Division of Sleep Medicine @ Harvard Medical School

Trainee Profile

Pankaj Merchia, MD

Clinical Fellow in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Clinical Fellow, Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital

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Address

Brigham and Women's Sleep Disorders Program @ BIDMC
330 Brookline Avenue, Stoneman 850
Boston, MA 02115
USA

Phone 617-278-0916
Fax 617-277-6041

Email pmerchia@alum.mit.edu

Society Memberships

Sleep Research Society
American Academy of Sleep Medicine
American Thoracic Society
American College of Physicians

Research Unit(s)

Sleep Disorders Program, Division of Sleep Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Research Interests

Dr. Merchia's research activities are focused on understanding the basic mechanisms that underlie the development of obstructive sleep apnea.

Mentor(s)

David P. White, MD; Atul Malhotra, MD

Research Funding

NRSA, PI: Dr. Charles A. Czeisler, Sleep Research Fellowship; NIH/NHLBI, PI: Atul Malhotra, M.D. The Influence of Sleep Deprivation on Pharyngeal Muscle Control; NIH/NHLBI, PI: David P. White, M.D., Defining Phenotypic Traits in Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Selected Publications

Eckert DJ, Jordan AS, Merchia P, Malhotra A. Central sleep apnea: Pathophysiology and treatment.
Chest 2007; 131(2):595-607. [PMID: 17296668]

Teich JM, Merchia P, Schmiz JL, Kuperman GJ, Spurr CD, Bates DW. Effects of computerized physician order entry on prescribing practices.
Arch Intern Med. 2000 Oct 9;160(18):2741-7. [PMID 11025783]