Division of  Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine

Sleep Medicine Fellowship Program

Program Faculty

Mazen El Ali, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Sleep Medicine Fellowship Program
Director, Sleep Laboratory, UPMC Mercy, Montefiore and Monroeville

Core Faculty

Avinash Aggarwal, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology

Charles Atwood Jr, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Sleep Medicine Program, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System

Deepa Burman, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Rotation Director Pediatric Sleep Medicine
Co-Director Pediatric Sleep Evaluation Center, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

Daniel Buysse, MD

UPMC Professor of Sleep Medicine
Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical and Translational Science
Past President of American Academy of Sleep Medicine (2000 – 2001)

Sangeeta Chakravorty, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics (previously), now at VAPHS
Director, Sleep Laboratory, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System

Deborah Gillman, PhD

Staff Psychologist, UPMC CLC

Rachel Givelber, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Brant Hasler, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Clinical and Translational Science

Sullafa Kadura, MD, MBA

Associate Professor of Medicine

Thomas Kaffenberger, MD

Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology

Venkatesh Basappa Krishnamurthy, MBBS

Associate Professor of Medicine

Hiren Muzumdar, MD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Program Director, Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship Program and
Director Pediatric Sleep Evaluation Center, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

Jennifer Newitt, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Aaron Palmquist, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Sanjay Patel, MD, MS

Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology
Director, Center for Sleep and Cardiovascular Outcomes Research
Director, Sleep Medicine Program, UPMC

Ryan Soose, MD

Associate Professor of Otolaryngology
Director, Sleep Surgery, UPMC

Isabella Soreca, MD

Director, VAPHS Advanced Fellowship in Mental Health Research and Treatment

Patrick Strollo Jr, MD

Professor of Medicine and Clinical and Translational Science
Vice Chair for Veterans Affairs, Department of Medicine
Vice President of Medical Service Line, VAPHS
Past President of American Academy of Sleep Medicine (2010 – 2011)

Kimberly Vandongen, DO

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Rachel L. Whelan, MD

Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology

Adjunct Faculty

Ryan Anderson, PhD
Staff Psychologist, CHP

Emily Beck, MD
Sleep Medicine Physician

Adam Bramoweth, PhD
Staff Psychologist, VAPHS

Lana Chahine, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology

Nicole Chenet, DDS
Sleep Dentistry

Francesca Facco, MD
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science

Joanna Fong, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology

Peter Franzen, PhD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Anne Germain, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Clinical and Translational Science

Noel Jabbour, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology

Simin Khavandgar, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology
Sleep Medicine, UPMC Monroeville

Erek Lam, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology
Chief, Sleep Neurology, UPMC Passavant

Faith Luyster, PhD
Assistant Professor of School of Nursing

Andrej Petrov, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine

David Rometo, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine

Jodi Tomko, PhD
VA Staff Psychologist

For more information, please contact: 

Brittany Manning
Fellowship Coordinator
412-648-3098
manningb2@upmc.edu