Astrid Heger
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of USC
Executive Director, Violence Intervention Program, Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center
Expertise
- child abuse and neglect
- evaluation and treatment of (child and adult) victims of domestic violence and sexual assault
- family violence
- adolescent violence
- violence intervention
- children in foster care
- sexual assault
Additional Information
- Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics
- Co-editor of Evaluation of the Sexually Abused Child (1992)
- Chair, Peer Review Committee, Southern California Medical Examiners
- Recipient of Crime Victim Service Award from U.S. Department of Justice (1997), Governor’s Award for Service to Victims of Crime (2001), Humanism in Medicine Award from the Healthcare Foundation of New Jersey (2000) and Kaiser Permanente Excellence in Teaching Award for the Clinical Sciences (2000)
- Listed in latest edition of The Best Doctors in America: Pacific Region
Languages
- Spanish
- French
- German
