Division of Sleep Medicine @ Harvard Medical School
Faculty Profile
Lawrence J. Epstein, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Associate Physician, Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Administrative Title(s)
Medical Director, Sleep HealthCenters
Program Director, Sleep Medicine Fellowship Program, Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Program Director, Sleep Medicine Fellowship Program, Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Address
Sleep HealthCenters1505 Commonwealth Avenue
Brighton, MA 02135
USA
Phone 617-783-1441
Fax 617-363-5670
Email lawrence_epstein@sleephealth.com
Email Ayesha_Cummings@sleephealth.com
Society Memberships
American Academy of Sleep Medicine (President, 2005-2006)American College of Physicians
American College of Chest Physicians
American Thoracic Society
Research Unit(s)
Sleep Disorders Program, Division of Sleep Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Sleep Medicine Fellowship Program, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Sleep Medicine Fellowship Program, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Trainees
Donald Howard MD (1992-4)
Peter Fort, MD (1993-5)
Jan Westerman, MD (1993-5)
Najib Ayas, MD (1999-2000)
John Cronin, MD (2002-4)
Kelly Carden, MD (2002-4)
Milena Pavlova, MD (2004-5)
Jeff Ellenbogen, MD (2005-7)
Dennis Rosen, MD (2005-6)
Pankaj Merchia, MD (2005-7)
Ina Djonlagic, MD (2006-7)
Shilpa Rahangdale, MD (2006-7)
Peter Fort, MD (1993-5)
Jan Westerman, MD (1993-5)
Najib Ayas, MD (1999-2000)
John Cronin, MD (2002-4)
Kelly Carden, MD (2002-4)
Milena Pavlova, MD (2004-5)
Jeff Ellenbogen, MD (2005-7)
Dennis Rosen, MD (2005-6)
Pankaj Merchia, MD (2005-7)
Ina Djonlagic, MD (2006-7)
Shilpa Rahangdale, MD (2006-7)
Teaching
1998-2005 Harvard Intensive Review of Internal Medicine. “Diagnosis and Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea”
2003-2006 Brigham & Women’s Hospital’s Office Practice of Primary Care Medicine. “Diagnosis and Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in the Clinic and In the Lab”
2007 American Academy of Sleep Medicine, Management of a Sleep Disorders Center: Administrative, Legal & Health Policy Practices Course. “A-STEP & Sleep Technologist Training”.
2003-2006 Brigham & Women’s Hospital’s Office Practice of Primary Care Medicine. “Diagnosis and Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in the Clinic and In the Lab”
2007 American Academy of Sleep Medicine, Management of a Sleep Disorders Center: Administrative, Legal & Health Policy Practices Course. “A-STEP & Sleep Technologist Training”.
Selected Publications
Ayas NT, Epstein LJ, Lieberman SL, Tun CG, Larkin EK, Brown R, Garshick E. Predictors of loud snoring in persons with spinal cord injury.
J Spinal Cord Med. 2001 Spring;24(1):30-4. [PMID: 11587432]
Casserly LF, Chow N, Ali S, Gottlieb DJ, Epstein LJ, Kaufman JS. Proteinuria in obstructive sleep apnea.
Kidney Int. 2001 Oct;60(4):1484-9. [PMID: 11576363]
Epstein LJ, Jervis OJ Jr, Henderson JH 2nd, Sullivan M, Mohsenifar Z. Measurement of gastric P(CO2) as an index of tissue hypoxia during obstructive sleep apnea.
Respiration. 2001;68(1):28-34. [PMID: 11223727]
Epstein LJ, Dorlac GR. Cost-effectiveness analysis of nocturnal oximetry as a method of screening for sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome.
Chest. 1998 Jan;113(1):97-103. [PMID: 9440575]
Loube DI, Strollo PJ, Epstein LJ, Davenport WL. The effect of quiet tidal breathing on lateral cephalometric measurements.
