Ilene Rosen, MD, MS, is the 2017-2018 president of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) and is board-certified in sleep medicine and pulmonary medicine.

Dr. Rosen is the program director of the University of Pennsylvania Sleep Fellowship and a professor of clinical medicine for the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. She also serves as an assistant dean for graduate medical education.

She has clinical expertise in diagnosing and treating sleep disorders such as obstructive sleep apnea, and her educational and research focus has been on the sleep habits, health and performance of residents. Currently she is exploring the use of telemedicine to promote sleep medicine education in health care training as the principal investigator of a study that is funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Dr. Rosen completed her fellowship and residency and earned her medical degree and a Master of Science degree in clinical epidemiology from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania after earning her bachelor’s degree in neuroscience from Duke University.

Updated June 28, 2017