Dr. Reid Heffner
Pathology And Anatomical Sciences
Professor and Chair
206 Farber Hall
Buffalo NY, 14214
Phone: (716) 829-2846
Fax: 716-829-2086
Email: rheffner@buffalo.edu

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OFFICE LOCATIONS

Buffalo General Hospital / Kaleida
100 High Street
Buffalo NY, 14203

Phone: 829-2846
Fax: 829-2086
Contact: Jackie Good
Email: rheffner@buffalo.edu
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Insurance Accepted
Aetna U.S. Healthcare
Blue Cross & Blue Shield of WNY Inc
Community Blue (HMO)
Empire
Independent Health Association (HMO)
North American Administrators
Nova
Univera Health Care (HMO)


DESCRIPTION OF INTERESTS

Pathogenesis of neuromuscular diseases including inflammatory myopathies.


SPECIALTIES

Anatomic Pathology
Neuropathology


PUBLICATIONS

Georgirene Vladutiu, Reid Heffner; Succinate dehydrogenase deficiency.; Arch Pathol Lab Med; 2000 Dec; 124(12); 1755-1758
Ravichandran TP, Bakshi R, Heffner RR, Gibbons KJ, Bates VE, Durante DJ, Kinkel WR; Aggressive giant pituitary adenoma presenting as a nasopharyngeal mass: magnetic resonance imaging and pathologic findings.; J Neurooncol; 1999 Jan; 41(1); 71-75
Tews DS, Goebel HH, Heffner RR, Reitter B, Vetter T, Kreitner KF; Hamartoma of the triceps surae muscle.; Acta Neuropathol (Berl); 1997 Jul; 94(1); 91-94
DelBalso AM, Herz P, Miller L, Hall RE, Heffner R; Ki- 1-positive anaplastic large cell lymphoma of the masticator space with intracranial extension.; AJNR Am J Neuroradiol; 1996 Aug; 17(7); 1388-1391
Heffner RR; Inflammatory myopathies. A review.; J Neuropathol Exp Neurol; 1993 Jul; 52(4); 339-350
Simmons EH, Graziano GP, Heffner R; Muscle disease as a cause of kyphotic deformity in ankylosing spondylitis.; Spine; 1991 Aug; 16(8 Sup); 351-360
Warner CL, Fayad PB, Heffner RR; Legionella myositis.; Neurology; 1991 May; 41(5); 750-752
Isaacson G, Chan KH, Heffner RR; Focal myositis. A new cause for the pediatric neck mass.; Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg; 1991 Jan; 117(1); 103-105
Arabadjis PG, Heffner RR, Pendergast DR; Morphologic and functional alterations in aging rat muscle.; J Neuropathol Exp Neurol; 1990 Nov; 49(6); 600-609
Moreland DB, Glasauer FE, Egnatchik JG, Heffner RR, Alker GJ; Focal cortical dysplasia. Case report.; J Neurosurg; 1988 Mar; 68(3); 487-490
Szollar SM, Czyrny JJ, Heffner RR; Neurologic complications of thyrotoxicosis: case report.; Arch Phys Med Rehabil; 1988 Jan; 69(1); 41-43
Chutkow JG, Hyser CL, Edwards JA, Heffner RR, Czyrny JJ; Monozygotic female twin carriers discordant for the clinical manifestations of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.; Neurology; 1987 Jul; 37(7); 1147-1151
Taheri SA, Heffner R, Budd T, Pollack LH; Five years' experience with vein valve transplant.; World J Surg; 1986 Dec; 10(6); 935-937
Chutkow JG, Heffner RR, Kramer AA, Edwards JA; Adult-onset autosomal dominant limb-girdle muscular dystrophy.; Ann Neurol; 1986 Aug; 20(2); 240-248
Cohen ME, Duffner PK, Heffner RR, Lacey DJ, Brecher M; Prognostic factors in brainstem gliomas.; Neurology; 1986 May; 36(5); 602-605
Kinkel WR, Jacobs L, Polachini I, Bates V, Heffner RR; Subcortical arteriosclerotic encephalopathy (Binswanger's disease). Computed tomographic, nuclear magnetic resonance, and clinical correlations.; Arch Neurol; 1985 Oct; 42(10); 951-959
