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Office
4940 Eastern Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21224Phone+1 410-550-5864- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
- Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1998 - 2002
- Norwalk Hospital/Yale UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 1995 - 1998
- St. Petersburg State Medical UniversityClass of 1984
Certifications & Licensure
- VA State Medical License 2023 - 2026
- MD State Medical License 1998 - 2025
- DC State Medical License 2021 - 2024
- CT State Medical License 1997 - 1999
- American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease
- American Board of Internal Medicine Sleep Medicine
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Revisiting the Role of Serotonin in Sleep-Disordered Breathing.Aung, O., Amorim, M., Mendelowitz, D., Polotsky, V.> ;International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2024 Jan 25
- 1 citationsLeptin signaling in the dorsomedial hypothalamus couples breathing and metabolism in obesity.Mateus R Amorim, Xin Wang, O Aung, Shannon Bevans-Fonti, Frederick Anokye-Danso, Caitlin Ribeiro, Joan Escobar, Carla Freire, Huy Pho, Olga Dergacheva, Luiz G S Branco...> ;Cell Reports. 2023 Dec 26
- 2 citationsThe effect of diet-induced obesity on sleep and breathing in female mice.Lenise J Kim, Huy Pho, Frederick Anokye-Danso, Rexford S Ahima, Luu V Pham, Vsevolod Y Polotsky> ;Sleep. 2023 Aug 14
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Press Mentions
- Obesity and Lung Disease: Much More Than BMIMay 20th, 2022
- 5 Ways to Adjust Your Sleep Schedule to Go Back to the OfficeAugust 4th, 2021
- 10 Common Mistakes in Fighting 'Coronasomnia' -- the Inability to Fall and Stay AsleepMarch 14th, 2021
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