Emil Heinze, MD

Dr. Heinze completed his BS in Chemistry at George Fox University and went on to complete his medical degree at Loma Linda University School of Medicine in 2001. He then completed his internal medicine residency and rheumatology fellowship at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center. Deeply interested in continuing to care for the underserved population and training rheumatology fellows, Dr. Heinze joined the rheumatology faculty at Olive View UCLA in 2007 and is currently the fellowship program director. Dr. Heinze’s research interests include the role of FoxP3 in T-regulatory cells, and designing novel educational modules for rheumatology fellowship curriculum. Dr. Heinze enjoys spending time with his wife and daughter exploring the Eastern Sierras backpacking and camping.