Recent news coverage of sleep-related topics has included the expertise and insight of AASM members who have helped raise awareness of the importance of healthy sleep:

  • AASM Past President Nathaniel Watson, MD, discussed school start times with TIME.com
  • AASM Founding President William Dement, MD, PhD, spoke with NPR’s Jeremy Hobson of the mid-day news program Here and Now about the nationwide problem of insufficient sleep and untreated sleep disorders.
  • Susan Redline, MD, MPH, was the subject of a profile in Sleep Review
  • Michael Gelb, DDS; Susan Manganaro, MD; and Avram Gold, MD, discussed upper airway resistance syndrome with Elle magazine.
  • Vikas Jain, MD, discussed sleep apps with the Chicago Tribune.
  • Safia Khan, MD, and David L Luterman, MD, talked to the Dallas Morning News about sleep aids.
  • Talha Memon, MD, discussed sleep apnea on the Temeculah Valley Hospital podcast. 

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