Sleep Medicine Approval Committees

The Approval Committees aim to maintain a composition that reflects the diversity and complexity of the physician and patient populations that certification serves. They comprise entirely practicing, board certified physicians with active certificates in their respective specialties.

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American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN)

Dr. Abbott is an Assistant Professor in the Ken and Ruth Davee Department of Neurology at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in Neurology and Sleep Medicine. Her clinical and research practice focuses on the diagnosis and management of circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorders. She currently serves as the Vice Chair of the Trainee Education Advisory Committee for the Sleep Research Society.

She received a psychology degree from Carleton College. Dr. Abbott earned her graduate degree in molecular and integrative physiology and medical degree from the University of Illinois. She completed her medical internship at the Massachusetts General Hospital, her neurology residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and her sleep medicine fellowship at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

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As of September 2024, Dr. Abbott reported the following external relationships:

Work as an author or editor for the following company, with compensation as listed:

  • UpToDate, receiving compensation for authorship.

American Board of Pediatrics (ABP)

Dr. Beck is the Medical Director of the Sleep Center and an attending pulmonologist in the Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). She a lifetime member of the American Board of Sleep Medicine and board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in Pediatrics, Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine. She has worked in teaching hospitals since the onset of her career and as an attending in the University of Pennsylvania and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s joint Sleep Medicine Fellowship. Dr. Beck has taught pediatric sleep medicine to pediatric and adult medicine fellows, as well as otolaryngology, neurology, developmental, psychiatry and psychology trainees.

She was awarded the Allan Ian Pack Excellence in Teaching Award from the Division of Sleep Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. In addition, Dr. Beck led CHOP sleep laboratories though several accreditations and lead our sleep technical staff to maintain quality of polysomnography in typically developing children as well as children with complex medical conditions.

Dr. Beck earned her medical degree from Temple University, Philadelphia, and completed her pediatric internship, residency and pediatric pulmonary fellowship at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. 

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As of September 2024, Dr. Beck reported the following ongoing external relationships:

Work as an author or editor for the following company, with compensation as listed:

  • Elsevier, receiving compensation as an editor.

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American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (ABOHNS)

Dr. Huntley is an Associate Professor of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery with a secondary appointment in Sleep Medicine. He is ABOHNS Board Certified in Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery and Sleep Medicine. He has an in-depth experience and clinical interest in the management of patients with sleep-disordered breathing, primarily obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). In addition, his primary research focus surrounds sleep disorders and sleep-disordered breathing. He has widespread experience studying management options for OSA, the impact of management of OSA on comorbidities attributed to the disease, and the preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative management of patients with OSA. Through this experience, he has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications, textbook chapters and textbooks, and lectured internationally.

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As of September 2024, Dr. Huntley reported the following external relationships:

Consulting on design of new drugs or devices, clinical trials, the use of specific agents or other research-related activities for the following companies, with compensation for travel expenses:

  • Avivomed
  • Inspire
  • Nyxoah

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American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN)

Dr. Krahn is a Professor of Psychiatry and a sleep medicine specialist at the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona. She is ABPN Board Certified Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine. She is a physician member of the Arizona Board of Medicine, the Audit Committee of the Federation of State Medical Boards and the Management Committee of the United States Medical Licensing Examination.

After graduating from Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, she attended the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine. She completed her psychiatry residency and fellowship in consultation/liaison psychiatry at the Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Medicine.

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As of September 2024, Dr. Krahn reported the following external relationships:

Funding for clinical trial expenses and staff, paid to the Mayo Clinic, from the following company:

  • Axsome

Consulting on design of new drugs or devices, clinical trials, the use of specific agents or other research-related activities for the following companies, with compensation for travel expenses and/or honoraria:

  • Avadel
  • Takeda 

American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)

Dr. Louis is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Florida (UF) College of Medicine and is ABIM Board Certified in Pulmonary Disease and Sleep Medicine. She is the Director of the Sleep Program at UF Health and currently serves as the Chair of the Non-Respiratory Section of the Sleep Network at the American College of Chest Physicians.

