Massachusetts Sleep Society Board Members
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Officers (January 2012 - December 2012)

Stacia Sailer, MD - President

Diplomate ABSM and ABIM-Sleep Medicine.
Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School. 
Medical Director, UMass Memorial Sleep Disorders Center. 
One of the founding members of the Mass Sleep Society. 
State representative on the Board of the North East Sleep Society. 

Douglas Kirsch, MD - President Elect

Dr. Douglas Kirsch is a board-certified Neurologist and Sleep Specialist, having trained at the Department of Neurology at the University of Rochester and at the Sleep Disorders Center at the University of Michigan. Previously a faculty member at University of Michigan, he returned to his home town of Boston, where he is currently a Clinical Instructor at Harvard Medical School and is on staff at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Joining Sleep HealthCenters in 2006, his current non-teaching roles are as the Regional Medical Director of Sleep HealthCenters and Medical Director of Sleep HealthCenters’ Medford facility. While his primary focus is on clinical work, he has strong interest in sleep medicine education and is the Course Director of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine’s Board Review Course and is currently the Chair of the APSS Program Committee for 2013-14.

Brian Murphy - Secretary/Treasurer

Brian became a registered RPGST in 2006 and is at the MetroWest Sleep Disorders Center in Natick, MA.  Having spent 22 years in the US Navy as an electrician and engineer, diagnostic troubleshooting has become second nature to him.  He currently is the manager at the MetroWest Sleep Disorders Center and oversees two sites.  His sleep interests are in diagnostic equipment and development as well as helping patients with compliance issues and equipment.

Sandra Horowitz, MD - President Ex-Officio

I originally trained as a Neurologist and Epileptologist at the Montreal Neurological Institute of McGill University, where seizure surgery was pioneered. I then was director of the Sleep Center at UMASS in Worcester, then St. Vincents Hospital (Sleep disorder Center of Central New England), I established the sleep center at Metrowest Medical Center and am now regional Medical Director for Sleep HealthCenters in Central MA. I have an appointment at UMASS as Associate Professor of Neurology and in the Harvard Division of Sleep Medicine as Clinical instructor. My sleep interests include studying the mild sleep apnea patient and improving CPAP compliance. My goal is to make the MA Sleep Society a viable, productive, continuing resource for sleep professionals.


Board Members:


Gail Demko, DMD

B. Gail Demko, DMD started fabricating oral devices for the treatment of OSA in 1989 when she practiced full time at Beth Israel Hospital. In 1997, she became the first dentist in the US to limit her practice to this area of expertise. She passed her certification from the AADSM (then SDDS) in 1999 and became the expert advisor to the FDA in the area of oral device therapy for the treatment of OSA in 2004, a position she still holds. She is now president-elect of the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine, editor of Dialogue, on the editorial board of Sleep and Breathing and is asked to referee articles in her field for Springer Publications. She maintains a full time practice dedicated to the treatment of OSA and snoring in Weston, MA.


Craig Canapari, MD

Dr. Canapari completed his Residency and Internship in Pediatrics at the Massachusetts General Hospital.  He further continued his academic career with a Fellowship in Pediatric Pulmonology at Massachusetts General.  Dr. Canapari is an instructor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and he offers his expertise on obstructive sleep apnea to Fellows and Residents in Pediatrics.  Dr. Canapari currently is the Medical Director of the Pediatric Sleep Laboratory at the Massachusetts Ear and Eye Institute.  He also leads a number of projects exploring obstructive sleep apnea, head and neck burns in children and sleep quality in muscular dystrophy.


Carolyn D'Ambrosio, MD

Carolyn D'Ambrosio, MD, is Director of the Center for Sleep Medicine at Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston, MA, where she also serves as Associate Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency Program. She currently holds a teaching appointment as Associate Professor of Medicine in the Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Division at Tufts University School of Medicine, where she received the esteemed Award to Faculty for Notable Teaching. She has served as Chair for the Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders Section of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and is an active member of professional societies including the Massachusetts Sleep Society and the American Thoracic Society.

Avi Almozlino, MD

Dr. Almozlino obtained his M.D at Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University in 1983. He completed internship, residency and fellowship at BU Medical Center. He is the current Chair of Neurology at Newton Wellesley Hospital, where he has worked for 21 years. He is the current President of the Massachusetts Neurological Association


Peter Ostrow, MD

Staff Physcian at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Assissant Clinical Professor, Tufts Medical School


Sheryl Chicoine, RPSGT

Technical Supervisor, The Center for Sleep Medicine at Tufts Medical Center 

 

 

 

 
 
 

 


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