Heidi Riney, MD, D.ABIM

Board Certified Sleep Medicine Physician

Dr. Heidi Riney is a board certified Sleep Medicine Physician with additional expertise in neurophysiology. She is board certified in Sleep Medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine (D.ABIM), and in Neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (D.ABP&N). She completed her medical training at Wake Forest, neurology residency and neurophysiology fellowship at Emory University and sleep medicine fellowship at Fusion Sleep.

Dr. Riney received her undergraduate eduation in Psychology at Emory University. Her interest in neurobiology, as well as her research with chronic pain patients led her to study medicine. She earned her medical degree (MD) at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, NC in 1998. While at Wake Forest, she conducted research on the effects of cocaine and social interactions in group-housed macaques. She also continued working with underserved patient populations in community clinics. Dr. Riney completed her neurology residency at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. During her residency, Dr. Riney taught clinical neurology in the Emory University School of Medicine and mentored second year medical students. Her residency research focused on concentric-needle single-fiber electromyography for the diagnosis of myasthenia gravis.

After her neurology residency, Dr. Riney completed a clinical neurophysiology fellowship at Emory University. During her fellowship, Dr. Riney led weekly lectures with neurology residents on topics related to electromyography and electroencephalography.