Dr. Louis has an active clinical practice that focuses on sleep disorders and pulmonary diseases. She is heavily involved in education, has appeared on numerous local news broadcasts and has been an invited lecturer in national and international forums. She has received several awards for outstanding teaching at both the university and national levels. Her research interests focus primarily on sleep-disordered breathing. Dr. Louis earned her medical degree from McGill University in Montreal, where she also completed her internal medicine and pulmonary disease training. She completed her sleep medicine fellowship at Johns Hopkins University. She holds a master’s degree in neuropharmacology from McGill University.

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As of September 2024, Dr. Louis reported no ongoing external relationships.

American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)

Dr. Ramzy is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University in Philadelphia and an attending physician and the Program Director of the Sleep Medicine Fellowship at St. Luke’s University Health Network in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Dr. Ramzy’s clinical interests include interstitial lung disease, bronchial asthma and various sleep breathing disorders. He has received extensive training in obstructive lung disease, bronchial asthma, interstitial lung disease, lung cancer, lung transplant, obstructive sleep apnea and other sleep disorders including diagnosis and treatment of complex sleep disordered breathing, narcolepsy and insomnia. He is ABIM Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care Medicine and Sleep Medicine. He previously served on the ABIM Sleep Medicine Item-Writing Task Force.

Dr. Ramzy graduated from the Ain Shams University, Faculty of Medicine, in Egypt with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS). He completed internal medicine residency training at Michigan State University/McLaren Flint, where he also served as chief resident. He completed a pulmonary and critical care medicine fellowship and a sleep medicine fellowship at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University. 

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As of May 2025, Dr. Ramzy reported the following ongoing external relationships:

Funding for clinical trial expenses and staff, paid to the Lewis Katz School of Medicine, St. Luke’s University Health Network, from the following company: 

  • Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Limited, serving as principal investigator for a multi-hospital, international clinical trial for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. 

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American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN)

Dr. McCall practices sleep medicine at VA Puget Sound Health Care Center, where she is the Director of Sleep Provider Clinics. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, and a core faculty member of the Sleep Medicine Fellowship at the University of Washington. She is ABPN Board Certified in Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine.

Her clinical, teaching and research interests include the intersection of sleep medicine and psychiatry (especially post-traumatic stress disorder), insomnia, nightmares, circadian rhythm disorders and the effects of psychiatric medications on sleep.

Dr. McCall currently serves on the American Academy of Sleep Medicine task force to update clinical practice guidelines for extrinsic circadian rhythm disorders. She is a planning member of the Sleep-VA ECHO national telementorship program and the VA Evidence-Based Psychotherapy for Insomnia Training Program. She is the Insomnia Section Editor for Current Sleep Medicine Reports.

Dr. McCall received her bachelor's degree in psychology at the University of California, Irvine, and her medical degree at Wake Forest School of Medicine. She completed her psychiatry residency at Harvard Longwood and a fellowship in psychotherapy at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute. She completed her fellowship in sleep medicine at the University of Washington. 

As of September 2024, Dr. McCall reported the following external relationships:

Work as an author or editor for the following company, with compensation as listed:

  • Springer, receiving compensation as section editor for Current Sleep Medicine Reports.

Dr. McCall serves in significant roles with the following organization, receiving reimbursement or compensation as listed:

  • The American Academy of Sleep Medicine, Clinical Practice Guideline Task Force for Extrinsic Circadian Rhythm Disorders, without compensation.

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American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN)

Dr. Alattar is an Associate Clinical Professor of Neurology and Sleep Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University. Prior to that position, she was the Director of the Stroke Program and the Assistant Director of the Sleep and Wake Disorders Center at Mary Washington Healthcare in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Under her leadership, the stroke program successfully passed the primary stroke certification and went on to win numerous awards. She also established a multidisciplinary sleep center in Fredericksburg. She is ABPN Board Certified in Sleep Medicine.

She was an Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology at the University of North Carolina (UNC), Chapel Hill, where she taught fellows and residents in the department's sleep medicine fellowship. At UNC, she was also the Director of Clinical Development at the sleep medicine clinic. Prior to that position, she was a Clinical Associate at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.

