The Master has an international faculty directed by theDr. Diego García-Borreguero and leading specialists in neurology, pulmonology, psychology and other sleep disciplines.
Content reviewed byDr. Diego García-Borreguero· Medical directionTheDr. Diego García-Borreguerodirects the Master together with a faculty ofinternational specialistsin sleep medicine. The teaching team provides clinical and research experience in neurology, pulmonology, psychology, dentistry and other areas related to sleep. Several of them are co-authors of the ESRS textbook.
The teachers of theMaster's in Sleep MedicineThey don't just teach: they work every day caring for patients and researching. This allows the content of the Master to be updated with real clinical practice and the latest scientific advances.
The faculty includes specialists from different disciplines and from different parts of the world, so that the student obtains a comprehensive vision of sleep medicine: from basic physiology to the multidisciplinary approach to disorders.
In addition, the teaching team participates in live sessions, guardianials and webinars, facilitating direct contact with students.
Among the teaching staff, we have the participation of great international experts such as Prof. M. Bhatia, Prof. C. Espie, Prof. R. Grunstein, Prof. G.J. Lammers, Prof. L. de Lecea, Prof. T.L. Lee-Chiong Jr, Prof. M. Manconi, Prof. D. Pevernagie, Prof. F. Provini, Prof. D. Rosen, Prof. M. Schmidt, Prof. D.J. Skene and Prof. H. Schneider, among others. All of them are leading international figures in their respective fields and several have been co-authors of the ESRS textbook “Sleep Medicine Textbook.”
Dr. García-Borreguero completed his medical studies at the University of Navarra, where he graduated in 1984. He later specialized between 1986 and 1990 in Neurology and Psychiatry at the Max-Planck Institute in Munich (Germany).
Dr. Manvir Bhatia is a neurologist and sleep specialist with more than 25 years of experience in the field. She is the director of the Neurology Sleep Center in New Delhi. She is currently Vice President of the Indian Society of Sleep Research. She is the author of the book “The Sleep Solution”, the first non-fiction book on sleep in India.
Professor of Sleep Medicine at the University of Oxford. Director of the Experimental and Clinical Sleep Medicine research program and Clinical Director of the Institute of Circadian Neurosciences and of Sleep. Emeritus professor of clinical psychology at the University of Glasgow. He is known internationally for his work on insomnia and its treatment, using cognitive behavioral therapies (CBTx).
Ron Grunstein AM is currently Professor of Sleep Medicine and Director of the NHMRC Center for Integrated Research and Understanding of sleep (CIRUS) and the NHMRC Australasian Sleep Trials Network. He is a Senior Principal Investigator of the NHMRC and was previously a practicing member of the NHMRC since 2002. Professor Grunstein is a specialist in Respiratory Disorders and Sleep Medicine at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.
Specialist in Neurology and director of the Sleep-wake SEIN center (Heemstede) associated with Leiden University Medical Centre. His main area of interest is narcolepsy and other hypersomnias. He is co-founder of the European Narcolepsy Network, currently being its president.
Graduate and Doctor in Molecular Biology from the University of Barcelona, he has developed an extensive research career at the Scripps Research Institute. Among his achievements is the discovery of hypocretins. He is currently a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, California (United States).
He is a professor at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine. He has written or edited 20 textbooks on sleep medicine and pulmonary medicine. Additionally, he developed and serves as consulting editor for Sleep Medicine Clinics, and is a member of editorial boards and reviewer for several medical journals and publications. He has served as chair of the Nosology Committee of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), vice chair of the Program Committee Associated Professional Sleep Societies LLC (APSS), and chair of both the Sleep Medicine Network and the steering committees of the Sleep Research Institute of the American College of Chest Medicine (ACCP). He has also been a member of the ACCP Council of Governors. Received the 2012 American Academy of Sleep Medicine Excellence in Education Award.
Specialist in Pulmonology and Doctor of Medicine from the University of Barcelona. Research fellow at New Cross Hospital in London and visiting professor at McGill University in Canada. Director of the sleep laboratory at Hospital Clinic Barcelona. Professor of Medicine at the University of Barcelona. Expert in Sleep Disorders (CEAMS). Main research topics: respiratory sleep disorders, technological and telemedicine studies, animal models of sleep.
Dirk Pevernagie is an ESRS-certified pulmonologist and somnologist currently working at Ghent University as well as Ghent University Hospital. He obtained his PhD in Biomedical Sciences in 1994 with the thesis “Body Position and OSA” based on research conducted at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, USA. He was president (2000-2008) of the Belgian Research Association of Sleep and Sleep Medicine (BASS). He has been a founding member of the Dutch Society of Sleep Medicine (SVNL) from 2016-2019.
Doctor and currently professor at the University of Bologna (Italy). He has developed an extensive research career in the characterization of movement disorders during sleep and the description of the characteristics of sleep in neurodegenerative diseases, with multiple publications in this field.
Specialist in Pediatric Pulmonology and specialist in Sleep Medicine at Boston Children's Hospital. Doctor of Medicine from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School.
Lourdes Del Rosso is a sleep specialist at Seattle Children's Hospital and an associate professor in the department of pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine. He earned his medical degree from the University of Miami; completed a residency in Family Medicine at Kaiser Permanente/UC Irvine, a Sleep Medicine fellowship at Louisiana State University, and a Master's Degree in Medical Education at the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Markus Schmidt is President and Medical Director of the Ohio Sleep Research Institute Medicine. He is seriously dedicated to his patients and constantly strives to provide them with the highest level of care in sleep medicine, to the point that he has received recognition in sleep medicine (Best Doctors in America) from 2007 to 2017. He is a certified member of sleep medicine and neurology, has extensive clinical and research experience, and regularly participates in national and international conferences.
Doctor and professor of Neuroendocrinology at the University of Surrey (UK), she is currently Head of the Department of Chronobiology. Extensive experience in research on circadian rhythms and chronobiology.
Dr. Hartmut Schneider is a pioneer in Sleep Medicine, internationally recognized for his work at the University of Marburg and Johns Hopkins. Their studies showed that analyzing body functions during sleep improves personalized medical care. He has developed diagnostic and therapeutic methods that are essential today and founded leading centers and companies in the field.
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