J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 1995 Oct;53(10):1155-9; discussion 1159-60. [PMID: 7562168]
Will MJ, Esther MS, Tiner BD, McAnear JT, Ingmundson P, Epstein L. A Comparison of Cephalometric Analysis with Ethnicity in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome.
Sleep. 1995 Dec;18(10):873-5. [PMID: 8746394]
Epstein LJ, Strollo PJ Jr, Donegan RB, Delmar J, Hendrix C, Westbrook PR. Obstructive sleep apnea in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease.
Sleep. 1995 Jun;18(5):368-76. [PMID: 7676171]
Epstein LJ, Meyer RD, Antonson S, Strigle SM, Mohsenifar Z. Persistence of Pneumocystis carinii in patients with AIDS receiving chemoprophylaxis.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1994 Nov;150(5 Pt 1):1456-9. [PMID: 7952576]
Epstein LJ, Mohsenifar Z, Daar ES, Yeh V, Meyer RD. Clinical experience with atovaquone: a new drug for treating Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.
Am J Med Sci. 1994 Jul;308(1):5-8. [PMID: 8010339]
Epstein LJ, Mohsenifar Z. Use of Nd:YAG laser in endobronchial granular cell myoblastoma.
Chest. 1993 Sep;104(3):958-60. [PMID: 8365322]
Belman MJ, Epstein LJ, Doornbos D, Elashoff JD, Koerner SK, Mohsenifar Z. Noninvasive determinations of the anaerobic threshold. Reliability and validity in patients with COPD.
Chest. 1992 Oct;102(4):1028-34. [PMID: 1395738]
Reviews, Books, Book Chapters, and Other Publications
Rahangdale S, Epstein LJ. 2007. "Positive airway pressure therapy": Theory, indications, effectiveness, adverse effects. In Fundamentals of Sleep Technology, ed. N. Butkov and, T. Lee-Chiong. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Epstein LJ, Mardon S. 2006. The Harvard Medical School guide to a good night’s sleep. New York: McGraw Hill.
Epstein LJ, Silber MH. AASM’s response to the ASAA letter to the editor.
J Clin Sleep Med. 2006;2:363-4.
Epstein LJ. Specialized sleep care benefits patients.
J Clin Sleep Med. 2006 Apr 15;2(2):143-4. [PMID: 17557486]
Epstein LJ, Stepanski EJ. Hurricanes Katrina and Rita - A call for assistance.
J Clin Sleep Med. 2005;1:333.
Epstein LJ. Milestone Achieved: The specialty of sleep medicine.
J Clin Sleep Med. 2005; 1:407-9.
Epstein LJ, Wagner PD, Kvale PA. Pulmonary physicians in the practice of sleep medicine. A joint 3 society editorial appearing in the journals of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, American Thoracic Society and the American College of Chest Physicians. Sleep. 2005 28:1496-97. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2005 172:1357-8. Chest. 2005 128:3788-90.
Epstein LJ, Medical Editor. 2005. Improving Sleep: A guide to a good night’s rest. Harvard Medical School Special Health Report. Harvard Health Publications .
Epstein LJ. Polysomnographic technololgists – troubled waters ahead?
J Clin Sleep Med. 2005 Jan 15;1(1):14-5. [PMID: 17561608]
Epstein LJ, Brown R. 2003. "Sleep Disorders in Spinal Cord Injury." In Spinal Cord Medicine: Prinicples and Practice, ed. Lin VW, 169-177. New York: Demos.
J Spinal Cord Med. 2001 Spring;24(1):30-4. [PMID: 11587432]
Casserly LF, Chow N, Ali S, Gottlieb DJ, Epstein LJ, Kaufman JS. Proteinuria in obstructive sleep apnea.
Kidney Int. 2001 Oct;60(4):1484-9. [PMID: 11576363]
Epstein LJ, Jervis OJ Jr, Henderson JH 2nd, Sullivan M, Mohsenifar Z. Measurement of gastric P(CO2) as an index of tissue hypoxia during obstructive sleep apnea.
