Longitudinal Knowledge Assessment
Sabra M. Abbott, MD, PhD
Dr. Abbott is an Assistant Professor in the Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She is board certified in Neurology and Sleep Medicine.
Her clinical and research practice focuses on the diagnosis and management of circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorders. She currently serves as the Vice Chair of the Trainee Education Advisory Committee for the Sleep Research Society. Dr. Abbott is also a member of the American Board of Internal Medicine Sleep Medicine Test-Writing Committee.
She received a psychology degree from Carleton College. Dr. Abbott earned her graduate degree in molecular and integrative physiology and medical degree from the University of Illinois. She completed her medical internship at the Massachusetts General Hospital, her neurology residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and her sleep medicine fellowship at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
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As of August 2023, Dr. Abbott reported the following external relationships:
Work as an author or editor for the following companies, with compensation as listed:
- UpToDate, receiving compensation for authorship
Dr. Abbott serves in significant roles with the following organizations, receiving reimbursement or compensation as listed:
- The American Academy of Sleep Medicine, Extrinsic Circadian Rhythm Sleep-Wake Disorders Clinical Guidelines Group, vice chair, without compensation
Suzanne Beck, MD
Dr. Beck is the Medical Director of the Sleep Center and an attending pulmonologist in the Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. She a lifetime member of the American Board of Sleep Medicine since 2006 and certified in Sleep Medicine since 2009. She has worked in teaching hospitals since the onset of her career and as an attending in the University of Pennsylvania and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s joint Sleep Medicine Fellowship. Dr. Beck has taught pediatric and adult medicine fellows, as well as otolaryngology, neurology, developmental, psychiatry, and psychology trainees pediatric sleep medicine.
She enjoys the challenge and perspective of teaching sleep medicine through eyes and experience of trainees and fellows from a variety of important backgrounds as it broadens our knowledge and approach to understanding and improving sleep health. She was awarded The Allan Ian Pack Excellence in Teaching Award from The Division of Sleep Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. In addition, Dr. Beck led CHOP sleep laboratories though several accreditations and lead our sleep technical staff to maintain quality of polysomnography in typically developing children as well as children with complex medical conditions.
Dr. Beck earned her medical degree from Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and completed her pediatric internship and residency at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland. She completed a pediatric pulmonary fellowship, also at Johns Hopkins.
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As of July 2023, Dr. Beck reported the following ongoing external relationships:
Work as an author or editor for the following companies, with compensation as listed:
- Elsevier, receiving compensation as an editor
Lois E. Krahn, MD
Dr. Krahn is a Professor of Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine specialist at the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona. She is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Sleep Medicine as well as Adult Psychiatry and Addition Psychiatry. She is a physician member of the Arizona Board of Medicine, the Audit Committee of the Federation of State Medical Boards and the Management Committee of the United States Medical Licensing Examination.
After graduating from Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, she attended the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine. She completed her psychiatry residency and fellowship in consultation/liaison psychiatry at the Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Medicine.
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As of April 2024, Dr. Krahn reported the following external relationships:
Funding for clinical trial expenses and staff, paid to the Mayo Clinic, from the following companies:
- Avadel/Flamel
- Harmony Biosciences
- Jazz
- Takeda
Work as an author or editor for the following companies, with compensation as listed:
- Taylor Francis, receiving compensation for authorship
Dr. Krahn serves in significant roles with the following organizations, receiving reimbursement or compensation as listed:
- The Arizona Board of Medicine, State Medical Board, member, receiving honoraria
- The Narcolepsy Network, Advisory Board, member, receiving reimbursement for travel expenses
- The National Board of Medical Examiners, management team member, receiving honoraria and reimbursement for travel expenses
Colin Huntley, MD, FACS
Dr. Huntley is an Associate Professor of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery with a secondary appointment in Sleep Medicine. He has dual board certifications in Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery and Sleep Medicine. He has an in-depth experience and clinical interest in the management of patients with sleep disordered breathing, primarily obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). In addition, his primary research focus surrounds sleep disorders and sleep disordered breathing. He has widespread experience studying management options for OSA, the impact of management of OSA on comorbidities attributed to the disease, and the preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative management of patients with OSA. Through this experience, he has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications, text book chapters and text books, and lectured internationally.
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As of May 2024, Dr. Huntley reported the following external relationships:
Preclinical research, with funding provided to Jefferson Health, from the following companies:
- Inspire
- Nyxoah
Funding for clinical trial expenses and staff, paid to Jefferson Health, from the following companies:
- Inspire
- Nyxoah
Post-marketing clinical research, with funding for staff and expenses provided to Jefferson Health, from the following companies:
- Inspire
Consulting on design of new drugs or devices, clinical trials, the use of specific agents or other research-related activities for the following companies, with compensation for travel expenses:
- Avivomed
- Nyxoah
Work as an author or editor for the following companies, with compensation as listed:
- Oxford University Press, receiving compensation as editor for a textbook on hypoglossal nerve stimulation.
Dr. Huntley serves in significant roles with the following organizations, receiving reimbursement or compensation as listed:
- The International Surgical Sleep Society, Executive Board, without compensation.
