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 an 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.

Andrew S. Binder, MD; FCCP, FAASM, D,ABSM ABIM

Andrew S. Binder, MD has been practicing sleep medicine since 1989. He was the founder and medical director of The Sleep Disorders Center of Santa Barbara, which in 1992, was the 17th accredited free standing sleep center in the country. After practicing Pulmonary and Critical Care medicine from 1978 through 1998, he restricted his practice to sleep medicine. He has served on the volunteer clinical teaching faculty affiliated with University of Southern California School of Medicine as an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine. He now serves as the Director of Medical Physiology with the Institute for Comprehensive Metabolic Evaluation and Treatment in Ventura, California, where he provides cardiopulmonary and sleep medicine evaluation on obese patients who are considering bariatric surgery for treatment of their obesity.
Dr. Binder graduated Magna Cum Laude from Williams College, Massachusetts in 1967 where he majored in English literature and went on to get his MD degree from Harvard Medical School in 1971. He did his Internal Medicine training at the University of Washington, Seattle and his Pulmonary Medicine training at UC San Francisco. After practicing in Berkeley for several years, he traveled to Santa Barbara, California in 1980, where he continued to practice until 2007.

He has published scientific articles relating to the pathophysiology of pulmonary edema, and has authored several patents related to technology for evaluating exercise physiology. He introduced the first oximeter to the Santa Barbara community and gave the very first Sleep Apnea lecture to his colleagues in Santa Barbara.

Susan Madison, MD; PHD, FAASM, FCCP

Dr. Susan Madison is board certified in sleep medicine and pulmonary medicine and has been medical director of multiple sites totaling 16 bed sleep capacity. She has received numerous academic awards and honors. Dr. Madison received her doctorate from UCLA in the department of physiology. She had the honor of presenting her doctoral thesis focusing on the control of breathing in man at Oxford during the Royal Physiological Society annual meeting. She is currently in private practice in Scottsdale Arizona, and has donated her time extensively to public and physician forums in an effort to raise awareness and educate about sleep disorders. She is a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians and Fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

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