Newswise — New York City, NY (February 27, 2011) - Experts from Montefiore Medical Center are available for comment on The National Sleep Foundation’s 2012 Sleep in America Poll which explores the reported effects of sleep on the job performance and safety of transportation personnel, including pilots, train workers, truckers, bus and taxi drivers. The survey results will be issued March 5, 2012.
@MontefioreNews to host twitter chat with sleep expert Dr. Steven Y. Park, on March 6, at 2pm. #Monte_Sleep
OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEASteven Y. Park, MD, Otorhinolaryngologist & Integrative Sleep Surgeon, Department of Otorhinolaryngology at Montefiore Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Otorhinolaryngology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Steven Y. Park, MD, specializes in diagnosing and treating obstructive sleep apnea, abnormal pauses in breathing or abnormally low breathing during sleep, and upper airway resistance syndrome. He takes an interdisciplinary approach, offering a variety of different nonsurgical treatment options, such as CPAP or oral appliances, as well as surgery when needed. He offers experienced surgical care, performing procedures involving the entire upper airway, including the nose, the soft palate and the tongue.
Dr. Park is board-certified in Otorhinolaryngology and Sleep Medicine. He is a member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and can comment on the effect obstructive sleep apnea can have on the job performance and safety of transportation personnel.
NARCOLEPSY, INSOMNIA AND OTHER SLEEP DISORDERSMichael Thorpy, MD, Director, Sleep-Wake Disorders Center at Montefiore Medical Center and Associate Professor of Neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Michael Thorpy, MD, who is board-certified in sleep disorders medicine, has published extensively on narcolepsy, insomnia and other sleep disorders. His seven books include “The Encyclopedia of Sleep and Sleep Disorders.” Dr. Thorpy has served on the National Sleep Foundation (NSF) Board of Directors and founded and directed the NSF’s National Narcolepsy Registry. In addition, he is past Chairman of the Sleep Section of the American Academy of Neurology. Dr. Thorpy was born in New Zealand and earned his medical degree from the University of Otago in 1973.
BEHAVIORAL THERAPY FOR INSOMNIAShelby Harris, Psy.D., C.BSM, Director of the Behavioral Sleep Medicine Program at the Sleep-Wake Disorders Center at Montefiore Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Neurology and Psychiatry at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Shelby Harris, Psy.D., C.BSM, is board certified in Behavioral Sleep Medicine by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. A graduate of Brown University, Dr. Harris received her doctorate in clinical psychology from Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University. Dr. Harris completed her predoctoral internship at Montefiore Medical Center where she trained in the Sleep-Wake Disorders Center, and has received advanced postdoctoral training in Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) for anxiety and depressive disorders.
As a licensed psychologist, Dr. Harris specializes in behavioral sleep medicine and CBT for anxiety and depression. She has published and presented research on the neuropsychological effects of insomnia in older adults as well as behavioral treatments for insomnia, parasomnias, narcolepsy and excessive daytime sleepiness.
SLEEP DISORDERS AMONG HISPANICS AND THE ELDERLYDavid William Appel, MD, Director, Montefiore Medical Center Pulmonary Sleep Lab and Associate Professor of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
David William Appel, MD, has been the Director of the Pulmonary Sleep Lab since 1999 where he has participated in numerous research studies, including Hepcidin levels among elderly people with severe obstructive sleep apnea, application of snoring severity to predict effective continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and the relationship between gender and sleep apnea and the prevalence of sleep disorders in the Hispanic community. He received his Medical Degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and completed his residency at Jacobi Hospital.
SLEEP APNEA AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO HEART DISEASE IN WOMENNeomi Shah, MD, Associate Director, Montefiore Medical Center Sleep Lab and Assistant Professor of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Neomi Shah, MD, conducts research focused on understanding the relationship between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and coronary artery disease. During her post-doctoral fellowship, she found OSA to be an independent risk factor for incident coronary artery disease related events. Currently, she is actively involved in leading a study involving patients with an acute myocardial infarction. Dr. Shah received her medical degree at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Jersey and completed a fellowship in Pulmonary & Critical Care Sleep Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine.
PEDIATRIC SLEEPRanaan Arens, MD, Chief of the Section of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore and Professor of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Ranaan Arens, MD, established the Sleep Disorders Center at The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore. It is the first center in the New York metropolitan area dedicated exclusively to providing careful evaluation, monitoring and treatment of children with sleep issues. Dr. Arens diagnoses and treats children of all ages, from infants to adolescents and can speak to sleep-related problems such as SIDS, behavioral issues and school performance, obesity, sleep apnea, bet wetting, sleep walking, sleep terrors, delayed sleep phase syndrome, insomnia, narcolepsy and cataplexy.
Dr. Arens and his team conduct overnight sleep studies at The Children Hospital’s state-of-the-art facility and focus on every aspect of care including physical, emotional and family life.
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