Gibbs CJ, Joy A, Heffner R, Franko M, Miyazaki M, Asher DM, Parisi JE, Brown PW, Gajdusek DC; Clinical and pathological features and laboratory confirmation of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in a recipient of pituitary-derived human growth hormone.; N Engl J Med; 1985 Sep; 313(12); 734-738
Jacobs L, Heffner RR, Newman RP; Selective paralysis of downward gaze caused by bilateral lesions of the mesencephalic periaqueductal gray matter.; Neurology; 1985 Apr; 35(4); 516-521
Taheri SA, Heffner R, Williams J, Lazar L, Elias S; Muscle changes in venous insufficiency.; Arch Surg; 1984 Aug; 119(8); 929-931
Hudecki MS, Pollina CM, Heffner RR; In vivo effects of three calcium blockers on chickens with inherited muscular dystrophy.; Exp Neurol; 1984 Jun; 84(3); 512-523
Heffner RR; Muscle biopsy in the diagnosis of neuromuscular disease.; Semin Diagn Pathol; 1984 May; 1(2); 114-151
Barron SA, Heffner RR; Abnormal spontaneous electrical activity and gross enlargement of muscle.; Arch Neurol; 1983 Aug; 40(8); 515-518
Hudecki MS, Pollina CM, Heffner RR; Limited benefit to genetically dystrophic chickens from a synthetic proteinase inhibitor: Ep475.; J Neurol Sci; 1983 Jul; 60(1); 55-66
Taheri SA, Lazar L, Elias S, Marchand P, Heffner R; Surgical treatment of postphlebitic syndrome with vein valve transplant.; Am J Surg; 1982 Aug; 144(2); 221-224
Butler SR, Glass A, Heffner R; Asymmetries of the contingent negative variation (CNV) and its after positive wave (APW) related to differential hemispheric involvement in verbal and non-verbal tasks.; Biol Psychol; 1981 Dec; 13; 157-171
Jacobs L, Bozian D, Heffner RR, Barron SA; An eye movement disorder in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.; Neurology; 1981 Oct; 31(10); 1282-1287
Duffner PK, Cohen ME, Heffner RR, Freeman AI; Primitive neuroectodermal tumors of childhood. An approach to therapy.; J Neurosurg; 1981 Sep; 55(3); 376-381
Hudecki MS, Pollina CM, Heffner RR, Bhargava AK; Enhanced functional ability in drug-treated dystrophic chickens: trial results with indomethacin, diphenylhydantoin, and prednisolone.; Exp Neurol; 1981 Jul; 73(1); 173-185
Heffner RR, Barron SA; Polymyositis beginning as a focal process.; Arch Neurol; 1981 Jul; 38(7); 439-442
Hudecki MS, Pollina CM, Heffner RR; In vivo effects of protease inhibitors on chickens with hereditary muscular dystrophy.; J Clin Invest; 1981 Apr; 67(4); 969-974
Heffner RR, Barron SA; Denervating changes in focal myositis, a benign inflammatory pseudotumor.; Arch Pathol Lab Med; 1980 May; 104(5); 261-264
Heffner R, Heffner H; Hearing in the elephant (Elephas maximus).; Science; 1980 May; 208(4443); 518-520
Barron SA, Heffner RR, Zwirecki R; A familial mitochondrial myopathy with central defect in neural transmission.; Arch Neurol; 1979 Sep; 36(9); 553-556
Barron SA, Heffner RR; Continuous muscle fiber activity: a case with unusual clinical features.; Arch Neurol; 1979 Aug; 36(8); 520-521
Heffner RR, Barron SA, Jenis EH, Valeski JE; Skeletal muscle in polymyositis. Immunohistochemical study.; Arch Pathol Lab Med; 1979 Jun; 103(6); 310-313
Heffner RR, Barron SA; The early effects of ischemia upon skeletal muscle mitochondria.; J Neurol Sci; 1978 Oct; 38(3); 295-315
Barron SA, Heffner RR; Weakness in malignancy: evidence for a remote effect of tumor on distal axons.; Ann Neurol; 1978 Sep; 4(3); 268-274
