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Alon Avidan, MD, Neurology, Los Angeles, CA, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

AlonYosefianAvidanMDMPH(He/Him)

Neurology • Los Angeles, CA

Sleep Medicine

Director, UCLA Sleep Disorders Center Professor of Neurology UCLA Department of Neurology David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA University of California, Los Angeles

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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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    Webinars - UCLA Sleep Disorders Center - Los Angeles, CA

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    Mysterious Sleep Disorders

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    NeuroLearn: REM Sleep Behavior Disorder: There Will Be Plaque - American Academy

    This presentation was a part of the HeadTalks stage at the 2016 AAN Annual Meeting in Vancouver, BA presented by Alon Y. Avidan MD, MPH, FAAN on April 17, 2016.

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Education & Training

  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Cleveland Clinic FoundationFellowship, Clinical Neurophysiology, 1998 - 1999
  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Cleveland Clinic FoundationFellowship, Sleep Medicine, 1998 - 1999
  • MedStar Health/Georgetown University Hospital
    MedStar Health/Georgetown University HospitalResidency, Neurology, 1995 - 1998
  • George Washington University
    George Washington UniversityMPH, 1989 - 1998
  • George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
    George Washington University School of Medicine and Health SciencesClass of 1994
  • University of California, Los Angeles
    University of California, Los AngelesBS, Biology, Dean;s Honor List, 1985 - 1988
  • University of California, Los Angeles
    University of California, Los AngelesB.S., Biology, 1985 - 1988

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1998 - 2026
  • MI State Medical License
    MI State Medical License 1999 - 2009
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Sleep Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Excellence in Education Award American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 2014
  • FAASM American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 2007
  • Fellow Amercan Academy of Neurology, 2005
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Spectral EEG Analysis and Sleepwalking Defense: Unreliable Scientific Evidence  
    Pressman M, Mahowald M Schenck C, Bornemann MC, Banergee D, Buchanan P, Howell M. Avidan AY, JCSM, 1/1/2014
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    Ahmed, Q. A. Y. Avidan, AY. Ciechanover, D. Shechtman, D. Zajfman, U. Reichman, R. Kornberg, A. Hershko and P. Lavie, Lancet, 1/1/2014
  • Sleep disorders in clinical practice: A wake-up call for neurologists  
    Avidan AY, Neurology Clinical Practice, 1/1/2014
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Books/Book Chapters

  • Sleep Disorders Medicine 
    Chapter: Adult Sleep Stage Scoring. 
    Avidan A, Malhotra, REditors: Chervin RD.Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier, Philadelphia, PAEdition 3,2014
  • Common Pitfalls in Sleep Medicine 
    Chapter: Falls and hip fractures in the elderly: insomnia and hypnotics as unrecognized risk factors. 
    Avidan AEditors: Chervin RD.Cambridge University Press, New York, NY2014
  • Common Pitfalls in Sleep Medicine 
    Chapter: History and polysomnographic findings are both critical to distinguish different parasomnias. 
    Avidan AEditors: Chervin RD.Cambridge University Press, New York, NY2014
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Abstracts/Posters

  • Insomnia Medication Use and the Probability of an Accidental Event in a Commercial Population.
    Avidan, AY. Palmer, LA; Doan JF; Baran RB, Sleep, 1/1/2008
  • Risk of Accidents in Older Adults Taking Medications for Insomnia.
    Avidan, AY. Palmer, LA; Doan JF; Baran RB, The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 1/1/2008
  • Updates on the Evaluation and Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
    Avidan AY, Western Medical Center of Anaheim, Orange, CA, 1/1/2007
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Lectures

  • The Clinical Spectrum of REM Sleep Behavior Disorder. 
    Los Angeles, CA - 1/17/2014
  • Review of Sleep Medicine. 
    University of California, Los Angeles - 1/15/2014
  • Disorders of Arousal. 
    West Los Angeles VA, Los Angeles, CA - 1/10/2014
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Other

  • Lack Of Sleep, Genes Can Get Sleepwalkers Up And About. 
    Avidan AY
    1/27/2012
  • New non-alcoholic downers to get you off the caffeine buzz. 
    Avidan AY, American Public Media, Marketplace Public Radio
    1/29/2010
  • Exploring 10 Popular Sleep Myths. 
    Avidan AY, ABC News
    1/13/2010
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Authored Content

  • A Preview of 'REM Sleep Behavior Disorder (RBD): Understanding the Clinician and Patient Perspectives' at SLEEP 2023May 2023

Press Mentions

  • Do These 10 Natural Insomnia Aids Really Help You Get Better Sleep?
    Do These 10 Natural Insomnia Aids Really Help You Get Better Sleep?October 19th, 2022
  • One App Is Especially Bad for Teens' Sleep
    One App Is Especially Bad for Teens' SleepSeptember 13th, 2022
  • Preliminary Program
    Preliminary ProgramJune 4th, 2022
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Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • Hebrew

Hospital Affiliations

External Links

  • Websitehttp://www.uclahealth.org/body.cfm?id=479&action=detail&ref=24500
  • Bloghttp://www.neurology.ucla.edu/index.jsp?m=3&s=3_1
  • UCLA https://www.uclahealth.org/alon-avidan

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