Interviews With Sleep Specialists
Insights Into the Worlds of Sleep Medicine and Sleep Business
Ever wondered what it was like to discover the narcolepsy gene? Or to be a doctor deciding daily whether to prescribe sleeping pills at night? Or to be a business owner trying to change for the better how one of the most deadly, widespread, and unrecognized disorders known to man is diagnosed and treated?
With this page we try to provide you with a bit of a lens into the work of sleep specialists. Through Q&A interviews conducted by Stanford Sleep and Dreams students, we hope these stories will prove insightful for you.
Scientists & Doctors
Interview with Dr. Emmanuel Mignot - Discoverer of the Narcolepsy Gene, Director of the Renowned Stanford Center On Narcolepsy
Interview with Dr. Kim Harvey - Recollections of the Stanford Sleep Camp - Undergraduate Assistant at the pioneering camp (late 1970s - early 1980s), current pediatrician at the Menlo Medical Clinic, Stanford Hospital
Interview with Dr. Shahriar Dadkhah - On Sleeping Pills - Director of Cardiology Research at Saint Francis HospitalBusiness Owners
Interview with Robert Koenigsberg - Founder, CEO of SleepQuest, a company working on the accessibility of sleep apnea diagnoses
Authors
Interview with Shaun Phillips - Author of Dreaming, Stanford University alum.
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