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1. Sleep disorders medicine
2. Pulmonary medicine
3. Critical care medicine

Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Residency: Washington University Medical Center - Barnes Hospital
Graduate School: Harvard Medical School
Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

American Academy of Sleep Medicine, National American College of Chest Physicians, National American Thoracic Society, National Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, National National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and Centers for Disease Control, National National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, National Pennsylvania Sleep Society, Local U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, National USMLE Examination - Step III, National

Hospital Privileges:

• Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
• Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.

Description of Research Expertise:

1. Screening for obstructive sleep apnea
2. Sleep disorderd breathing and cardiovascular disease
3. Economics of sleep apnea screening

Selected Publications:

Snigdha Jain, Indira Gurubhagavatula, Raymond Townsend, Samuel T. Kuna, Karen Teff, Thomas A. Wadden, Jesse Chittams, Alexandra L. Hanlon, Greg Maislin, Hassam Saif, Preston Broderick, Zeshan Ahmad, Allan I. Pack, Julio A. Chirinos: Knowledge Gaps in the Perioperative Management of Adults with Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome: An Official ATS Workshop Report Hypertension : 2017.

D. Chirinos, I. Gurubhagavatula, P Broderick, J Chirinos, K Teff, T Wadden, G Maislin, H Saif, J Chittams, C Cassidy, A Hanson, AI Pack: Depressive symptoms in patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Biological Mechanistic Pathways Journal of Behavioral Medicine : 2017.

M. Melanie Lyons, PhD, MSN, ACNP, Brendan T. Keenan, MS, Junxin Li, PhD, MSN, Tanya Khan, BA, Nabil Elkasabanny, MD, MSCE, Colleen M. Walsh, MS, Noel N. Williams, MBChB, MCh, FRCSI, FRCS, Allan I. Pack, MBChB, PhD, FRCP, Indira Gurubhagavatula, MD, MPH: Symptomless Multi-Variable Apnea Prediction Index Assesses Obstructive Sleep Apnea Risk and Adverse Outcomes in Elective Surgery Sleep 40 (3): 2017.

JA Chirinos, I Gurubhagavatula, K Teff, DJ Rader, TA Wadden, R Townsend, GD Foster, G Maislin, H Saif, P Broderick, J Chittams, AL Hanlon, AI Pack: CPAP, weight loss, or both for obstructive sleep apnea N Engl J Med 370 (24): 2265-2275,2014.

MA Grandner, S Chakravorty, ML Perlis, L Oliver, I Gurubhagavatula: Habitual sleep duration associated with self-reported and objectively-determined cardiometabolic risk factors Sleep Medicine 15 (1): 42-50,2014.

A Platt, S Hurley, H Soto-Calderon, W Wieland, B Staley, G Maislin, I Gurubhagavatula: Hits and Misses: Screening Commercial Drivers for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Using Guidelines Recommended by a Joint Task Force Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 55 (9): 1035-40,2013.

I Gurubhagavatula, BG Fields, CR Morales, S Hurley, GW Pien, LC Wick, BA Staley, RR Townsend, G Maislin: Screening for severe obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in hypertensive outpatients Journal of Clinical Hypertension 15 (4): 279-288,2013.

M Sands, M Grandner, J Whinnery, BT Keenan, N Jackson, I Gurubhagavatula: Predicting ethno-racial subgroups with hypertension using sleep apnea screening in a nationally-representative sample: Results of NHANES Journal of Clinical Hypertension : 2013.

Q Maia, MA Grandner, J Findley, I Gurubhagavatula: Short and long sleep duration and risk of drowsy driving and the role of subjective sleep insufficiency Accident Analysis and Prevention 59 : 618-622,2013.

BY Sunwoo, N Jackson, G Maislin, I Gurubhagavatula, CF George, AI Pack: Reliability of a single objective measure in assessing sleepiness Sleep 35 (1): 149-158,2012.

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