MelissaKnauertMD

Pulmonology • New Haven, CT

Critical Care Medicine, Pleural Disease, Sleep Medicine

Physician

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Office
20 York St # T-209
Yale-New Haven Hospital
New Haven, CT 06510
Phone+1 203-287-3550

Fax+1 203-287-3551
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Education & Training

Yale-New Haven Medical CenterFellowship, Sleep Medicine, 2012 - 2013
Yale-New Haven Medical CenterFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2009 - 2012
University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Internal Medicine, 2006 - 2009
Yale School of MedicineClass of 2006

Certifications & Licensure

CT State Medical License 2012 - 2025
PA State Medical License 2006 - 2010
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 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2014

Clinical Trials

Feasibility Pilot of Bright Light in the Intensive Care Unit Start of enrollment: 2018 Dec 03
Completed
Not Applicable
Daytime Bright Light, Circadian Abnormalities, and Delirium in Medical ICU Patients Start of enrollment: 2019 Jul 08
Completed
Not Applicable
Intermittent Versus Continuous Enteral Nutrition in Mechanically Ventilated Patients in the Medical Intensive Care Unit Start of enrollment: 2020 Jul 07
Enrolling by invitation
Not Applicable
Reestablishing Sleep and Circadian Alignment in Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) Patients Via a Mechanistic RCT of an Sleep Chronobundle Start of enrollment: 2024 Apr 08
Recruiting
Not Applicable
Roles: Principal Investigator, Contact
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Intensive care unit interventions to promote sleep and circadian biology in reducing incident delirium: a scoping review.
Wilcox, M., Burry, L., Englesakis, M., Coman, B., Daou, M., van Haren, F., Ely, E., Bosma, K., Knauert, M.> ;Thorax. 2024 Feb 13
Morning Chronotype Is Associated with Improved Adherence to Continuous Positive Airway Pressure among Individuals with Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
Melissa P Knauert, Olurotimi Adekolu, Zhichao Xu, Annan Deng, Jen-Hwa Chu, Stephen R Baldassarri, Clete Kushida, H Klar Yaggi, Andrey Zinchuk> ;Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2023 Aug 1
1 citations
Insomnia with objective short sleep duration in community-living older persons: A multifactorial geriatric health condition.
Brienne Miner, Margaret Doyle, Melissa Knauert, Henry Klar Yaggi, Katie L Stone, Sonia Ancoli-Israel, Jane A Cauley, Susan Redline, Terri Blackwell, Thomas M Gill> ;Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2023 Apr 1
3 citations
Influence of medical trainee sleep pattern (chronotype) on burn-out and satisfaction with work schedules: a multicentre observational study.
Ashraf A Gohar, Melissa Knauert, Mohamad A Kalot, Akram Khan, Darby Sider, Muhammad Ali Javed, David Wooldridge, Leigh Eck, Fred Buckhold, Brendon Colaco, Abid Bhat, D...> ;Postgraduate Medical Journal. 2022 Dec 1
22 citations
Keeping an eye on circadian time in clinical research and medicine.
Elizabeth B Klerman, Allison Brager, Mary A Carskadon, Christopher M Depner, Russell Foster, Namni Goel, Mary Harrington, Paul M Holloway, Melissa P Knauert, Monique K...> ;Clinical and Translational Medicine. 2022 Dec 1
Sleep Deficiency and Health.
Melissa P Knauert> ;Clinics in Chest Medicine. 2022 Jun 1
Adding Insult to Injury: Sleep Deficiency in Hospitalized Patients.
Wissam Mansour, Melissa Knauert> ;Clinics in Chest Medicine. 2022 Jun 1
2 citations
Enhancing cosinor analysis of circadian phase markers using the gamma distribution.
Margaret M Doyle, Terrence E Murphy, Brienne Miner, Margaret A Pisani, Elizabeth R Lusczek, Melissa P Knauert> ;Sleep Medicine. 2022 Apr 1
2 citations
Influence of medical trainee sleep pattern (chronotype) on burn-out and satisfaction with work schedules: a multicentre observational study.