Respiration. 2001;68(1):28-34. [PMID: 11223727]
Epstein LJ, Dorlac GR. Cost-effectiveness analysis of nocturnal oximetry as a method of screening for sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome.
Chest. 1998 Jan;113(1):97-103. [PMID: 9440575]
Loube DI, Strollo PJ, Epstein LJ, Davenport WL. The effect of quiet tidal breathing on lateral cephalometric measurements.
J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 1995 Oct;53(10):1155-9; discussion 1159-60. [PMID: 7562168]
Will MJ, Esther MS, Tiner BD, McAnear JT, Ingmundson P, Epstein L. A Comparison of Cephalometric Analysis with Ethnicity in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome.
Sleep. 1995 Dec;18(10):873-5. [PMID: 8746394]
Epstein LJ, Strollo PJ Jr, Donegan RB, Delmar J, Hendrix C, Westbrook PR. Obstructive sleep apnea in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease.
Sleep. 1995 Jun;18(5):368-76. [PMID: 7676171]
Epstein LJ, Meyer RD, Antonson S, Strigle SM, Mohsenifar Z. Persistence of Pneumocystis carinii in patients with AIDS receiving chemoprophylaxis.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1994 Nov;150(5 Pt 1):1456-9. [PMID: 7952576]
Epstein LJ, Mohsenifar Z, Daar ES, Yeh V, Meyer RD. Clinical experience with atovaquone: a new drug for treating Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia.
Am J Med Sci. 1994 Jul;308(1):5-8. [PMID: 8010339]
Epstein LJ, Mohsenifar Z. Use of Nd:YAG laser in endobronchial granular cell myoblastoma.
Chest. 1993 Sep;104(3):958-60. [PMID: 8365322]
Belman MJ, Epstein LJ, Doornbos D, Elashoff JD, Koerner SK, Mohsenifar Z. Noninvasive determinations of the anaerobic threshold. Reliability and validity in patients with COPD.
Chest. 1992 Oct;102(4):1028-34. [PMID: 1395738]
Reviews, Books, Book Chapters, and Other Publications
Rahangdale S, Epstein LJ. 2007. "Positive airway pressure therapy": Theory, indications, effectiveness, adverse effects. In Fundamentals of Sleep Technology, ed. N. Butkov and, T. Lee-Chiong. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Epstein LJ, Mardon S. 2006. The Harvard Medical School guide to a good night’s sleep. New York: McGraw Hill.
Epstein LJ, Silber MH. AASM’s response to the ASAA letter to the editor.
J Clin Sleep Med. 2006;2:363-4.
Epstein LJ. Specialized sleep care benefits patients.
J Clin Sleep Med. 2006 Apr 15;2(2):143-4. [PMID: 17557486]
Epstein LJ, Stepanski EJ. Hurricanes Katrina and Rita - A call for assistance.
J Clin Sleep Med. 2005;1:333.
Epstein LJ. Milestone Achieved: The specialty of sleep medicine.
J Clin Sleep Med. 2005; 1:407-9.
Epstein LJ, Wagner PD, Kvale PA. Pulmonary physicians in the practice of sleep medicine. A joint 3 society editorial appearing in the journals of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, American Thoracic Society and the American College of Chest Physicians. Sleep. 2005 28:1496-97. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2005 172:1357-8. Chest. 2005 128:3788-90.
Epstein LJ, Medical Editor. 2005. Improving Sleep: A guide to a good night’s rest. Harvard Medical School Special Health Report. Harvard Health Publications .
Epstein LJ. Polysomnographic technololgists – troubled waters ahead?
J Clin Sleep Med. 2005 Jan 15;1(1):14-5. [PMID: 17561608]
Epstein LJ, Brown R. 2003. "Sleep Disorders in Spinal Cord Injury." In Spinal Cord Medicine: Prinicples and Practice, ed. Lin VW, 169-177. New York: Demos.
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