Faculty
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Ronald
D. Chervin, M.D., M.S.
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Michael S. Aldrich Collegiate Professor of Sleep Medicine, Professor of Neurology, and Director, Sleep Disorders Center. Dr. Chervin completed his medical degree at Stanford University, and a master's degree in clinical research at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. He completed a residency in neurology at Cornell University in New York City, and a fellowship in sleep medicine at Stanford University. Dr. Chervin's clinical and research interests focus on both adults and children. He has contributed to research on a wide range of subjects in sleep medicine, including obstructive sleep apnea, upper airway resistance syndrome, sleep laboratory methods, sleepiness, insomnia, cognitive and behavioral consequences of sleep disorders, periodic leg movements during sleep, and REM sleep behavior disorder.
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Todd Arnedt, Ph.D. - Assistant
Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology.
Dr. Arnedt obtained his Ph.D. in Clinical
Psychology from Queen’s University
in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. He went
on to complete a 1-year clinical internship
in Behavioral Medicine and a 2-year
postdoctoral fellowship in sleep research
at Brown University. Dr. Arnedt is
certified in Behavioral Sleep Medicine
by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine
and is the director of the Insomnia
and Behavioral Sleep Medicine Program.
His research interests include sleep
loss in occupational settings, sleep
and alcohol interactions, and cognitive
behavioral treatments for sleep disorders.
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Flavia
B. Consens, M.D. - Associate Professor in the
Department of Neurology, Associate Director
of the Sleep Disorders Center and Director of the
Sleep Fellowship Program. She
supervises polysomnography reading sessions,
participates in sleep disorders clinics,
conducts clinical trials, and pursues
several lines of research. Specific interests
include REM sleep behavior disorder,
sleep in women, sleep in the critically
ill, education in sleep medicine, restless
legs syndrome and narcolepsy. |
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Alan
S. Eiser, Ph.D. - Psychologist with a practice in
psychoanalytically-oriented psychotherapy as well as a specialization
in sleep disorders. He has been involved in research on sleep in
psychiatric patients, and his present emphases are on dreaming and
psychological aspects of sleep disorders. Representative of his
current work are a commentary he co-authored with Howard Shevrin,
Ph.D., "Continued Vitality of the Freudian Theory of Dreaming",
which appeared in the December 2000 issue of the journal Behavioral
and Brain Sciences, and a presentation entitled "Thinking Psychologically
about Patients with Sleep Disorders", which focuses on a published
case of 'Homicidal Somnambulism' and has been given in a variety
of settings. Dr. Eiser's current efforts in the Sleep Disorders
Center include supervising fellows in reading polysomnograms, giving
presentations on sleep in psychiatric disorders, insomnia, and dreams,
and consulting on selected sleep-disordered patients with complex
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Susan
L. Garetz M.D., M.S. - Assistant Professor
in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. She
leads the otolaryngology component of the multidisciplinary Alternatives
to CPAP Program. Specific clinical research interests include the
surgical treatment of snoring and sleep apnea including measurement
of general efficacy and cost-effectiveness. Dr. Garetz offers, to
carefully screened and appropriate patients, several procedures
designed to address sleep apnea or snoring. These procedures include
uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP), in which the uvula and edge of
the soft palate are surgically removed. Snoring is sometimes addressed
with outpatient laser-assisted uvulopalatoplasty (LAUP) or a variety
of procedures to stiffen the palate. Other possible surgical procedures
include turbinate reduction and correction of a deviated septum
for nasal obstruction. |
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Sid
Gilman M.D., FRCP - William
J. Herdman Professor of Neurology
and former chair of the Department
of Neurology. He is also Director
of the Michigan Alzheimer's Disease
Research Center, which is supported
by the National Institute on
Aging, a branch of the National
Institutes of Health. His areas
of interest and expertise include
the ataxias, multiple system
atrophy, Parkinson's disease and
parkinsonian syndromes, and Alzheimer's
disease. Supported by grants from
the National Institutes of Health,
Dr. Sid Gilman is investigating
the pathophysiological basis
for the sleep disorders in several
neurological diseases, including
Parkinson's disease, multiple
system atrophy, dementia with
Lewy bodies, the sporadic and
dominantly inherited cerebellar
degenerations, and Alzheimer's
disease. He is exploring the neurochemical
basis of rapid eye movement sleep
behavior disorder, obstructive
sleep apnea, central sleep apnea,
and restless legs syndrome. |
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Joseph
I. Helman, D.M.D. - Professor and Chair, Department
of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery / Hospital Dentistry, spearheads
involvement of Oral Surgery in the multidisciplinary Alternatives
to CPAP Program. He trains residents and fellows in oral surgery,
including maxillofacial techniques used to treat obstructive sleep
apnea, a topic on which he has lectured extensively in this country
and around the world. His main research interests focus on outcomes
of surgical intervention for sleep apnea. |
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Timothy
F. Hoban, M.D. - Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology. Dr. Hoban is board-certified in Sleep Medicine and Child Neurology, and he is a Fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Dr. Hoban directs the Pediatric Sleep Medicine Program and is actively involved in the clinical, educational, and research activities of the UM Sleep Disorders Center. His clinical and research interests include obstructive sleep apnea and sleep-related hypoventilation in children.
