The MedStar Health—Georgetown University Hospital Fellowship Program in Sleep Medicine
The fellowship is a one-year program designed to develop diagnostic and clinical expertise in the field of sleep medicine. Ten of our core faculty members are board-certified in sleep disorders medicine.
The program includes clinical, didactic, and research experiences in sleep medicine with a multidisciplinary faculty from the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Neurology, Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Otolaryngology, Craniofacial and Dental Surgery, and Behavioral Psychology.
Why train here
The program provides opportunities to evaluate and manage a broad range of sleep disorders, including adult and pediatric sleep disordered breathing, insomnia, circadian rhythm disorders, narcolepsy and related disorders of excessive somnolence, parasomnias, and sleep disorders secondary to psychiatric and medical disorders and their treatment.
Academic excellence
The MedStar Georgetown University Hospital Sleep Disorders Center performs over 1200 laboratory-based studies per year. It has been in continuous operation and fully accredited by the American Sleep Disorders Association since 1985.
Our Center was the first accredited academic sleep disorders center in the Washington area, and continues to be a referral center for the area and as part of the large multihospital Medstar Health System.
Curriculum
Fellows will work with attending and technical staff in the Sleep Disorders Center and learn the procedures and diagnostic tests necessary for the evaluation of sleep disorders including:
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Polysomnography
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Multiple sleep latency testing
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Portable sleep monitoring
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Actigraphy
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PAP therapy titration and follow up
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Treatment of complex sleep apnea, central sleep apnea, and hypoventilation syndromes with nocturnal ventilatory support
Rotations overview
Fellows will rotate through both adult and pediatric clinics, core continuity sleep clinics, sleep laboratory, ENT/dental, neurology/neurophysiology, psychiatry, and cognitive behavioral therapy rotations.
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Adult sleep medicine clinic
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Sleep laboratory rotation
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Adult neurology / EEG elective
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Pediatric sleep medicine / pediatric neurology
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ENT / oral maxillofacial surgery (OMFS) / dental medicine
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Psychiatry / cognitive behavioral therapy
Our people
Research
Fellows will have the opportunity to participate in research programs in sleep medicine. Ongoing faculty research interests include:
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Biomarkers of oxidative stress in obstructive sleep apnea
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Free testosterone levels and their response to CPAP therapy in OSA
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Prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing in patients admitted to Neuro ICU with intracranial hemorrhage syndromes
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Screening medical and surgical patients for sleep apnea
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OSA in pregnancy
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Identification of patients with obesity hypoventilation syndrome after diagnostic or split night polysomnography