- The Pennsylvania Academy of Otolaryngology, President Elect, without compensation.
Mariam Louis, MD
Dr. Louis is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Florida (UF) College of Medicine and is ABIM Board Certified in Pulmonary Disease and Sleep Medicine. She is the Director of the Sleep Program at UF Health and currently serves as the Chair of the Non-Respiratory Section of the Sleep Network at the American College of Chest Physicians.
Dr. Louis has an active clinical practice that focuses on sleep disorders and pulmonary diseases. She is heavily involved in education, has appeared on numerous local news broadcasts and has been an invited lecturer in national and international forums. She has received several awards for outstanding teaching at both the university and national levels. Her research interests focus primarily on sleep-disordered breathing. Dr. Louis earned her medical degree from McGill University in Montreal, where she also completed her internal medicine and pulmonary disease training. She completed her sleep medicine fellowship at Johns Hopkins University. She holds a master’s degree in neuropharmacology from McGill University.
As of May 2024, Dr. Louis reported no ongoing external relationships.
Nancy Stewart, DO, MS
Dr. Stewart is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at the University of Kansas Medical Center. She currently focuses her research at the intersection of sleep disorders in patients with lung disease, in addition to medical education research on sleep and burnout in trainees and health care workers. Following training in internal medicine, she completed fellowships in medical education, hospital medicine research, pulmonary/critical care and sleep medicine.
As of March 2024, Dr. Stewart reported the following ongoing external relationships:
Dr. Stewart serves in significant roles with the following organizations, receiving reimbursement or compensation as listed:
- The American College of Chest Physicians, without compensation
- The American Thoracic Society, SRN Web, chair, without compensation
- The Sleep Research Society, Scientific Review Committee, member, without compensation
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Catherine McCall, MD, Chair
Dr. McCall is an academic sleep medicine physician. She serves as the Assistant Professor at VA Puget Sound Health Care Center. Her role is largely centered in the sleep medicine department, with a smaller proportion of time spent in the PTSD outpatient clinic as a psychiatrist. While Dr. McCall is comfortable practicing and teaching in all topics of sleep medicine, her areas of unique specialization include insomnia, nightmares, the overlap of sleep and psychiatric comorbidities, pharmacology and circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorders.
For teaching, Dr. McCall primarily works with University of Washington sleep medicine fellows. Their fellows come to them from a variety of backgrounds. She believes the challenge of every sleep medicine educator is to produce well-rounded physicians who have gained competency in all critical components of this multidisciplinary field. In her teaching, she is thus attuned to identifying gaps in skills and knowledge, inspiring curiosity and recognizing achievement in learning.
In addition to teaching, Dr. McCall is actively involved in research collaborations, national committees and clinical administration. She is a member of an American Academy of Sleep Medicine task force to update the clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of extrinsic circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorders. Locally, she is the director of the Seattle VA sleep provider clinic and supervises sleep psychologists. She is certified in sleep medicine by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
As of March 2024, Dr. McCall reported the following external relationships:
Work as an author or editor for the following companies, with compensation as listed:
- Springer, receiving compensation as section editor for Current Sleep Medicine Reports
Dr. McCall serves in significant roles with the following organizations, receiving reimbursement or compensation as listed:
- The American Academy of Sleep Medicine, Clinical Practice Guideline Task Force for Extrinsic Circadian Rhythm Disorders, Intersociety Collaborations Presidential Committee, without compensation
- The Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, Advanced Workshop, Co-Chair, without compensation
Maha Alattar, MD
Dr. Alattar is an Associate Clinical Professor of Neurology and Sleep Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. Prior to that position, she was the Director of the Stroke Program and the Assistant Director of the Sleep and Wake Disorders Center at Mary Washington Healthcare in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Under her leadership, the stroke program successfully passed the primary stroke certification and went on to win numerous awards. She also established a multidisciplinary sleep center in Fredericksburg. She is board certified by the American Board of Neurology and Psychiatry in Sleep Medicine.
She was an Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology at the University of North Carolina (UNC), Chapel Hill, where she taught fellows and residents in the department's sleep medicine fellowship (2003 to 2007). At UNC, she was also the Director of Clinical Development at the sleep medicine clinic. Prior to that position, she was a Clinical Associate at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation (2002 to 2003).
Currently, she serves as the co-Chair for the Virginia Stroke Systems Task Force and served as a member of the American Academy of Neurology's Ethic, Law, and Humanities Committee (2009 to 2015). She was a speaker/faculty for Pri-Medi Updates (2009 to 2010) where she gave lectures on the topic of obstructive sleep apnea across the states. For six years in a row (2011 to 2016), she was voted a “Top Doctor” for the Northern Virginia region.
Dr. Alattar received her biology degree from David Lipscomb University, Nashville, Tennessee and her medical degree from the University of Tennessee, Memphis. She completed her neurology residency training from Georgetown University Medical Center and her neurophysiology and sleep disorders fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic.
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As of May 2024, Dr. Alattar reported no ongoing external relationships.
