Shahrokh Javaheri
Sleep Physician
Bethesda North Hospital
USA
Biography
Shahrokh Javaheri, MD, is a sleep physician at Bethesda North Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Cincinnati, Ohio, and Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. He is internationally known for his research on various sleep disorders including sleep apnea and cardiovascular disease, with emphasis on heart failure, opioids-associated sleep apnea, and complex sleep apnea. He completed his clinical and research fellowship in pulmonary medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. He joined the University of Cincinnati in 1983 and established a clinical and research sleep lab at VA medical Centre where he has done extensive research in the areas of sleep-related breathing disorders and cardiovascular diseases. These research studies have been published in many peer–reviewed journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, Annals of Internal Medicine, Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Thorax, American Journal of Medicine, European Heart Journal, Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, Journal of Sleep, Chest and American Journal of Respiratory Disease and Critical Care Medicine.
Research Interest
Critical Care and Sleep Medicine