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Meet Our Faculty

 

Portrait of James Rowley, MD.
James Rowley, MD

Program Director, Sleep Medicine Fellowship
  • Professor, Internal Medicine - Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Areas of Expertise
  • Sleep-disordered breathing
  • Non-invasive ventilation
  • Hypersomnia
  • Sleep disorders due to asthma/COPD
  • Clinical education/program leadership

 

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James Herdegen
James J. Herdegen, MD
Section Director, Sleep Medicine
 
  • Professor, Internal Medicine - Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Areas of Expertise
  • Sleep-disordered breathing
  • Non-invasive ventilation
  • Cardio-metabolic aspects of sleep-disordered breathing
  • Glycemic control and sleep-disordered breathing
  • Cost-effective health care modeling

 

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Upneet Chawla, MD

Assistant Professor - Internal Medicine 

Areas of expertise
  • Circadian rhythm assessment
  • Circadian rhythm disorders
  • Hypersomnia
  • Insomnia
  • Narcolepsy
  • Parasomnias
  • Polysomnography
  • Sleep apnea
  • Sleep disorders

 

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Assistant Professor - Internal Medicine 

Areas of expertise
  • Circadian rhythm assessment
  • Circadian rhythm disorders
  • Hypersomnia
  • Insomnia
  • Narcolepsy
  • Parasomnias
  • Polysomnography
  • Sleep apnea
  • Sleep disorders
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  • Assistant Professor
Areas of expertise
  • Circadian rhythm assessment
  • Circadian rhythm disorders
  • Hypersomnia
  • Insomnia
  • Narcolepsy
  • Parasomnias
  • Polysomnography
  • Sleep apnea
  • Sleep disorders

 

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Michael Hutz, MD
  • Assistant Professor, Section of Sleep Surgery
  • Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
  • Internal Medicine – Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Areas of expertise
  • Skeletal surgery for obstructive sleep apnea
  • CPAP alternative therapies for obstructive sleep apnea
  • Snoring

 

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Sleep Medicine Fellowship Associate Program Director
  • Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine and Sleep Medicine
Areas of expertise
  • Chronic disease management
  • Trainee education- focus on impact​ of sleep quantity and quality on overall health.
  • Narcolepsy

 

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Babak Mokhlesi, MD, MSc
Babak Mokhlesi, MD, MSc
Division Chief, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
  • J. Bailey Carter, MD Professor, Internal Medicine - Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
  • Co-Director, RUSH Lung Center
Areas of expertise
  • Circadian rhythm assessment
  • Circadian rhythm disorders
  • Hypersomnia
  • Insomnia
  • Narcolepsy
  • Parasomnias
  • Polysomnography
  • Sleep apnea
  • Sleep disorders

 

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Patwari Pallavi
Pallavi Patwari, MD
Medical Director, Pediatric Sleep Medicine
  • Associate Professor, Pediatrics
  • Medical Director, Pediatric Sleep Medicine, RUSH University Children’s Hospital
  • Board certified in Pediatrics, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Areas of expertise
  • Pediatric sleep medicine
  • Hypoventilation disorders
  • Sleep in pediatric critical illness

 

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James Wyatt
James K. Wyatt, PhD
Director, Section of Sleep-Wake Disorders and Sleep Research
  • Professor of Behavioral Sciences RUSH Medical College (RMC)
  • Director, Section of Sleep Disorders and Sleep-Wake Research - Department of Behavioral Sciences
  • Director, RMC Elective Clerkship in Sleep Medicine
  • Diplomate, American Board of Sleep Medicine
  • Certified in the practice of Behavioral Sleep Medicine, American Academy of Sleep Medicine
  • Licensed in Clinical Psychology
Areas of expertise
  • Diagnosis and treatment of the insomnia disorders
  • Diagnosis and treatment of the circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorders
  • Assessment and remediation of suboptimal treatment adherence
  • Wrist actigraphic assessment of sleep and wakefulness

 

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Tresa Zacharias, MD
  • Assistant Professor - Neurology
Areas of expertise
  • Circadian rhythm assessment
  • Hypersomnia
  • Insomnia
  • Light therapy
  • Narcolepsy
  • Parasomnias
  • Restless legs syndrome (RLS)
  • Sleep apnea
  • Sleep disorders

Health Care Team

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Jenica Sidler

Jenica Sidler, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC, CCRN

  • Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN-Sleep Medicine)
Areas of expertise
  • Sleep apnea
  • Continuous positive airway (CPAP) and Bilevel positive airway
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
  • Hypersomnia
  • Narcolepsy
  • Parasomnias

Caitline Levine, MSPAS, PA-C

  • Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN-Sleep Medicine)
Areas of expertise
  • Sleep apnea
  • Continuous positive airway (CPAP) and Bilevel positive airway
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
  • Hypersomnia
  • Narcolepsy
  • Parasomnias

Graciela Padilla

Sleep Center Supervisor

  • RPSGT – Registered Polysomnography Technologist 
  • Sleep Center Supervisor