SeanP.A. Drummond, PhD, first
became fascinated with sleep
research when he volunteered
as an undergraduate research
assistant in the SleepResearch
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 fellowworkingwithGregoryG.Brown,PhD.He
joined the faculty in theDepartment of Psychiatry inOctober
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 theCognitive Behavioral Interventions Program.
This clinic treats insomnia and nightmares in a variety of
patient populations, including PTSD, mood disorders and
primary care patients.
AtulMalhotra,MD is theDivision
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 withover 190peer-reviewedoriginal articles andover
125 reviews/chapters since coming on faculty in 2000. His
investigative interests include the pathogenesis of sleep
apnea, themetabolic/cardiovascular complications of sleep
disorders, and mechanical ventilation in acute respiratory
distress syndrome.
SEANP.A. DRUMMOND, PHD
BrainFunctionDuringSleepDeprivation
andSleepDisorders: IsThere aCommon
Dysfunction?
Tuesday, June3, 2014 | 9:05am – 10:05am
RoomL100H
ATULMALHOTRA, MD
TheFutureof SleepApneaTherapy
Wednesday, June 4, 2014 | 1:30pm – 2:30pm
Room101E
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