Sairam Parthasarathy, MD
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The Healing Power of Sleep: Chief Nourisher of the Body, Mind and Heart
Sairam Parthasarathy, MD
Director, UA Center for Sleep Disorders
Program Director UA Sleep Medicine Fellowship Program
Professor of Medicine, the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson
About the Lecture
The Arthritis Foundation claims that as many as 80% of people with arthritis have difficulty sleeping. Sleep disorders are among the most common clinical problems encountered in modern medicine. Strong evidence shows that insufficient sleep has a significant impact on numerous health conditions, including chronic disease development, incidence and immunologic function. The latest research shows the relationship between arthritis and sleep to be one of great impact.
Speaker Sairam ‘Sai’ Parthasarathy, MD, Director of the University of Arizona Center for Sleep Disorders and Program Director of the University of Arizona Sleep Medicine Fellowship Program, will share the newest information on the nature and importance of sleep and its role in disease prevention and population health. He will address the epidemic of sleep deprivation, insomnia, and sleep apnea and its relationship to pain, arthritis, our immune system, obesity, Alzheimer’s and heart disease. He will discuss sleep disorders and the economic burden on the healthcare systems of the U.S. and the world.
About Dr. Sai Parthasarathy
Dr. Parthasarathy serves as the Program Director for the UA’s Sleep Fellowship program and a Professor of Medicine in the UA College of Medicine - Tucson. He is also a member of the American Thoracic Society and the Sleep Research Society, a member of the Advisory Board of the Sleep Disorders Research division of the National Institutes of Health, the Chair of the Grant Review Committee for the American Sleep Medicine Foundation, the Associate Editor of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, and serves on the Advisory Panel of the UA Respiratory Disease Committee. Additionally, he serves on the Steering Committee for ADVENT (Advanced Ear Nose and Throat), on the Editorial Board for American College of Chest Physicians Sleep Edition and is the Chair of the Data and Safety Monitoring Board, an independent group of experts that advises research investigators. He also serves on the Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) and Bariatric Surgery committees of the National Institutes of Health.
Dr. Parthasarathy is board-certified in sleep medicine, internal medicine, pulmonary medicine, critical care medicine and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Sleep Medicine. He currently holds grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI).