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Scott A. Sands, Ph.D.

617-732-5778
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Harvard Title

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Administrative and Hospital Titles

Associate 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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Ventilatory control sensitivity in patients with obstructive sleep apnea is sleep stage dependent.
Authors: Landry SA, Andara C, Terrill PI, Joosten SA, Leong P, Mann DL, Sands SA, Hamilton GS, Edwards BA.
Sleep
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Phenotyping Pharyngeal Pathophysiology using Polysomnography in Patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
Authors: Sands SA, Edwards BA, Terrill PI, Taranto-Montemurro L, Azarbarzin A, Marques M, Hess LB, White DP, Wellman A.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med
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Multiethnic Meta-Analysis Identifies RAI1 as a Possible Obstructive Sleep Apnea-related Quantitative Trait Locus in Men.
Authors: Chen H, Cade BE, Gleason KJ, Bjonnes AC, Stilp AM, Sofer T, Conomos MP, Ancoli-Israel S, Arens R, Azarbarzin A, Bell GI, Below JE, Chun S, Evans DS, Ewert R, Frazier-Wood AC, Gharib SA, Haba-Rubio J, Hagen EW, Heinzer R, Hillman DR, Johnson WC, Kutalik Z, Lane JM, Larkin EK, Lee SK, Liang J, Loredo JS, Mukherjee S, Palmer LJ, Papanicolaou GJ, Penzel T, Peppard PE, Post WS, Ramos AR, Rice K, Rotter JI, Sands SA, Shah NA, Shin C, Stone KL, Stubbe B, Sul JH, Tafti M, Taylor KD, Teumer A, Thornton TA, Tranah GJ, Wang C, Wang H, Warby SC, Wellman DA, Zee PC, Hanis CL, Laurie CC, Gottlieb DJ, Patel SR, Zhu X, Sunyaev SR, Saxena R, Lin X, Redline S.
Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol
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Palatal prolapse as a signature of expiratory flow limitation and inspiratory palatal collapse in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea.
Authors: Azarbarzin A, Sands SA, Marques M, Genta PR, Taranto-Montemurro L, Messineo L, White DP, Wellman A.
Eur Respir J
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Quantifying the Arousal Threshold Using Polysomnography in Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
Authors: Sands SA, Terrill PI, Edwards BA, Taranto Montemurro L, Azarbarzin A, Marques M, de Melo CM, Loring SH, Butler JP, White DP, Wellman A.
Sleep
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Dynamic loop gain increases upon adopting the supine body position during sleep in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea.
Authors: Joosten SA, Landry SA, Sands SA, Terrill PI, Mann D, Andara C, Skuza E, Turton A, Berger P, Hamilton GS, Edwards BA.
Respirology
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The relationship between partial upper-airway obstruction and inter-breath transition period during sleep.
Authors: Mann DL, Edwards BA, Joosten SA, Hamilton GS, Landry S, Sands SA, Wilson SJ, Terrill PI.
Respir Physiol Neurobiol
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Stable Breathing in Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea Is Associated With Increased Effort but Not Lowered Metabolic Rate.
Authors: de Melo CM, Taranto-Montemurro L, Butler JP, White DP, Loring SH, Azarbarzin A, Marques M, Berger PJ, Wellman A, Sands SA.
Sleep
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Physiology-Based Modeling May Predict Surgical Treatment Outcome for Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
Authors: Li Y, Ye J, Han D, Cao X, Ding X, Zhang Y, Xu W, Orr J, Jen R, Sands S, Malhotra A, Owens R.
J Clin Sleep Med
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Predicting epiglottic collapse in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea.
Authors: Azarbarzin A, Marques M, Sands SA, Op de Beeck S, Genta PR, Taranto-Montemurro L, de Melo CM, Messineo L, Vanderveken OM, White DP, Wellman A.
Eur Respir J
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