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David Rapoport,
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Dr. Rapoport is the Director of the NYU Sleep Disorders Center and an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. He is board certified in Pulmonary Medicine and Sleep Medicine. Dr. Rapoport is the Program Director of the ACGME accredited NYU Sleep Fellowship program and coordinates the Research Program at the Sleep Center. Dr. Rapoport has a longstanding interest in the physiology of sleep disordered breathing (sleep apnea and snoring). He was one of the early users and developers of nasal CPAP as a treatment for sleep apnea. He holds multiple US and European patents for improvements on nasal CPAP. He is the principal investigator of the NYU site of an NIH sponsored multicenter epidemiologic study on Sleep Disordered Breathing and Cardiovascular Disease, and is involved in multiple industry sponsored clinical trials. He is a frequent speaker at both local and national scientific meetings. |
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Joyce Walsleben, PhD, FAASM
Dr. Walsleben is a Research Associate Professor of Medicine and Fellowof the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. She specializes in neurologic disorders such as narcolepsy and REM related disorders as well as insomnia. Dr. Walsleben coordinates the Insomnia Program at the Sleep Center. Dr. Walsleben is internationally recognized for her work and has authored and co-authored many journal articles and abstracts on narcolepsy, sleep apnea and sleep disorders in general, including articles in journals such as Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, Chest and Sleep. She has authored four book chapters and served as co-editor of the "Time Life Medical series on Insomnia", a self teaching video series. She is a co-author of "A WOMAN'S GUIDE TO SLEEP" published by Crown books in October 2000. |
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Omar Bursctin, MD, FCCP, FAASM
Doctor Burschtin is Board Certified by the American Board of Sleep Medicine. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. He is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Doctor Burschtin's clinical experience includes all areas of sleep disorders, from childhood to adolescence and adulthood to geriatric sleep disorders. He is a Faculty Member of the New York University School of Medicine as an Assistant Professor of Medicine. He also provides sleep consultation services at The NYU Langone Medical Center: Tisch Hospital and The Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine. Doctor Burschtin is dedicated full time to the challenging field of sleep disorders and the consequences of sleep deprivation, sleep fragmentation, and to the improvement of daytime performance and quality of life. During the last few years he has been involved in the interactions between sleep disorders with alcohol and drug abuse. |
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Indu Ayappa, PhD
Dr. Ayappa is an Assistant Professor in Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Her research interests are in developing new techniques for the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disordered breathing, physiology of the upper airway and investigating the relationship between sleep disordered breathing and daytime function. She is Principal investigator on NIH and industry sponsored research grants. |
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Marta Maczaj, MD, FAASM
Dr Maczaj is Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine and Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, SUNY at Stony Brook, NY. She is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and a Fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Her research interests are in understanding the association of ADD/ADHD and untreated sleep disorders (specifically Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Period Limb Movement Disorder of Sleep) in children and adults and investigating the relationships between sleep and cognition. She co-ordinates the NYU Sleep Medicine Fellowship Lecture Series covering the core curriculum for the fellowship program. |
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Dennis Hwang, MD, FCCP
Dr. Hwang is an Instructor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine in the specialties of Pulmonary, Critical Care Medicine, and Sleep Medicine. His special research interests include sleep apnea physiology, investigating alternative treatments for sleep apnea, and developing techniques to evaluate disruptions in sleep. Dr. Hwang coordinates the Sleep Medicine Grand Rounds at the sleep center. |
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