AndrewMichaelNamenMDFAASM, FCCP

Pulmonology • Sparta, NC

Critical Care Medicine, Pleural Disease, Sleep Medicine

Associate Professor Of Medicine

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Office
233 Doctors St
Sparta, NC 28675
Phone+1 336-372-5511

Fax+1 336-372-8451
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Education & Training

Wake Forest University School of MedicineFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1997 - 2001
Wake Forest University School of MedicineResidency, Internal Medicine, 1994 - 1997
Medical College of Georgia at Augusta UniversityClass of 1994

Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 2001 - 2025
NC State Medical License 2013 - 2024
American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease
American Board of Sleep MedicineSleep Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Solution Series EHR, e-MDs, 2011-2012
Top MD Consumers Checkbook

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Circulating metabolic profile in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: data from the IPF-PRO Registry.
Suliman, S. A., Ross Summer, Jamie L Todd, Megan L Neely, L Jason Lobo, Andrew Namen, L Kristin Newby, Shirin Shafazand, Sally Suliman, Christian Hesslinger, Sascha Ke...> ;Respiratory Research. 2024 Jan 25
Preoperative sleep apnea screening protocol reduces medical emergency team activation in patients with atrial fibrillation.
Ghatak, R., Amit K Saha, Kristin N Sheehan, Kang Rui Xiang, Justin Rackley, Harry Hicklin, Abigail L Koch, Prashant D Bhave, Daniel J Forest, Doug B Kirsch, Rupendra G...> ;Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 2024 Jan 4
Lung Structure and Risk of Sleep Apnea in SPIROMICS.
Abigail L Koch, Tracie L Shing, Andrew Namen, David Couper, Benjamin Smith, R Graham Barr, Surya Bhatt, Nirupama Putcha, Aaron Baugh, Amit K Saha, Michelle Ziedler, Al...> ;Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases. 2024 Jan 25
African American race is associated with worse sleep quality in heavy smokers.
Aaron D Baugh, Megan Acho, Abraham Arhin, Igor Barjaktarevic, David Couper, Gerard Criner, Meilan Han, Nadia Hansel, Jerry Krishnan, Katherine Malcolm, Andrew Namen, S...> ;Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 2023 Aug 1
Mitigation of biases and DOISNORE50 attributes as a sleep apnea questionnaire predictive of OSA and medical emergency team activation.
Andrew M Namen, Amit K Saha, Arjun B Chatterjee> ;Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 2023 Feb 1
1 citations
Pathophysiology and Management of Neurogenic Pulmonary Edema in Patients with Acute Severe Brain Injury.
Matthew A Maslonka, Kristin N Sheehan, Sudhir V Datar, Vidula Vachharajani, Andrew Namen> ;Southern Medical Journal. 2022 Oct 1
3 citations
Risk of COPD exacerbation is increased by poor sleep quality and modified by social adversity.
Aaron Baugh, Russell G Buhr, Pedro Quibrera, Igor Barjaktarevic, R Graham Barr, Russell Bowler, Meilan King Han, Joel D Kaufman, Abigail L Koch, Jerry Krishnan, Wassim...> ;Sleep. 2022 Aug 11
Reduction in medical emergency team activation among postoperative surgical patients at risk for undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnea.
Andrew M Namen, Daniel Forest, Amit K Saha, Kang Rui Xiang, Kelly Younger, Sarah Ellen E Stephens, Sheila Maurer, Arjun B Chatterjee, Alexander Sy, Cormac O'Donovan, S...> ;Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 2022 Aug 1
DOISNORE50: a perioperative sleep questionnaire predictive of obstructive sleep apnea and postoperative medical emergency team activation. A learning health system app...
Andrew M Namen, Daniel Forest, Amit K Saha, Kang Rui Xiang, Kelly Younger, Sheila Maurer, Zeeshan Ahmad, Arjun B Chatterjee, Cormac O'Donovan, Alexander Sy, Stephen P ...> ;Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 2022 Aug 1
