Annals of Sleep Medicine

Dr. Amado Freire is a pulmonologist in Memphis, Tennessee and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Le Bonheur Children's Hospital and Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He received his medical degree from Universidad de Guayaquil Faculty of Medicine and has been in practice for 36 years. Dr. Freire accepts several types of health insurance, listed below. He is one of 5 doctors at Le Bonheur Children's Hospital and one of 11 at Memphis Veterans Affairs Medical Center who specialize in Pulmonary Disease. Specialty: Pulmonology, Pulmonologists treat ailments of the lungs and respiratory system, such as asthma, pneumonia, tuberculosis, complicated chest infections and chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases including emphysema. Subspecialties: General Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Sleep Medicine, Thoracic Oncology. Clinical Interests: Hospital Mortality, Diabetic Ketoacidosis, Length of Stay, Intensive Care Units, Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Treatment Outcome and Blood Glucose.

Dr. Martin A Katzman is a Clinic Director at the S.T.A.R.T. Clinic (Stress, Trauma, Anxiety, Rehabilitation and Treatment) for Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Canada. He is also a faculty member at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (Laurentian University and Lakehead University) and Adjunct Professor at Adler Graduate Professional School. Dr. Katzman was trained at the University of Toronto, first undertaking his B.Sc. in Psychology and Neuroscience, and subsequently his medical training and residency and post- doctoral fellowship. Dr. Katzman’s clinical work deals chiefly with the diagnosis and treatment of adults suffering with mood and anxiety disorders, as well as those suffering with Attention Deficit Disorders, Executive Dysfunction and chronic pain, providing expert diagnostic assessment, and pharmacological treatment as well as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in both group and individual formats, psychodynamic treatment and Mindfulness Based treatments.

Dr. William Hrushesky is Chief Scientific Officer of Rhythmalytics LLC in USA and Chief Medical Officer and co-owner of Ambulatory Monitoring Inc. Dr. Hrushesky served in Oncology Analytics Corp as Senior Executive Medical Director, Chief Scientific Officer and VP for Innovation. Dr. Hrushesky has been elected for fellowship in the American College of Physicians; He is also a member of several scientific societies and he has been working as consultant to drug delivery, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and venture capital firms.

Dr. Jun Kohyama is a Cheif Executive Officer Tokyo Bay Urayasu/Ichikawa Medical Center Japan. He was awarded PhD in 1990 from Tokyo Medical and Dental University and completed his MD in 1975-1981 from Tokyo Medical and Dental University. He was awarded for the young researcher from The Japan Epilepsy Research Foundation in 2000 and Juhn and Mary Wada Award (The Japan Epilepsy Society) in 1997. His research interest Sleep During Early Stages of Life Affects Long-Term Outcomes; Sleep is the result of whole daily life; eat, exercise, excretion, and sleep are all related each other. He is specialist in Developmental Sleep Medicine, Sleep neurology, Sleep and modren society. He was Director of Tokyo Kita Shakai Hoken Hospital Japan during 2008-2009.

Dr. Daniel Lee is a working as Medical Director for Neuroscience & Sleep Disorders Center, Baptist Health System Richmond in United States and also working as Adjunct Professor in Neurology Department at University of Kentucky College of Medicine. He has completed his School of Sleep Medicine at Stanford University Center of Excellence of Diagnosis and Treatment of Sleep Disorders. He has also completed his Medical Degree from University of Kentucky. His special skills include Instrumentation on Deep Brain Stimulation Programming, VNS programming, Botox and Trigger point injections, etc.

Dr. Louis Anthony Castenell is Professor of Educational Psychology in the Applied Cognition and Development Program in the Department of Educational Psychology. His research areas include motivation, diversity and higher education. Prior to this appointment he led colleges of education as Dean at Xavier University, the University of Cincinnati, and the University of Georgia. His pioneering administrative leadership at historically black colleges and universities and selective flagship institutions afforded him honors and distinctions within his field and among his peers, including the Leadership Service Award by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, the Board Service Award by the American Council on Education, and Chair of the Board Award for Leadership by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. He earned his Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign where he is one of its Distinguished Alumnus in Higher Education recipients. He received his Master’s Degree in Educational Psychology from The University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, and his Bachelor Degree in Elementary Education from Xavier University. His research interests centers on human motivation and in understanding some of the psychological issues in sleep medicine such as anxiety, stress, perceptional disorders, depression and genetic influences on behavior.

