Dr. Douglas Kirsch is the Medical Director of Atrium Health Sleep Medicine, where he maintains an active clinical sleep practice and oversees clinical sleep medicine for the health system. He is currently a Clinical Professor in the Department of Neurology at the Wake Forest School of Medicine and was previously on the faculty at the University of Michigan Medical School and Harvard Medical School. He was the 2018-19 President of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and was the Program Chair for the SLEEP Meeting in 2012-14.

• I. Normal Sleep Ch 1: What is Sleep? Ch 2: Sleep Patterns over the Lifespan (Child -> Older Adult) Ch 3: Chronobiology Ch 4: Neurobiology II.Abnormal Sleep-related Breathing Ch 5: The Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patient: Epidemiology, Symptoms and Signs, and Impact of the Disorder Ch 6: Positive Pressure treatment of OSA (CPAP, BPAP) Ch 7: Oral Appliance Therapy for OSA Ch 8: Surgical Treatments of OSA Ch 9: Medical treatments of OSA Ch 10: CSA / Hypoventilation III. Abnormal Sleep Patterns Ch 11: Sleep Deprivation Ch 12:The Insomnia Patient: Epidemiology, Symptoms and Signs, and Impact of the Disorder Ch 13: Pharmacological Treatments of Insomnia Ch 14: Non-pharmacological treatments of InsomniaCh 15: Circadian Disturbance Ch 16: The Hypersomnias (Narcolepsy/IH/Other) IV. Abnormal Sleep Behaviors Ch 17: Restless Leg Syndrome Ch 18: Periodic Limb Movements of Sleep Ch 19: Parasomnias Ch 20: Parasomnias V. The Adult Sleep Patient in the Clinic and Laboratory Ch 21: Approach in Sleep Medicine Clinic Ch 22: Common Survey Tools/Questionnaires used in Clinical Settings Ch 23: Laboratory and Non-Laboratory Sleep Testing (Polysomnography / HSAT only) Ch 24: Clinical Use of Actigraphy and Consumer Technology for Assessment of Sleep (Future Testing?) VI. Sleep and Other Aspects of Medicine Ch 25: Sleep and Common Neurology Conditions (Focus on Stroke and Sleep, and Epilepsy and Sleep, Headaches and Sleep) Ch 26: Sleep and Emotion, Cognition, and Memory (including Neurodegenerative Conditions) Ch 27: Sleep and Psychiatry; (incl Sleep and Autism) Ch 28: Sleep and Cardio-Pulmonary Conditions Ch 29: Pediatric Sleep Medicine Ch 30: Sleep and Occupational Health Ch 31: Sleep in Underserved Populations VII. The Field of Sleep Medicine Ch 32: The History of Sleep Medicine Ch 33: The Future of Sleep Medicine