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Louise M. O'Brien, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor.
Dr. O'Brien obtained her graduate degree in physiology at the University of Keele in the United Kingdom. She then completed postdoctoral research at the University of Keele and a research fellowship at the University of Louisville, Kentucky, before joining the University of Michigan faculty.
Dr. O'Brien's research focuses on sleep in children and sleep in pregnant women. Ongoing research projects include the cognitive and behavioral consequences of sleep-disordered breathing in children, sleep in children with craniofacial disorders, sleep in children with William's Syndrome, the impact of sleep-disordered breathing on adverse pregnancy outcomes, sleep in women with pre-eclampsia, validation of screening tools for sleep-disordered breathing in pregnancy, and prevalence of sleep disruption in pregnant women. Dr. O'Brien participates in training of sleep medicine fellows, instruction of neurology residents, and mentorship of students interested in sleep research.
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Emerson
Robinson, D.D.S.,M.P.H. - Professor of Dentistry in the Department
of Biologic and Material Sciences, Division of Prosthodontics, School
of Dentistry. He leads Dentistry participation in the multidisciplinary
Alternatives to CPAP Program. His research interests include assessment
of oral appliance effectiveness in the management of sleep disorders,
and evaluation of combined treatment of OSA with uvulopalatopharyngoplasty
and oral appliance therapy. He is a member of the Academy of Dental
Sleep Medicine. During the past three years, Dr. Robinson has been
involved with the Multidisciplinary Alternative Sleep Disorders
Clinic at the U-M Hospital.
Dr. Robinson's role includes treating and managing patients who
have obsturctive sleep apnea with oral appliance therapy. After
diagnosing a patient's problem and obtaining a physician's referral,
an intraoral appliance is constructed to help enlarge the airway. |
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Linda
M. Selwa, M.D. - Professor of Neurology. Dr. Selwa directs the outpatient clinic of the Department of Neurology, the Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratories, and the Neurophysiology Fellowship Program at the University of Michigan. Her main clinical interests include general neurology, epilepsy, and sleep disorders. She assists in education of sleep medicine fellows, neurology residents, and medical students in clinical settings. Her research focuses on interactions between epilepsy and obstructive sleep apnea. Additional research interests focus on cognition in patients with epilepsy.
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Samuel
Zwetchkenbaum, D.D.S. - Assistant Professor and Program
Director of the General Practice Residency in the Department of
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/ Hospital Dentistry. He is a
participant in the multidisciplinary Alternatives to CPAP Program.
Dr. Zwetchkenbaum is a maxillofacial prosthodontist; his interest
in the area of sleep medicine is in the use of oral appliances for
obstructive sleep apnea. He is a member of the Academy of Dental
Sleep Medicine. He obtained his D.D.S. from the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill and his certificate in Prosthodontics from
the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Training
in Maxillofacial Prosthodontics was undertaken at University of
Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. His clinical interests include
the prosthetic rehabilitation of patients who have undergone resection
of head and neck cancer, and oral appliances for obstructive sleep
apnea. His research interests include materials in maxillofacial
Prosthodontics. |
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