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Dept. of Psychiatry and Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center
701 Park Ave. (R7)
Minneapolis, MN 55415Phone+1 612-873-6288- Is this information wrong?
Summary
- I am Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Minnesota Medical School, and Senior Staff Psychiatrist at Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis, where I am also a staff physician at the Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center. My primary research area involves the Parasomnias (sleep behavioral and emotional disorders), including REM sleep behavior disorder, sleep related eating disorder, sexsomnia, sleepwalking, sleep terrors, etc. I am also interested in the forensic aspects of the parasomnias, and I am a founding member of Sleep Forensics Associates.
Education & Training
- University of MinnesotaResidency, Psychiatry, 1977 - 1980
- Women and Children's Hospital of BuffaloInternship, Transitional Year, 1976 - 1977
- Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at BuffaloClass of 1976
Certifications & Licensure
- MN State Medical License 1978 - 2024
- WI State Medical License 2003 - 2009
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Associate Editor SLEEP (Official journal of the Sleep Research Society), 2010-2020
- Sleep Science Award American Academy of Neurology, 2017
- Visiting Professor University of Cagliari (UNICA), Department of Public Health, Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, 2015
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Partial endorsement of: "Video-polysomnography procedures for diagnosis of rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (RBD) and the identification of its prodromal sta...Carlos H Schenck, Valérie Cochen de Cock, Simon J G Lewis, Naoko Tachibana, Clete Kushida, Raffaele Ferri> ;Sleep Medicine. 2023 Oct 1
- A challenging case of sexsomnia in an adolescent female presenting with depressive-like symptoms.João Brás, Carlos H Schenck, Rui Andrade, Ana Pinto Costa, Carlos Teixeira, Miguel Meira E Cruz> ;Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 2023 Jul 10
- Familial α-synucleinopathy spectrum features in patients with psychiatric REM sleep behaviour disorder.Jing Wang, Siu Ping Lam, Bei Huang, Yaping Liu, Jihui Zhang, Mandy W M Yu, Jessie C C Tsang, Li Zhou, Steven W H Chau, Ngan Yin Chan, Joey W Y Chan, Carlos H Schenck, ...> ;Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry. 2023 Jun 30
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Journal Articles
- Complex Sexual Behaviors During Sleep as a Manifestation of Epilepsy: A Case SeriesCarlos Schenck, MD, Sleep
Authored Content
- A Preview of 'REM Sleep Behavior Disorder (RBD): Understanding the Clinician and Patient Perspectives' at SLEEP 2023May 2023
Press Mentions
- Sexsomnia Really Exists — Here's What to Know About 'Sleep Sex'February 7th, 2023
- Virtual SLEEP 2021 Meeting Brings International Research to YouMay 21st, 2021
- A High-Density Electroencephalography Study Reveals Abnormal Sleep Homeostasis in Patients with Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior DisorderFebruary 26th, 2021
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Committees
- Executive Board member, North American Prodromal Synucleinopathy (NAPS) Consortium (NIH funded) 2019 - Present
- Inaugural Member, Sleep Forensics Associates 2005 - Present
- Inaugural President, International REM Sleep Behavior Disorder Study Group (IRBD-SG) 2012 - 2014
Professional Memberships
- Member
- Sleep Research SocietyMember
- World Sleep SocietyMember
- European Sleep Research SocietyMember
- Minnesota Sleep SocietyMember
- Southern Sleep SocietyMember
Other Languages
- Spanish
Hospital Affiliations
- Hennepin HealthcareMinneapolis, Minnesota
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