Currently, she serves as the Co-Chair for the Virginia Stroke Systems Task Force and served as a member of the American Academy of Neurology's Ethic, Law, and Humanities Committee. She was a speaker/faculty for Pri-Medi Updates where she gave lectures on the topic of obstructive sleep apnea across the states. For six years in a row (2011 to 2016), she was voted a “Top Doctor” for the Northern Virginia region.
Dr. Alattar received her biology degree from David Lipscomb University, Nashville, and her medical degree from the University of Tennessee, Memphis. She completed her neurology residency training at Georgetown University Medical Center and her neurophysiology and sleep disorders fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic.

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As of April 2025, Dr. Alattar reported no ongoing external relationships.

American Board of Pediatrics (ABP)

Dr. May is a sleep medicine specialist that currently practices at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. She is a member of the Division of Pulmonary Medicine and a member of the Cystic Fibrosis Team. She is also an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics for the Ohio State University College of Medicine.

Dr. May went to medical school at the St. Louis University School of Medicine. She completed her residency and fellowship in pediatric pulmonology at Nationwide Children's Hospital. Dr. May also completed a sleep medicine fellowship at the Ohio State University College of Medicine. She is ABP Board Certified in Pediatric Pulmonology.

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As of September 2024, Dr. May reported no ongoing external relationships.

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American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (ABOHNS)

Dr. Patterson is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy. He was an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Minnesota from 1997 to 2009 and served as an Adjunct Professor since 2016. In addition to his participation in this academic medical practice, he practices in the fields of otolaryngology, sleep medicine and allergy in two rural medical centers in south and central Minnesota.

Dr. Patterson is a graduate of Baylor College of Medicine and completed a residency in otolaryngology at Georgetown University Hospital. He completed a fellowship in otology and neurotology and became board certified in the field of otolaryngology – head and neck surgery. He completed a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Health Administration at the University of Minnesota. He is ABOHNS Board Certified in Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery and Sleep Medicine.

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As of April 2025, Dr. Patterson reported no ongoing external relationships.

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American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)

Dr. Sahni is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Illinois Chicago. She is ABIM Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Disease and Sleep Medicine.

Dr. Sahni completed her Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) in India, followed by training in internal medicine, critical care medicine and pulmonary disease at the John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County. She completed a sleep medicine fellowship at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.

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As of June 2025, Dr. Sahni reported the following external relationships:

Dr. Sahni serves in significant roles with the following organization, receiving reimbursement or compensation as listed:

  • The American College of Chest Physicians (CHEST) – Sleep Home Mechanical Ventilator Network Member; Scientific Presentations and Awards Committee Member; Sleep Respiratory Network Member, receiving discount for CHEST meeting registration.

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American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)

Dr. Syed is the Medical Director of the Sleep Medicine Department and the Fellowship Director of the Sleep Medicine Program at the University of Florida (UF) in Gainesville, Florida. He also serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at UF. Dr. Syed is ABIM Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Sleep Medicine. He has been granted fellow status by the American College of Physicians.

Dr. Syed is driven by his profound interest in sleep and its impact on overall health. He translates his passion by working to raise awareness about the importance of sleep and its significant role in mental health, cognitive functioning, and cardiovascular and metabolic health. Dr. Syed has a broad range of experience in treating sleep disorders. In addition, Dr. Syed is deeply committed to ensuring equitable healthcare access and has over a decade of clinical experience serving underprivileged and diverse populations in community health care.

Dr. Syed is dedicated to teaching and finds fulfillment in mentoring residents and fellows. His teaching abilities have been acknowledged with multiple awards, notably the Best Clinical Preceptor by the Cleveland Clinic Residents and Interns and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine students. Dr. Syed believes in a multi-faceted approach to teaching, which goes beyond imparting knowledge and emphasizes the importance of nurturing critical thinking skills, as well as the value of giving and receiving feedback.

Dr. Syed earned his medical degree from Sindh Medical College in Karachi, Pakistan. He completed an internal medicine residency at Caritas St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center in Boston. He completed a sleep medicine fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic.

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As of February 2025, Dr. Syed reported no ongoing external relationships.