Alon Yosefian Avidan MD MPH (He/Him)

Summary

• Dr. Avidan is a Professor of Neurology at the UCLA Department of Neurology, and Director of the UCLA Sleep Disorders Center. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from UCLA and attended Medical School at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences where he also obtained a Master of Public Health. He completed his Neurology Residency at the Georgetown University Medical Center, where he served as Chief Resident. After residency, he completed a Fellowship in Sleep Medicine at the Cleveland Clinic.
  
  Before moving to UCLA, Dr. Avidan was at the University of Michigan from 1999-2006, where he was Assistant Professor, Director of the Sleep Disorders Clinic and Chair of Resident Education in the Department of Neurology. In 2008, he has served as Visiting Professor of Neurology Education in the Department of Neurology at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. He is currently President of the California Sleep Society.
  
  Dr. Avidan was Principal Investigator of a National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute, NIH, Sleep Academic Award. He developed key educational modules for teaching sleep topics which have been adopted by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. He has published over 100 chapters, letters to the editor, peer-reviewed articles, guest-edited four books on sleep. He has developed expertise in sleep disorders in older people. His research interests are in the field of geriatrics sleep medicine, insomnia, and sleep and fatigue management in residency training. His clinical interests include the management of sleep disorders comorbid in neurological conditions.

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