Jay Shankar Balachandran MD

Asthma & COPD, Critical Care Medicine, Interstitial Lung Diseases, Sleep Medicine

Physician, Madison Medical Affiliates | Medical Advisor, North Shore Health Department | Medical Director, Ascension Wisconsin Sleep Services | Medical Director, Pulmonary Services, Ascension Columbia St. Mary's Hospitals

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13133 N Port Washington RdSeton Building Ste 104Mequon, WI 53097
Phone+1 262-243-5044
Fax+1 262-243-2510

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Education & Training

University of ChicagoFellowship, Sleep Medicine, 2011 - 2012
Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General Hospital/BIDMC/Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2008 - 2011
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityChief Residency, Internal Medicine, 2006 - 2007
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 2003 - 2006
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine & Public HealthClass of 2003

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Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2007 - Present
WI State Medical License 2015 - 2027
IL State Medical License 2003 - 2017
MA State Medical License 2008 - 2013
American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease
American Board of Internal Medicine Sleep Medicine

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification P2 Sentinel, Cerner Corporation, 2013-2015, 2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification PowerChart (CQM), Cerner Corporation, 2013-2015, 2017
CMS Meaningful Use Stage 2 Certification Powerchart (Image Results), Cerner Corporation, 2013-2015, 2017

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

147 citations
Evaluation and Management of Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome. An Official American Thoracic Society Clinical Practice Guideline.
Babak Mokhlesi, Juan F. Masa, Jan Brozek, Indira Gurubhagavatula, Patrick B. Murphy
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2019-08-01
44 citations
Effectiveness of SIESTA on Objective and Subjective Metrics of Nighttime Hospital Sleep Disruptors
Vineet M. Arora, Nolan R Machado, Samantha Anderson, Nimit Desai, William Marsack
Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2019-01-08
1 citations
ATS Core Curriculum 2017: Part I. Adult Sleep Medicine
Shazia Jamil, Walter D. Conwell, Jason T. Poston, Sarah Patel, Molly Billings
Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2017-08-31