Faculty
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
Priya Borker, MD
Clinical Instructor and Post-Doctoral Scholar
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
Mazen El Ali, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Sleep Medicine Fellowship
Director, Sleep Laboratory, UPMC Mercy
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
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
Blair Stone, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
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)
Rachel Whelan, MD
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology
Adjunct Faculty
Ryan Anderson, PhD
Staff Psychologist, CHP
Adam Bramoweth, PhD
Staff Psychologist, VAPHS
Lana Chahine, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Nicole Chenet, DDS
Sleep Dentistry
Anita Courcoulas, MD, MPH
Professor of Surgery
Chief, Division of Minimally Invasive Bariatric and General Surgery
Francesca Facco, MD
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science
Joanna Fong, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Hannah Ford, PhD
Staff Psychologist, CHP
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
Stella Lee, MD
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology
Faith Luyster, PhD
Assistant Professor of School of Nursing
Andrej Petrov, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Robert Rogers, DMD
Sleep Dentistry
David Rometo, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Shachi Tyagi, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
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