Harvard Title

Associate Professor of Medicine

Administrative and Hospital Titles

Physiologist, Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Lead Investigator, Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Address

Brigham and Womens Hospital
Sleep Medicine - BLI.042
221 Longwood Ave  
Boston MA 02115

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Targeted Genome Sequencing Identifies Multiple Rare Variants in Caveolin-1 Associated with Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
Authors: Liang J, Wang H, Cade BE, Kurniansyah N, He KY, Lee J, Sands SA, A Brody J, Chen H, Gottlieb DJ, Evans DS, Guo X, Gharib SA, Hale L, Hillman DR, Lutsey PL, Mukherjee S, Ochs-Balcom HM, Palmer LJ, Purcell S, Saxena R, Patel SR, Stone KL, Tranah GJ, Boerwinkle E, Lin X, Liu Y, Psaty BM, Vasan RS, Manichaikul A, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Sofer T, Redline S, Zhu X.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
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Reply to: Heart Rate Response in Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Clue to Reveal Cardiovascular Benefit from Continuous Positive Airway Pressure?
Authors: Azarbarzin A, Zinchuk A, Peker Y, Sands SA.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
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Atomoxetine and fesoterodine combination improves obstructive sleep apnoea severity in patients with milder upper airway collapsibility.
Authors: Messineo L, Taranto-Montemurro L, Calianese N, Gell LK, Azarbarzin A, Labarca G, Vena D, Yang HC, Wang TY, Wellman A, Sands SA.
Respirology
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Examining the impact of multilevel upper airway surgery on the obstructive sleep apnoea endotypes and their utility in predicting surgical outcomes.
Authors: Wong AM, Landry SA, Joosten SA, Thomson LDJ, Turton A, Stonehouse J, Mansfield DR, Burgess G, Hays A, Sands SA, Andara C, Beatty CJ, Hamilton GS, Edwards BA.
Respirology
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Within-night repeatability and long-term consistency of sleep apnea endotypes: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Study.
Authors: Alex RM, Sofer T, Azarbarzin A, Vena D, Gell LK, Wellman A, White DP, Redline S, Sands SA.
Sleep
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Maternal Docosahexaenoic Acid Exposure Needed to Achieve Maternal-Newborn EQ.
Authors: Christifano DN, Gustafson KM, Carlson SE, Sultanna N, Brown A, Sands SA, Colombo J, Gajewski BJ.
Nutrients
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The impact of daytime transoral neuromuscular stimulation on upper airway physiology - A mechanistic clinical investigation.
Authors: Nokes B, Schmickl CN, Brena R, Bosompra NN, Gilbertson D, Sands SA, Bhattacharjee R, Mann DL, Owens RL, Malhotra A, Orr JE.
Physiol Rep
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Cardiovascular Benefit of CPAP in Adults with Coronary Artery Disease and OSA without Excessive Sleepiness.
Authors: Azarbarzin A, Zinchuk A, Wellman A, Labarca G, Vena D, Gell L, Messineo L, White DP, Gottlieb DJ, Redline S, Peker Y, Sands SA.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
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Efficacy of atomoxetine plus oxybutynin in the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea with moderate pharyngeal collapsibility.
Authors: Schweitzer PK, Maynard JP, Wylie PE, Emsellem HA, Sands SA.
Sleep Breath
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Point-of-care prediction model of loop gain in patients with obstructive sleep apnea: development and validation.
Authors: Schmickl CN, Orr JE, Kim P, Nokes B, Sands S, Manoharan S, McGinnis L, Parra G, DeYoung P, Owens RL, Malhotra A.
BMC Pulm Med
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