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SLEEP DISORDERS UPDATE

The ACGME (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education) has recently accredited the Department of Neurology's Fellowship Program in Sleep Medicine. The Program is under the direction of Beth Malow, MD, MS, with contributing faculty from neurology, pulmonary medicine, and pediatrics. Sleep Fellows participate in a variety of interdisciplinary clinics and interpret sleep studies performed in the Vanderbilt Sleep Disorders Center, a 10-bed hotel-based center accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine since 2004. Information about the Sleep Fellowship Program can be obtained by contacting Ms. Linda Hurt, Fellowship Coordinator, at linda.hurt@vanderbilt.edu or calling 615-936-1567.

In granting accreditation, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine requires a sleep center to meet or to exceed all standards for professional quality including testing procedures, patient contacts, and physician training. Dr. Beth Malow, Associate Professor of Neurology and Medical Director of the Center, located in the Marriott Hotel at Vanderbilt University, attributes the successful accreditation to the team efforts of the technical, professional, and administrative staff at Vanderbilt, and the strong support of the Department of Neurology. The Center is unique in being hotel-based and multidisciplinary, with involvement of neurology, pulmonary medicine, pediatrics, psychiatry, otolaryngology, and oral surgery. Children make up approximately twenty percent of the patient volume.

To apply for a sleep fellowship, please download the application form in MS-Word format by clicking here, and email to Ms. Linda Hurt at linda.hurt@vanderbilt.edu.

Please note that sleep fellowship applications are no longer being accepted for 2007. Applications for 2008 may be submitted in June of 2007.

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