Dr. Heidi Wierman, MD
Not yet claimedGeriatrician, Internal medicine doctor · Physician (MD)
Portland, ME
Dr. Heidi Wierman is a geriatrician at Maine Medical Center in Portland who works with older adults and their families on memory loss and other aging-related concerns. She leads geriatrics for MaineHealth and teaches at Tufts University School of Medicine.
About Dr. Heidi Wierman, MD
Updated Sep 20, 2026 · next review Dec 19, 2026Dr. Heidi R. Wierman, MD, FACP is a geriatrician and internal medicine doctor in Portland, Maine. She sees patients at the outpatient Geriatrics Center at Maine Medical Center, where she works with individuals and families as part of an inter-professional team on memory loss and other issues related to aging (mainehealth.org).
She has practiced at MaineHealth Maine Medical Center in Portland since 2002 and holds several leadership roles: Division Director of Geriatrics, Medical Director for Healthy Aging at MaineHealth, and director of the Geriatrics Fellowship Program. She also holds a faculty appointment at Tufts University School of Medicine (mainehealth.org, jtgfoundation.org).
She went to medical school at Oregon Health Sciences University, did her internal medicine residency at Maine Medical Center, and completed a geriatric medicine fellowship at Monroe Community Hospital, University of Rochester. She is board certified in internal medicine and geriatric medicine (mainehealth.org).
Her published work focuses on preventing delirium in hospitalized older adults and on helping hospital patients stay mobile, including studies tied to the Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP). In the CMS Open Payments database for 2021-2025, she has $0 in reported industry payments across 0 records; such payments are common and legal, and she has none reported.
- Board certifications
- Board certified in internal medicine and geriatric medicine. mainehealth.org
- Geriatrics division director
- Serves as Division Director of Geriatrics and Medical Director for Healthy Aging at MaineHealth, overseeing care of older adults across settings including nursing homes and assisted living. jtgfoundation.org
- Memory loss and aging clinic
- Her clinical focus is at the outpatient Geriatrics Center at Maine Medical Center, working with patients and families as part of an inter-professional team on memory loss and other aging issues. mainehealth.org
- Teaches and directs fellowship
- Directs the MaineHealth Geriatrics Fellowship Program and holds a faculty appointment in medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine. jtgfoundation.org
- Research on hospital delirium
- Co-authored 'No Shortcuts for Delirium Prevention' in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2010) with Sharon K. Inouye and Fred H. Rubin. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
- Hospital mobility research
- Co-authored studies on keeping hospitalized older adults moving, including a multi-site study of the Hospital Elder Life Program (2019) and 'Mobility Action Group' in JAGS (2020). health.usnews.com
- National and local board service
- Serves on the Hospital Elder Life Program National Board of Directors and the Home Health Visiting Nurses board, and is listed on the Maine Medical Center local board. jtgfoundation.org
- Professional society memberships
- Member of the American Geriatrics Society, the American College of Physicians, and the Association of Directors of Geriatric Academic Programs. jtgfoundation.org
- No industry payments reported
- CMS Open Payments shows $0 in industry payments across 0 records for 2021-2025. openpaymentsdata.cms.gov
- Hospital affiliations
- Affiliated with Maine Medical Center and Mid Coast Hospital. healthgrades.com
Worth knowing
- Commercial directory profiles on Vitals and WebMD state she completed her residency at Temple University Health System, which conflicts with MaineHealth's and Doximity's listings showing an internal medicine residency at Maine Medical Center (1996-1999). The institutional page is generally the more reliable source, but the discrepancy was not resolved. vitals.com
- Her academic rank is listed differently across sources: a foundation page lists her as Assistant Professor of Medicine at Tufts since 2009, while a Maine DHHS page lists her as Associate Professor. No source confirming the timing of a change was found. maine.gov
Industry payments (CMS Open Payments)
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No general payments reported for this NPI from 2021 through 2025.
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Practice location
Maine Medical Center Geriatrics Center
22 Bramhall St.
Portland, ME 04102
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