Jennifer Heidmann, MD, FACP is a board-certified internist and physician leader whose career has been defined by steadfast service, clinical breadth, and a deep commitment to caring for people across the full arc of life. For more than two decades, she has practiced medicine in rural Northern California, bringing together expertise in internal medicine, hospice, hospital medicine, and interdisciplinary elder care. She serves as Chief Medical Officer of Redwood Coast PACE, a program of the Humboldt Senior Resource Center, and as Medical Director of Adult Day Health.

Joining Redwood Coast PACE before its 2014 opening, Dr. Heidmann helped build what remains California’s only rural PACE program into a vital model of community-based care. By 2024, the program had grown from just two original participants to more than 300, with centers in Eureka, Fortuna, and Arcata. Her leadership has helped shape a system that allows older adults with complex needs to remain in the place that matters most to them: home, community, and the familiar landscape of their lives. In this work, she has brought not only clinical rigor, but also a steady belief that aging should be met with dignity, coordination, and compassion.

Since 2002, Dr. Heidmann has practiced internal medicine in Humboldt County across both outpatient and inpatient settings. Her prior roles have included work with Hospice of Humboldt and service as Medical Director of the hospitalist program at St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka. Alongside her clinical leadership, she has been a tireless advocate for improving access to care for older adults in rural communities and an equally tireless mentor to those who will shape the future of medicine. She has devoted herself to educating young physicians, guiding premedical students, and strengthening local pathways into the profession. As leader of the Humboldt Del-Norte premedical education task force, she supports students from elementary and middle school through high school, community college, and university, helping nurture the long journey from early aspiration to medical school and, ultimately, to service.

Dr. Heidmann earned a Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance from the University of Wisconsin–Madison before completing her medical degree at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, her residency in internal medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and fellowship in Contemplative Medicine through the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care. She is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians.

A committed leader in organized medicine, Dr. Heidmann currently serves as Secretary/Treasurer of the Executive Board of the Humboldt-Del Norte Medical Society. As a member of the Board of Directors of the Emundi Foundation, she brings rare and deeply relevant strengths in rural medicine, elder care, physician formation, and community-rooted educational leadership. Her career reflects a vision of medicine that is rigorous and humane, rooted in place, and dedicated not only to healing patients, but to preparing the next generation to do the same.

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