Cohen ME, Duffner PK, Heffner R; Central core disease in one of identical twins.; J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry; 1978 Jul; 41(7); 659-663
Barron SA, Heffner RR; Immune complexes in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.; Lancet; 1978 May; 1(8072); 1040-1040
DiGiacomo RF, Heffner RR, Sulima MP, Gibbs CJ, Gajdusek DC, Lemmon WB; Capillary telangiectasis of the brain in chimpanzee.; J Pathol; 1977 Oct; 123(2); 93-95
Heffner RR, Armbrustmacher VW, Earle KM; Focal myositis.; Cancer; 1977 Jul; 40(1); 301-306
Jacobs L, Kinkel WR, Heffner RR; Autopsy correlations of computerized tomography: experience with 6,000 CT scans.; Neurology; 1976 Dec; 26(12); 1111-1118
Heffner RR, Porro RS, Olson ME, Earle KM; A demyelinating disorder associated with cerebrovascular amyloid angiopathy.; Arch Neurol; 1976 Jul; 33(7); 501-506
Heffner R, Cohen M, Duffner P, Daigler G; Multicore disease in twins.; J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry; 1976 Jun; 39(6); 602-606
Schall GL, Heffner RR, Handmaker H; Brain scanning in oligodendrogliomas: a detailed neuropathology-scan correlation of 34 histologically verified cases.; Radiology; 1975 Aug; 116(02); 367-372
Henry JM, Heffner RR, Dillard SH, Earle KM, Davis RL; Primary malignant lymphomas of the central nervous system.; Cancer; 1974 Oct; 34(4); 1293-1302
Heffner RR, Porro RS, Deck MD; Benign astrocytoma associated with arteriovenous malformation. Case report.; J Neurosurg; 1971 Aug; 35(2); 229-233
Heffner RR; Myopathy of embolic origin in patients with carcinoma.; Neurology; 1971 Aug; 21(8); 840-846
Heffner RR; Syndrome of absent abdominal muscles: two cases with microcephaly, polymicrogyria, and cerebellar malformations.; J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry; 1970 Dec; 33(6); 844-850
Koehl RH, Solitare GB, Heffner RR; Lipomatous hamartoma involving the midbrain and cerebellum of a mentally retarded man.; J Ment Defic Res; 1970 Sep; 14(3); 227-234
Heffner RR, Koehl RH; Hemopoiesis in the spinal epidural space; case report.; J Neurosurg; 1970 Apr; 32(4); 485-490
Heffner RR, Solitare GB; Hereditary haemorrhagic telangiectasia: neuropathological observations.; J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry; 1969 Dec; 32(6); 604-608
Heffner RR; Hydromyelia in Von Recklinghausen's disease with neurofibrosarcoma.; Conn Med; 1969 May; 33(5); 311-313
Hudecki MS, Pollina CM, Bhargava AK, Hudecki RS, Heffner RR; Delayed functional disability in dystrophic chickens receiving chemotherapy.; Muscle Nerve; 2(1); 57-67
Heffner RR; Electron microscopy of disorders of skeletal muscle.; Ann Clin Lab Sci; 5(5); 338-347
Taheri SA, Elias SM, Yacobucci GN, Heffner R, Lazar L; Indications and results of vein valve transplant.; J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino); 27(2); 163-168
Strong M, Hruska J, Czyrny J, Heffner R, Brody A, Wong-Chung J; Nerve palsy during femoral lengthening: MRI, electrical, and histologic findings in the central and peripheral nervous systems--a canine model.; J Pediatr Orthop; 14(3); 347-351
Hudecki MS, Pollina CM, Heffner RR; Parenteral branched-chain amino acid treatment and avian dystrophy.; Muscle Nerve; 5(6); 447-457
Taheri SA, Heffner R, Meenaghan MA, Budd T, Pollack LH; Vein valve transplant. Indications and results.; Int Angiol; 4(4); 425-428



 
Dr. Reid Heffner
Dr. Reid Heffner