Dr. Heaney is a Fulbright scholar and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (UK), and member of several professional organizations, including the Endocrine Society, the Pituitary Society and the Society of Endocrinology. He has written numerous articles for such peer-reviewed publications as Nature Medicine, Journal of Clinical Investigation, and Lancet and his primary area of research interest involve the pathogenesis of pituitary tumors and exploiting novel molecular targets to develop innovative treatments for pituitary, and other neuroendocrine tumors.