Ashraf A Gohar, Melissa Knauert, Mohamad A Kalot, Akram Khan, Darby Sider, Muhammad Ali Javed, David Wooldridge, Leigh Eck, Fred Buckhold, Brendon Colaco, Abid Bhat, D...> ;Postgraduate Medical Journal. 2022 Dec 1
8 citations
A SAS macro for modelling periodic data using cosinor analysis
Margaret Doyle, Terrence E. Murphy, Margaret A. Pisani, Henry K. Yaggi, Sangchoon Jeon, Nancy S. Redeker, Melissa P. Knauert> ;Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine. 2021 Jul 23
5 citations
Light Levels in ICU Patient Rooms: Dimming of Daytime Light in Occupied Rooms:
Elizabeth R Lusczek, Melissa P. Knauert> ;Journal of Patient Experience. 2021 Jul 23
1 citations
Reply to Joyce et al
Peter A. Kahn, Melissa P. Knauert> ;Journal of Sleep Research. 2020 Dec 27
22 citations
A Clinic Blueprint for Post-Coronavirus Disease 2019 RECOVERY: Learning From the Past, Looking to the Future.
Denyse D. Lutchmansingh, Melissa P. Knauert, Danielle Antin-Ozerkis, Geoffrey Chupp, Lauren Cohn, Charles S. Dela Cruz, Lauren E. Ferrante, Erica L. Herzog, Jonathan L...> ;Chest. 2021 Mar 1
3 citations
Pilot Observational Study to Detect Diurnal Variation and Misalignment in Heart Rate Among Critically Ill Patients
Melissa P. Knauert, Terrence E. Murphy, Margaret Doyle, Margaret A. Pisani, Nancy S. Redeker, Henry K. Yaggi> ;Frontiers in Neurology. 2020 Jul 15
8 citations
Circadian Biology and Its Importance to Intensive Care Unit Care and Outcomes.
Catherine A. Gao, Melissa P. Knauert> ;Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2019 Oct 1
15 citations
Pilot study: an intensive care unit sleep promotion protocol
Melissa P. Knauert, Margaret A. Pisani, Nancy S. Redeker, Terry Murphy, Katy L. B. Araujo, Sangchoon Jeon, Henry K. Yaggi> ;BMJ Open Respiratory Research. 2019 Jun 1
21 citations
Association between death and loss of stage N2 sleep features among critically Ill patients with delirium.
Melissa P. Knauert, Emily J. Gilmore, Terrence E. Murphy, Henry K. Yaggi, Peter H. Van Ness, Ling Han, Lawrence J. Hirsch, Margaret A. Pisani> ;Journal of Critical Care. 2018 Dec 1
3 citations
Non-circadian signals in the intensive care unit: Point prevalence morning, noon and night
Marcus T. Altman, Catherine Pulaski, Francis Mburu, Margaret A. Pisani, Melissa P. Knauert> ;Heart & Lung. 2018 Aug 22
30 citations
Association of intensive care unit delirium with sleep disturbance and functional disability after critical illness: an observational cohort study
Marcus T. Altman, Melissa P. Knauert, Terrence E. Murphy, Amy M. Ahasic, Zeeshan Chauhan, Margaret A. Pisani> ;Annals of Intensive Care. 2018 May 8
11 citations
Creating Naptime: An Overnight, Nonpharmacologic Intensive Care Unit Sleep Promotion Protocol
Melissa P. Knauert, Nancy S. Redeker, Henry K. Yaggi, Michael Bennick, Margaret A. Pisani> ;Journal of Patient Experience. 2018 Jan 17
51 citations
Factors Influencing Patients’ Sleep in the Intensive Care Unit: Perceptions of Patients and Clinical Staff
Qinglan Ding, Nancy S. Redeker, Margaret A. Pisani, Henry K. Yaggi, Melissa P. Knauert> ;American Journal of Critical Care. 2017 Jul 1
111 citations
Sleep Disturbance after Hospitalization and Critical Illness: A Systematic Review.
Marcus T. Altman, Melissa P. Knauert, Margaret A. Pisani> ;Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2017 Sep 1
23 citations
Comparing average levels and peak occurrence of overnight sound in the medical intensive care unit on A-weighted and C-weighted decibel scales.
Melissa P. Knauert, Sangchoon Jeon, Terrence E. Murphy, H. Klar Yaggi, Margaret A. Pisani, Nancy S. Redeker> ;Journal of Critical Care. 2016 Dec 1
15 citations
Impact of extended duty hours on medical trainees.
Pnina Weiss, Meir H. Kryger, Melissa P. Knauert> ;Sleep Health. 2016 Dec 1
2 citations
Dexmedetomidine for hyperactive delirium: worth further study
Melissa P. Knauert, Margaret A. Pisani> ;Journal of Thoracic Disease. 2016 Aug 24
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