Dr. Seithikurippu R Pandi-Perumal, MSc, is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Somnogen Canada Inc, a Canadian Corporation. He is a well-recognized sleep researcher, both nationally and internationally, and has authored over 200 publications. Dr. Pandi-Perumal general area of research interest includes sleep and biological rhythms. He is a well-known editor in the field of sleep medicine and has edited over 25 volumes dealing with various sleep-related topics. He received an honorable mention in the New York Times in 2004. The India International Friendship Society awarded him the prestigious Bharat Gaurav award on January 12, 2013. The Bharat Gaurav Award is usually recognition of a person who has made achievements in a particular field, which in turn will put a positive impact on the society at large. You can view Dr. Pandi-Perumal online biography at: http://pandi-perumal.blogspot.com

Dr. Macarena Andrea Valladares Vega is an associate professor of Department of Nutrition in Bernardo O'Higgins University, Chile. She Received her Bachelor of Science and Humanities from the University of Santiago Chile(USACH) in 1997, PhD in Nutrition from the University of Chile (2010). Dr. Macarena Andrea was awarded by Doctoral Fellowship CONICYT (2005-209). Dr. Macarena Andrea Valladares Vega research interests include Etiopathology of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: Genetic and Environmental aspects, sleep disorders, Nutrition.

Dr. Marco Cacioppo is an Associate Professor of the Department of Human Sciences in LUMSA University, Rome. Dr. Marco Cacioppo received his Ph.D in Psychology, and a Master’s Degree in Family Psychotherapy at the Sapienza University of Rome. He teaches Clinical Psychology, Developmental Psychopathology and Group Psychotherapy at the LUMSA University of Rome. Dr. Marco Cacioppo research interests and publications mainly focus on the family functioning and children’s risk behaviors, with specifically attention to substance dependence, new addictions (i.e., internet addiction and compulsive cybersex behavior), eating disorders and psychopathological outcomes of traumatic experiences among youth. He works as with families, marital couples and individuals according to the Systemic-Relational Approach and the Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT).

Dr. Pasquale Parisi is an Associate Professor in the department of NESMOS, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Dr. Pasquale completed his Postgraduation from the School in Neurology , University of Rome, Italy. He recieved his Ph.D in Neuropaediatric Sciences (1998). Dr. Pasquale Parisi research interests include Child Neurology, Headache and Pain, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, Epilepsy Research, Seizure, Attention Disorders.

Dr. Arcady Putilov received his Ph.D. from the Institute of Physiology (Novosibirsk) and the Siberian Medical University (Tomsk), He is a research group leader at the Institute for Molecular Biology and Biophysics (Novosibirsk). He is experienced in study of rhythmic processes in physiology, biochemistry, zoology, ecology, psychology, psychiatry, and history. His other research interests include sleep regulation, personality, individual differences, evolutionary psychology, and history. He authored several hundred scientific publications including books and articles in peer reviewed international journals. He also writes for the general public about sleep, biological rhythms, mood disorders, psychology, and history of science.

Dr. Mohamad Al-Tannir is a Associate Professor at AlFaisal University - College of Medicine in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He earned his Masters in Public Health from the University of Micigan and Residency in Public Health fromThe University if Maryland. His research experience covers 23 years across different settings including academic institutions and tertiary care centers. His focus is clinical trials, with special interest in multicenter international studies and community health research. He was the head of clincal research unit from 2003-2008 at Makassed Gerenal Hosipital, Beirut/Lebanon and founded the Institutional Review Board according to international ethical regulations. Currently the chairperson of clinical and translational research of King Fahad medical city research center at Riyadh and an active member at KFMC IRB since 2008.