Sean P.A. Drummond, PhD, first
became fascinated with sleep
research when he volunteered
as an undergraduate research
assistant in the Sleep Research
Laboratory at the University
of Arizona under the direction
of Richard Bootzin, PhD and
Michael Perlis, PhD (then a
graduate student). He attended
the SDSU-UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical
Psychology where he worked with J. Christian Gillin, MD,
and completed his pre-doctoral internship at the Tucson
VA hospital. Dr. Drummond then returned to UCSD as a
postdoctoral fellow working with Gregory G. Brown, PhD. He
joined the faculty in the Department of Psychiatry in October
2002.
Dr. Drummond’s main program of research seeks to
understand the impact of sleep and sleep deprivation on
cognitive performance, brain function, as well as overall
clinical symptoms and quality of life. He conducts both
experimental studies and clinical studies.
Dr. Drummond has an active clinical role in the Veterans
Affairs San Diego Healthcare System as the Associate
Director of the Cognitive Behavioral Interventions Program.
This clinic treats insomnia and nightmares in a variety of
patient populations, including PTSD, mood disorders and
primary care patients.
Atul Malhotra, MD is the Division
Chief of Pulmonary and Critical
Care Medicine, Director of
Sleep Medicine and Kenneth
M. Moser Professor of Medicine
at UC San Diego. He is very
involved in the leadership of the
American Thoracic Society as
the current ATS Vice President
and future ATS President in
2015-2016. Dr. Malhotra is an avid researcher and prolific
writer with over 190 peer-reviewed original articles and over
125 reviews/chapters since coming on faculty in 2000. His
investigative interests include the pathogenesis of sleep
apnea, the metabolic/cardiovascular complications of sleep
disorders, and mechanical ventilation in acute respiratory
distress syndrome.
SEAN P.A. DRUMMOND, PHD
Brain Function During Sleep Deprivation
and Sleep Disorders: Is There a Common
Dysfunction?
Tuesday, June 3, 2014
9:05am – 10:05am
ATUL MALHOTRA, MD
The Future of Sleep Apnea Therapy
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
1:30pm – 2:30pm
Invited Lecturers
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