Division of Sleep Medicine @ Harvard Medical School

Faculty Profile

David Andrew Wellman, MD

Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Associate Physician, Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital

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Address

330 Brookline Ave
Room 848
Boston, MA 02215
USA

Inter-office Mail Address

BIDMC, Stoneman Bldg., 8th Floor

Phone 617-732-8483

Email awellman@rics.bwh.harvard.edu

Research Unit(s)

Division of Sleep Medicine, Sleep Disorders Program

Research Interests

My primary interest is to understand the pathophysiology of obstructive sleep apnea with an aim towards developing newer treatments. Sleep apnea is a multifactorial disorder. By identifying the relative importance of these factors in different individuals, we may be able to develop more tolerable therapies for patients.

Mentor(s)

David P. White, MD

Research Funding

American Heart Association

Selected Publications

Wellman A, Malhotra A, Jordan AS, Schory K, Gautam S, White DP. Chemical control stability in the elderly.
J Physiol 2007; 581(Pt 1):291-298. [PMID: 17317747]

Lo YL, Jordan AS, Malhotra A, Wellman A, Heinzer RC, Schory K, Dover L, Fogel RB, White DP. Genioglossal muscle response to CO2 stimulation during NREM sleep.
Sleep. 2006 Apr 1;29(4):470-7. [PMID: 16676780]

Heinzer RC, Stanchina ML, Malhotra A, Jordan AS, Patel SR, Lo YL, Wellman A, Schory K, Dover L, White DP. Effect of increased lung volume on sleep disordered breathing in patients with sleep apnea.
Thorax. 2006 May;61(5):435-9. Epub 2006 Feb 20. [PMID: 16490766]

Jordan AS, Wellman A, Edwards JK, Schory K, Dover L, MacDonald M, Patel SR, Fogel RB, Malhotra A, White DP. Respiratory control stability and upper airway collapsibility in men and women with obstructive sleep apnea.
J Appl Physiol. 2005 Nov;99(5):2020-7. Epub 2005 Jun 30. [PMID: 15994243]

Wellman A, Jordan AS, Malhotra A, Fogel RB, Katz ES, Schory K, Edwards JK, White DP. Ventilatory control and airway anatomy in obstructive sleep apnea.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2004 Dec 1;170(11):1225-32. Epub 2004 Aug 18. [PMID: 15317668]

Wellman A, Malhotra A, Fogel RB, Edwards JK, Schory K, White DP. Respiratory system loop gain in normal men and women measured with proportional-assist ventilation.
J Appl Physiol. 2003 Jan;94(1):205-12. Epub 2002 Sep 20. [PMID: 12391042]

Wellman A, Malhotra A, White DP. Atrial pacing in sleep apnea syndrome.
N Engl J Med. 2002 Aug 8;347(6):445-6; author reply 445-6. [PMID: 12167690]

Kuhn WF, Wellman A. The use of melatonin as a potential treatment for shiftwork sleep disorder.
Acad Emerg Med. 1998 Aug;5(8):842-3. [PMID: 9715249]