DARIEN, IL – Today, Dr. Anita Shelgikar became the 40th president of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine board of directors. Shelgikar took the helm of the nation’s leading sleep medicine professional society during SLEEP 2025, the annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, held in Seattle.
During her one-year term, Shelgikar will lead the organization of 9,500 members, including physicians, scientists, and other health care professionals. She will help the AASM achieve strategic goals related to public awareness, technology integration, practice success, and advocacy to improve patient outcomes.
“Leading the AASM during this transformative period, I am committed to fostering innovation, enhancing interdisciplinary collaboration, and advocating for research that will redefine patient care in sleep medicine,” said Shelgikar.
As a longstanding member of the AASM, Shelgikar has served on several committees such as the Sleep Medicine Fellowship Directors Council Steering Committee, Fellowship Models Exploratory Committee, Education Committee, and the Innovative Fellowship Model Implementation Presidential Committee. She was elected to the board of directors in 2018, served as secretary/treasurer, and recently completed a three-year term as president of the AASM Foundation board of directors.
“There are millions of individuals who are impacted by sleep disorders and millions more who struggle to get the healthy sleep they need,” said Shelgikar. “I am proud to lead the AASM in the ongoing effort to advance sleep medicine research and sleep disorders treatment to improve quality of life for our patients.”
Shelgikar is a professor of neurology at the University of Michigan Medical School, where she serves as program director for the institution’s sleep medicine fellowship. She completed her medical degree at Wayne State University, her neurology residency at Emory University, her sleep medicine fellowship at the University of Utah, and her master’s in health professions education at the University of Michigan.
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About the American Academy of Sleep Medicine
Established in 1975, the AASM is a medical association that advances sleep care and enhances sleep health to improve lives. The AASM membership includes more than 9,500 physicians, scientists, and other health care professionals who help people who have sleep disorders. The AASM also accredits 2,300 sleep centers that are providing the highest quality of sleep care across the country.
