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Centralized
Expertise, Training and Oversight
The SleepTech® Medical Advisory
Board monitors the quality, standards, and practices of all of the
company's scoring, data acquisition, clinical trials, database and
research projects. In addition, the Board also assists in the training
of technologists and provides on-going training and education programs
to SleepTech's clinicians and affiliated Hospital physicians.
The Board's members are
distinguished leaders in sleep medicine not only for their
record of service, but also for their significant contributions
to sleep thought and research.
Michael
J. Thorpy, MD; D,ABSM
Board certified in sleep
medicine and one of the premier sleep physicians in the country,
Dr. Michael Thorpy is director of the Sleep-Wake Disorders Center
at Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York. Both a clinician
and a well-published researcher, Dr. Thorpy serves as associate
professor of neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine
and is the chairman-elect of the Sleep Section of the American Academy
of Neurology. In addition, he directs the National Sleep Foundation's
(NSF) National Narcolepsy Registry and co-chairs the foundation's
"Towards the Cause of Narcolepsy" program. Dr. Thorpy is also a
former NSF Secretary.
Born in New Zealand,
Dr. Thorpy earned his medical degree from the University of Otago
in 1973. Writing extensively on narcolepsy, insomnia and sleep disorders,
he has over fifty published articles to his credit, including peer-reviewed
publications in journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine.
Dr. Thorpy has also written numerous books, including the Encyclopedia
of Sleep and Sleep Disorders. In addition, Dr. Thorpy's Sleep
Medicine Home Page is one the most influential sleep web sites on
the Internet, and his computerized textbook of sleep, Sleep Multimedia
(on CD-ROM), is the only one of its kind. In 1993, he received the
Nathaniel Kleitman Award one of the sleep field's highest
honors from the American Sleep Disorders Association.
Dr. Thorpy has provided
his expertise to over 100 television, radio and print outlets, including
the Today Show, 20/20, The New York Times,
The Washington Post, Good Housekeeping and Biography.
Charles
F.P. George, MD; FRCPC; ABIM; D,ABSM
A sleep specialist and
published researcher with more than 15 years experience, Dr. Charles
George is an internationally recognized expert on sleep disorders
and their affects on performance. He is a Professor of Medicine
at the University of Western Ontario in London, Canada and serves
as SleepTech Consulting Group's Principal Investigator. His research
has focused on the assessment of sleepiness and performance in patients
with disorders of excessive daytime sleepiness and he has published
extensively in the area of driving performance in patients with
sleep apnea and narcolepsy. Dr. George's research support has been
from industry and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (formerly
Medical Research Council of Canada) and the Ministry of Transportation
of Ontario.
Jeffrey
S. Nahmias, MD; ACP; FCCP; D,ABSM
Dr. Jeffery S. Nahmias
is medical director of the only accredited sleep fellowship program
in New Jersey and one of the foremost authorities on sleep disorders
in the nation. He is a former President of the New Jersey Sleep
Society and has authored over sixty articles about sleep disorders.
Dr. Nahmias graduated with highest honors from The State University
of New York and "Cum Laude" from S.U.N.Y. Downstate Medical Center.
He is Board Certified in Internal Pulmonary Medicine and is also
a member of The American College of Chest Physicians and The American
Thoracic Society.
John
J. Villa, DO; FCCP; D,ABSM
As corporate Medical
Director of SleepTech, LLC, Dr. John Villa is responsible for the
clinical overview of the company's Policy and Procedures and for
consulting with physicians affiliated with SleepTech centers.
Dr. Villa completed his
medical school training at University of Medicine and Dentistry
of New Jersey School of Osteopathic Medicine. He next completed
a rotating internship at Union Hospital in Union, NJ. Dr. Villa
completed his internal medicine training at University of Medicine
and Dentistry of New Jersey - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
He completed fellowships in both pulmonary and critical care medicine
at New Jersey Medical School.
Dr. Villa is currently
an associate at Northern New Jersey Pulmonary Associates, PC in
Hackensack, NJ. He is on staff at Hackensack University Medical
Center and Holy Name Hospital, both in northern New Jersey. He maintains
both clinical and academic responsibilities treating pulmonary,
critical care and sleep medicine patients as well as teaching medical
students, residents and fellows from New Jersey Medical School.
Federico
Cerrone, MD; D,ABSM
Dr. Fred Cerrone is a
Summa Cum Laude graduate of Georgetown University and an AOA graduate
of Georgetown University Medical School. He is Board Certified in
Sleep Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Cerrone
serves as Medical Director of the Overlook Center for Sleep Medicine
and Co-Medical Director of the Overlook Hospital Intensive Care
Unit. He has been practicing as a Sleep Disorder Specialist for
ten years and has been involved in over forty clinical research
trials.
Recently, Dr. Cerrone
was voted by his peers as one of the top Sleep and Pulmonary specialists
in the State of New Jersey and the New York Metropolitan Area.
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