19 citations
Fatal sepsis associated with a storage container leak permitting platelet contamination with environmental bacteria after pathogen reduction
Emmanuel A. Fadeyi, Stephen J. Wagner, Corinne L. Goldberg, Thea Lu, Pampee P. Young, Peter Bringmann, Nathaniel M Meier, Andrew M. Namen, Richard J. Benjamin, Elizabe...> ;Transfusion. 2021 Feb 1
3 citations
Preoperative Sleep Questionnaires Identify Medical Emergency Team Activation in Older Adults
Andrew M. Namen, Zeeshan Ahmad, Arjun B. Chatterjee, Amit Saha, Sandhya Kumar, Angela F. Edwards, Jill A. Ohar, Nicholas Kassis, Alexander O. Sy, Stephen P. Peters, Ed...> ;Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 2019 Jun 11
3 citations
Identifying Risk of Sleep Apnea and Major Hospital Events in an Older Inpatient Population.
Aaron W. Pickens, Julie A. Williams, Karen E. Huang, William R. Hazzard, Edward F. Haponik, Andrew M. Namen> ;Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2018 Sep 1
4 citations
Physicians Report Sleep Apnea Infrequently in Older and Older Vulnerable Adults
Andrew M. Namen, Karen E. Huang, Steven R. Feldman, William R. Hazzard, Stephen P. Peters, Edward F. Haponik> ;Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2017 Sep 1
15 citations
Recognition of Sleep Apnea Is Increasing. Analysis of Trends in Two Large, Representative Databases of Outpatient Practice
Andrew M. Namen, Arjun B. Chatterjee, Karen E. Huang, Steven R. Feldman, Edward F. Haponik> ;Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2016 Nov 10
67 citations
Increased Physician-Reported Sleep Apnea: The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey
Andrew M. Namen, Donnie P. Dunagan, Alan B. Fleischer, Janine S. Tillett, Molly C. Barnett, W. Vaughn McCall, Edward F. Haponik> ;Chest. 2002 Jun 1
23 citations
Sleep histories are seldom documented on a general medical service.
Andrew M. Namen, Landry Sh, Case Ld, McCall Wv, Donnie P. Dunagan, Edward F. Haponik> ;Southern Medical Journal. 2001 Sep 1
59 citations
Magnitude of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-γ Activation is Associated With Important and Seemingly Opposite Biological Responses in Breast Cancer Cells
Carl E. Clay, Andrew M. Namen, Gen-ichi Atsumi, Anthony J. Trimboli, Alfred N. Fonteh, Kevin P. High, Floyd H. Chilton> ;Journal of Investigative Medicine. 2001 Sep 1
214 citations
Predictors of Successful Extubation in Neurosurgical Patients
Andrew M. Namen, E. Wesley Ely, Stephen B. Tatter, L. Douglas Case, Michael A. Lucia, Allen C. Smith, Scott Landry, John A. Wilson, Steven S. Glazier, Charles L. Branc...> ;American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2001 Mar 1
33 citations
15-deoxy-Δ12,14PGJ2 induces diverse biological responses via PPARγ activation in cancer cells
Carl E. Claya, Andrew M. Namen, Alfred N. Fonteh, Gen-ichi Atsumi, Kevin P. High, Floyd H. Chilton> ;Prostaglandins & Other Lipid Mediators. 2000 Jun 1
28 citations
Influence of coenzyme A-independent transacylase and cyclooxygenase inhibitors on the proliferation of breast cancer cells.
Anthony J. Trimboli, B. M. Waite, G.-I. Atsumi, Alfred N. Fonteh, Andrew M. Namen, Carl E. Clay, Timothy E. Kute, Kevin P. High, Mark C. Willingham, Floyd H. Chilton> ;Cancer Research. 1999 Dec 15
152 citations
Influence of J series prostaglandins on apoptosis and tumorigenesis of breast cancer cells
Carl E. Clay, Andrew M. Namen, Gen-ichi Atsumi, Mark C. Willingham, Kevin P. High, Timothy E. Kute, Anthony J. Trimboli, Alfred N. Fonteh, Paul A. Dawson, Floyd H. Chi...> ;Carcinogenesis. 1999 Oct 1
31 citations
Performance of sleep histories in an ambulatory medicine clinic: impact of simple chart reminders
Andrew M. Namen, A Wymer, Douglas Case, Edward F. Haponik> ;Chest. 1999 Dec 1
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