Deepa Burman, MD
Dr. Burman is board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine, American Board of Sleep Medicine and American Board of Obesity Medicine. She is a Clinical Assistant Professor at University of Pittsburgh and Faculty at University of Pittsburgh Medical College (UPMC) McKeesport Family Medicine Residency. There, she has established sleep medicine clinics within two family medicine residency programs. Dr. Burman is also Director for Resident Research and Scholarly Activity and Director of Primary Care Sleep Medicine Clinic at the residency program, as well as an active medical staff member at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, where she practices pediatric sleep medicine. She has a broad range of experience in managing full spectrum sleep disorders in a primary care setting, as well as in mentoring trainees in their clinical and scholarly activities.
Dr. Burman is a member of the American Board of Internal Medicine Sleep Medicine Test-Writing Committee. She has served as a member of the Family Medicine Education Consortium Host Committee. In addition, she has been involved in several peer reviewed oral presentations and publications and has been awarded the fellow status from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the American Academy of Family Medicine. Dr. Burman has also been an invited speaker in various family medicine conferences about sleep disorders and fatigue management in medical professionals. Her interests are in treating sleep disorders in underserved populations and in promoting awareness about consequences of sleep disorders in all stages of life, and in treating patients with mild sleep apnea with weight management strategies.
Her medical school training was completed at the University College of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India. She completed a family medicine residency and a sleep medicine fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center at Shadyside. After completing medical training, she helped create the Sunrise (AllScripts) electronic health record.
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As of June 2023, Dr. Burman reported no ongoing external relationships.
Anne May, MD
Dr. May is a sleep medicine specialist that currently practices at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, OH. She is a member of the Division of Pulmonary Medicine and a member of the Cystic Fibrosis Team. She is also an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics for The Ohio State University College of Medicine. Dr. May went to medical school at the St. Louis University School of Medicine.
She completed her residency and fellowship in pediatric pulmonology at Nationwide Children's Hospital. Dr. May also completed a sleep medicine fellowship at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. She is board certified in Pediatric Pulmonology.
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As of April 2024, Dr. May reported no ongoing external relationships.
Matthew Patterson, MD
Dr. Patterson is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy. He was an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Minnesota from 1997 to 2009 and served as an Adjunct Professor in this Department since 2016. In addition to his participation in this academic medical practice, he practices in the fields of Otolaryngology, Sleep Medicine and Allergy in two rural medical centers in south and central Minnesota.
Dr. Patterson is a 1991 graduate of Baylor College of Medicine and completed a residency in Otolaryngology at Georgetown University Hospital in 1996. In 1997, he completed a fellowship in Otology and Neurotology with Dr. Michael Paparella. In 1997, he became board certified in the field of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery. He completed my MBA degree at the University of Minnesota in 1999 and my MHA degree at the University of Minnesota in 2003. In 2010, he received my Board Certification in Sleep Medicine and in 2018 re-certified in Sleep Medicine.
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As of July 2023, Dr. Patterson reported the following external relationships:
Dr. Patterson serves in significant roles with the following organizations, receiving reimbursement or compensation as listed:
- The American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy, Finance Committee, member; Investment Committee, chair, without compensation
Ashima Sahni, MD, FCCP
Dr. Sahni is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Illinois in Chicago. She is ABIM Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Disease and Sleep Medicine.
Dr. Sahni completed her Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) in India, followed by training in internal medicine, critical care medicine and pulmonary disease at the John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County. She completed a sleep medicine fellowship at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.
As of May 2024, Dr. Sahni reported the following external relationships:
Dr. Sahni serves in significant roles with the following organizations, receiving reimbursement or compensation as listed:
- The American Sleep Medicine Foundation, Board Member, without compensation.
Muhammad Syed, MD, FACP
Dr. Syed is the Medical Director of the Sleep Medicine Department and the Fellowship Director of the Sleep Medicine Program at the University of Florida (UF) in Gainesville, Florida. He also serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at UF. Dr. Syed is ABIM Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Sleep Medicine. He has been granted Fellow status by the American College of Physicians.
Dr. Syed is driven by his profound interest in sleep and its impact on overall health. He translates his passion by working to raise awareness about the importance of sleep and its significant role in mental health, cognitive functioning, and cardiovascular and metabolic health. Dr. Syed has a broad range of experience in treating sleep disorders. In addition, Dr. Syed is deeply committed to ensuring equitable health care access and has over a decade of clinical experience serving underprivileged and diverse populations in community health care.
Dr. Syed is dedicated to teaching and finds fulfillment in mentoring residents and fellows. His teaching abilities have been acknowledged with multiple awards, notably the Best Clinical Preceptor by the Cleveland Clinic Residents and Interns and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine students. Dr. Syed believes in a multi-faceted approach to teaching, which goes beyond imparting knowledge and emphasizes the importance of nurturing critical thinking skills, as well as the value of giving and receiving feedback.
Dr. Syed earned his medical degree from Sindh Medical College in Karachi, Pakistan. He completed an Internal Medicine Residency at Caritas St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Boston. He completed a Sleep Medicine Fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic.
As of May 2024, Dr. Syed reported no ongoing external relationships.