She holds a B.S. in Human Biology, Health and Society from her undergraduate Cornell University. As an undergraduate student, she was a competitive NCAA Division 1 Cross Country and Indoor/Outdoor Track athlete, achieving National All-Academic Teams for outstanding performance didactically and athletically. Dr. Heidt then attended the University of Pennsylvania as a Dean's Scholar, where she received her dental degree with honors in radiology. She completed a general practice residency at Hackensack University Medical Center, which has been consistently rated New Jersey's #1 hospital by U.S. News & World Report.