MOHEINZ, MD
About Dr. Heinzelmann-Weisbaum
After personal experience with both neurologic and orthopedic injuries as a collegiate athlete at Davidson College, Dr. H-W was inspired to become a physician to care for athletes, exercisers, and any individuals motivated to improve their health, function, and quality of life. After college, she spent two years performing research at the National Institutes of Health on traumatic brain injury in athletes and military personnel, before obtaining her MD at George Washington University. She then completed her Neurology residency at UT Southwestern, where she served as Chief Resident. Lastly, she completed a Sports Neurology and Pain Medicine fellowship at the prestigious Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute, where she gained invaluable experience treating neurologic injuries and pain in youth, collegiate, and professional athletes in the clinic and on the sidelines. Her passion for her work has been highlighted through speaking engagements, interviews, written pieces, podcast episodes, and an appearance in the FIGS x Team USA media campaign for Olympics 2024.
Outside of her practice, she conducts and publishes research, provides ringside neurologic coverage for combat sports, and serves as a member of the Emory School of Medicine Anti-Racism Committee. She’s also an active member of the American Academy of Neurology (Sports Neurology and Spine Sections), Association of Ringside Physicians, American Medical Society for Sports Medicine, and International Pain & Spine Intervention Society. When she’s not working, she enjoys spending time with her family, working out, traveling, attending sports events, and expanding her FIGS scrubs and Nike sneakers collections.
Education & Training
2022-2023
Fellowship
Sports Neurology and Pain Medicine
Cedars-Sinai Kerlan Jobe (Los Angeles, CA)
2018-2022
Residency (Chief Resident)
Neurology
UT Southwestern (Dallas, TX)
2014-2018
Medical School
MD, Emergency Management Track
George Washington University (Washington, DC)
2008-2012
Undergraduate
BS, Neuroscience
Davidson College (Davidson, NC)
Publications
Heinzelmann, M., Stokes, M., Miller, S.M., Bunt, S.C., Hynan, L.S., Didehbani, N., & Collum, C.M. Impact of Playing Surface on Concussion Symptoms in Young American Football Players. Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine. 2023, Dec; online ahead of print. PMID: 38133559.
Jacobi, J., Wasserman, E.B., Mack, C.D., Heinzelmann, M., Cardenas, J., Rehberg, R., Solomon, G., Sills, A., & Vargas, B. The National Football League Concussion Protocol: A Review. HSS Journal: The Musculoskeletal Journal of Hospital for Special Surgery. 2023, Aug; 19(3): 1-8. PMID: 37435134.
Heinzelmann, M., Woods, C., Vargas, B.B., & Stokes, M. Posttraumatic headache. Seminars in Neurology. 2022, Aug; 42(4): 428-440. PMID: 36041477.
Bunt, S., Didehbani, N., LoBue, C., Stokes, M., Heinzelmann, M., Rossetti, H., Miller, S., Nakonezny, P, Bell, K., Batjer, H., & Collum, M. Sex differences in reporting concussion symptoms in adults. The Clinical Neuropsychologist. 2022, Aug; 36(6): 1290-1303. PMID: 33258703.
Heinzelmann, M. & Pan, E. Post-traumatic gliomas in adults: Review of the case reports and studies. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences. 2022, May; 50(3): 365-372. PMID: 35581937.
Valencia-Sanchez, C., Knight, A.M., Hammami, M.B., Guo, Y., Mills, J.R., Kryzer, T.J., Piquet, A.L., Amin, A., Heinzelmann, M., Lucchinetti, C.F., Lennon, V.A., McKeon, A., Pittock, S.J., & Dubey, D. Characterisation of TRIM46 autoantibody-associated paraneoplastic neurological syndrome. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry. 2021, Dec; 93(2): 196-200. PMID: 349211120.
Algaeed, M., Mukharesh, L., Heinzelmann, M., & Kaminski, H.J. Pearls & oy-sters: Pembrolizumab-induced myasthenia gravis. Neurology. 2018, Oct; 91(14): 1365-1367. PMID: 30275130.
Lejbman, N., Olivera, A., Heinzelmann, M., Feng, R., Yun, S., Kim, H.S., & Gill, J. Active duty service members who sustain a traumatic brain injury have chronically elevated peripheral concentrations of Aβ40 and lower ratios of Aβ42/40. Brain Injury. 2016, Nov; 30(12): 1436-1441. PMID: 27834544.
Heinzelmann, M., Lee, H., Rak, H., Livingston, W., Barr, T., Baxter, T., Scattergood-Keepper, L., Mysliwiec, V., & Gill, J. Sleep restoration is associated with reduced plasma C-reactive protein and depression symptoms in military personnel with sleep disturbance after deployment. Sleep Medicine. 2014, Dec; 15(12): 1565-1570. PMID: 25311836.
Heinzelmann, M., Reddy, S.Y., French, L.M., Wang, D., Lee, H., Barr, T., Baxter, T., Mysliwiec, V., & Gill, J. Military personnel with chronic symptoms following blast traumatic brain injury have differential expression of neuronal recovery and epidermal growth factor receptor genes. Frontiers in Neurology. 2014, Oct; 5(198): 1-9. PMID: 25346719.
Gill, J., Lee, H., Barr, T., Baxter, T., Heinzelmann, M., & Mysliwiec, V. Lower health related quality of life in U.S. military personnel is associated with service-related disorders and inflammation. Psychiatry Research. 2014, Apr; 216(1): 116-122. PMID: 24559851.
Brockie, T.N., Heinzelmann, M., & Gill, J. A framework to examine the role of epigenetics in health disparities among Native Americans. Nursing Research and Practice. 2013, Dec; 2013(410395): 1-9. PMID: 24386563.
Heinzelmann, M. & Gill, J. Epigenetic mechanisms shape the biological response to trauma and risk for PTSD: A critical review. Nursing Research and Practice. 2013, Apr; 2013(417010): 1-10. PMID: 23710355.
Presentations
“Position Statement: Young Fighter” – Association of Ringside Physicians Conference, September 2025
“Sport-Related Concussion in the Female Athlete” – Emory’s 7th Annual Women’s Sports and Wellness Conference, August 2025
"Spinal Motion Restriction and Cases" – Emory Sports Medicine Department Grand Rounds, August 2025
"Concussion on Grass Versus Turf: Is There a Difference?" – 18th Annual Emory Sports Medicine Symposium, May 2025
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“Sports Neurology” – American Medical Society for Sports Medicine National Fellow Online Lecture Series, March 2025
“Neurology Case Files from Spine Clinic: Myopathy Edition” – Emory Spine Department Grand Rounds, December 2024
“Concussion and the Female Athlete” – Emory’s 6th Annual Women’s Sports and Wellness Conference, August 2024
“Cervical Spine Injuries and Spine Boarding” – Emory Sports Medicine Department Grand Rounds, August 2024
“Position Statement of the Association of Ringside Physicians on the Younger Fighter” – Association of Ringside Physicians Conference, August 2024
“Cervical Cord Neurapraxia: ‘Concussion’ of the Spinal Cord” – 17th Annual Emory Sports Medicine Symposium, June 2024
Address
Non-Op Spine Clinic
21 Ortho Lane
Atlanta, GA 30329
Sports Neurology Clinic
1968 Hawks Lane
Atlanta, GA 30329
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Phone
(404) 778-3350
Fax
(404) 778-7117
