998

      • Teaching pediatric residents about early intervention and special education, 1997

      • ltrexone in young autistic children: Replication study and learning measures, 1997

      • The pretal visit, 1996

      • METHYLPHENIDATE IN CHILDREN WITH MENTAL-RETARDATION AND ADHD, 1995

      • LTREXONE IN YOUNG AUTISTIC-CHILDREN - A DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED CROSSOVER STUDY, 1995

      • PARENT AND PROFESSIOL PERCEPTIONS ABOUT STRESS AND COPING STRATEGIES DURING A CHILDS LENGTHY, 1995

      • PREDICTION OF RESPONSE TO METHYLPHENIDATE AMONG CHILDREN WITH ADHD AND MENTAL-RETARDATION, 1994

      • LANGUAGE ABILITIES FOLLOWING PREMATURITY, PERIVENTRICULAR BRAIN INJURY, AND CEREBRAL-PALSY, 1994

      • CLASSROOM-BEHAVIOR AND CHILDREN WITH MENTAL, 1994

      • DEVELOPMENTAL-CHANGES IN RRATIVE AND NON, 1994

      • DEVELOPMENTAL NEEDS OF INFANTS AND TODDLERS WHO REQUIRE LENGTHY HOSPITALIZATION, 1993

      • EARLY LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATIVE ABILITIES OF CHILDREN WITH PERIVENTRICULAR LEUKOMALACIA, 1992

      • THERE CAR - UNGRAMMATICAL PARENTESE, 1992

      • EFFECTS AND NONEFFECTS OF METHYLPHENIDATE IN CHILDREN WITH MENTAL-RETARDATION AND ADHD, 1992

      • A FLUENT LANGUAGE DISORDER FOLLOWING ANTEPARTUM LEFT-HEMISPHERE BRAIN INJURY, 1992

      • LANGUAGE-DEVELOPMENT AFTER UNILATERAL BRAIN INJURY, 1992

      • Organizing early intervention services in a hospital setting, 1992

      • 10 YEARS OF EXTRACORPOREAL MEMBRANE-OXYGETION - NEURODEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOME, 1991

      • ADVERSE SIDE-EFFECTS OF METHYLPHENIDATE AMONG MENTALLY-RETARDED CHILDREN WITH ADHD, 1991

      • NEURODEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOME OF CHILDREN WITH EVIDENCE OF PERIVENTRICULAR LEUKOMALACIA ON LATE MRI, 1990

      • METHYLPHENIDATE IN CHILDREN WITH SEIZURES AND ATTENTION-DEFICIT DISORDER, 1989

      • LEXICAL LEARNING AND LANGUAGE ABILITIES IN PRESCHOOLERS WITH PERITAL BRAIN-DAMAGE, 1989

      • Language abilities after left hemisphere brain injury: A case study of twins, 1989

      • ACADEMIC-ACHIEVEMENT IN CHILDREN 10 TO 12 YEARS AFTER HEMOPHILUS-INFLUENZAE MENINGITIS, 1988

      • ESTIMATING PERSOL PERFORMANCE - A PROBLEM FOR CHILDREN WITH SCHOOL DYSFUNCTION, 1986

      • Scrutinizing mental health and me., 1978

      • HUMAN ERYTHROCYTE TRANSGLUTAMISE PURIFICATION AND PROPERTIES, 1978

      • The development of language like communication without a language models, 1977

      • The creation of a communication system: A study of deaf children of hearing parents, 1975

      What is Dr. Feldman's NPI number?A National Provider Identifier (NPI) is a unique ID number that identifies doctors and healthcare providers nationwide.

      Dr. Feldman's National Provider Identifier (NPI) number is 1255304432.

      What common questions do patients ask about Dr. Feldman?

      Here are answers to patients Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ’s) about Dr. Feldman

      What is Dr. Heidi Feldman's specialty?

      What does a Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician do?

      A developmental-behavioral specialist is a pediatrician with advanced training and experience focused on promoting the optimal development of children and families through research, education, clinical care, and advocacy. This physician plays a key role in preventing, diagnosing, and managing developmental challenges and problematic behaviors in children, as well as addressing family dysfunctions that may hinder children's development.

      Is Dr. Heidi Feldman affiliated with a ranked Castle Connolly Top Hospital?

      Yes, Dr. Feldman is affiliated with Stanford Health Care - Stanford Hospital which is a Castle Connolly Top Hospital. Castle Connolly Top Hospitals are healthcare institutions recognized for their excellence in specific medical procedures and overall patient care. They are identified through a rigorous peer nomination process, evaluating factors like patient outcomes, quality of care, and expertise. The list recognizes hospitals that excel in 20 or more specific medical procedures, representing the top 25% nationwide. Castle Connolly Top Hospitals

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      Is Dr. Heidi Feldman accepting new patients in Palo Alto, CA?

      Yes, Dr. Heidi Feldman is accepting new patients at this time.

      Does Dr. Heidi Feldman offer online booking?

      Please contact Dr. Feldman's office at (650) 497-8000 for information about online booking, telehealth, or to schedule an appointment.

      How can I make an appointment with Dr. Heidi Feldman?

      Please contact Dr. Feldman's office at (650) 497-8000 to schedule an appointment.

      Where is Dr. Feldman's office located?

      Dr. Feldman's office is located in Palo Alto, CA.

      Which board certifications does Dr. Heidi Feldman have?

      Dr. Heidi Feldman is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics.