SLEEP RESEARCH FORUM

*Thursday, August 7, 2008, 12:00-1:00 PM*
"Neuroscience of Sleep-disordered Breathing"
Leszek Kubin, PhD
Research Professor of Physiology
Department of Animal Biology
School of Veterinary Medicine
University of Pennsylvania

*Monday, September 8, 2008, 12:00-1:00 PM*
"Resident Duty Hours: Perspectives From Sleep And Circadian Rythms Research On How ACGME Got It Wrong "
James K. Wyatt, PhD
Director, Sleep Disorders Service and Research Center
Rush University Medical Center

*Monday, October 13, 2008, 12:00-1:00 PM*
"Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome:
Causally Linked or Chance Bedpartners?"
David Ehrmann, MD
Professor of Medicine
Associate Director, University of Chicago Clinical Research Center
Director, University of Chicago Center for PCOS

*Monday, November 10, 2008, 12:00-1:00 PM*
"Title TBA"
Ruzica Ristanovic, MD
Senior Attending
Associate Professor
Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Medical Group

*Monday, January 12, 2009, 12:00-1:00 PM*
"Obstructive Sleep Apnea "
David P. White, MD
Gerald E. McGinnis Professor of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Senior Physician, Division of Sleep Medicine
Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital

*Monday, February 9, 2009, 12:00-1:00 PM*
"The Metabolic Consequences of Sleep Apnea and Intermittent Hypoxia"
Christopher O'Donnell, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine and Anesthesiology
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

*Monday, March 9, 2009, 12:00-1:00 PM*
"The Neuronal Basis of Sleep Apnea and Other Disorders of Breathing"
Jan Marino (Nino) Ramirez, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy
Committee on Neurobiology
Biological Sciences Collegiate Division
University of Chicago