Encore - Sleep Disorders (Lunch n Learn with the Doctors)

Recorded on 01/29/2021 at the East Brunswick Public Library. PEDIATRIC SLEEP DISORDERS The first half of the program is about pediatric sleep disorders with  Samuel Knee, MD, chief of Pediatric Sleep Medicine at The Children's  Hospital at Saint Peter's University Hospital. Presented by: Samuel Knee, MD, Chief of Pediatric Sleep Medicine at Saint Peter's University Hospital Dr. Knee graduated medical school from the Sackler School of  Medicine, New York State Program, of Tel Aviv University. He completed  his residency in pediatrics at Jacobi Medical Center of the Albert  Einstein College of Medicine. He later completed a sleep medicine  fellowship at Stony Brook University Hospital. He is board certified in  both pediatrics and sleep medicine. He specializes in diagnosing and  treating pediatric sleep disorders, with a special interest in pediatric  obstructive sleep apnea. SLEEP APNEA AND INSOMNIA IN THE ADULT POPULATION WITH NEW CHALLENGES DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC The second half of the program features Ashgan Elshinawy, DO, medical  director, Center for Sleeping and Breathing Disorders, Saint Peter's  University Hospital. She will discuss sleep apnea and insomnia in  adults. In the setting of the COVID pandemic, there may be fewer people  willing to have outpatient testing for safety issues and therefore go  undiagnosed and untreated. Insomnia is likely worsening among millions  during the pandemic for a variety of reasons. Presented by: Ashgan Elshinawy, D.O., Medical Director, Center for  Sleep & Breathing Disorders, Saint Peter's University Hospital Dr. Elshinawy graduated from the UMDNJ School of Osteopathic Medicine  (Now Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine). She completed  pulmonary and sleep fellowships in Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer  Center and NYU Medical Center, respectively. She currently serves as the  medical director of the Center of Sleep and Breathing Disorders at  Saint Peter's University Hospital and practices pulmonary and sleep  medicine in offices located in East Brunswick, Monroe, and Somerset.