NYU Sleep Disorders Center

Part of the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine

Contact:
Phone: (212) 263-8423 Fax: (212) 562-4677		462 First Avenue, Suite 7N3 (entrance at 27th Street and First Avenue) New York, NY 10016
Directions to the NYU Sleep Disorders Center		Map of Bellevue Hospital to find the Sleep Disorders Center

 Staff:

David Rapoport, MD

 

Dr. David Rapoport  is Associate Professor of Medicine in the  Division of Pulmonary,  Critical Care and Sleep Medicine and is the Director of the NYU Sleep Disorders Program. He is board certified in Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine. Dr. Rapoport is the Director of the Sleep Disorders Center and coordinates the Sleep Research Program. Dr. Rapoport has a longstanding interest in the physiology of sleep disordered breathing (sleep apnea and snoring). He was one of the early users and developers of nasal CPAP as a treatment for sleep apnea. He holds multiple U.S. and European patents for improvements on nasal CPAP. He was the principal investigator of the NYU site of an NIH sponsored multicenter epidemiologic study on Sleep Disordered Breathing and Cardiovascular Disease, and is involved in multiple industry sponsored clinical trials as well as consulting with multiple companies developing novel treatments for sleep apnea. He is a frequent speaker at both local and national scientific meetings.

Anne M. Mooney, MD

 

Dr. Anne Mooney is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine. She graduated from medical school at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in 2000, and completed residency in Internal Medicine and fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. She subsequently completed a fellowship in Sleep Medicine at NYU where she remained as an attending in the NYU Sleep Disorders Center to pursue her clinical and research interests. She is board certified in Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine. Her clinical interests involve all areas of sleep disorders. Her research interests involve the physiology of central sleep apnea and obstructive sleep apnea, and also the relationship between pre-ecclampsia and sleep disordered breathing.

Marta Maczaj, MD, FAASM

 

Dr. Marta Maczaj is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the New York University School of Medicine and Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychology at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook. She is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and a Fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Her research interests are in understanding the association of ADD/ADHD and untreated sleep disorders (specifically Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Period Limb Movement Disorder of Sleep) in children and adults and investigating the relationships between sleep and cognition. She co-ordinates the NYU Sleep Medicine Fellowship Lecture Series covering the core curriculum for the fellowship program.

Nishay Chitkara, MD

 

Dr. Nishay Chitkara is Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine. He is board certified in Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine. His clinical practice includes the full spectrum of sleep disorders.

Indu Ayappa, PhD

 

Dr.Indu Ayappa is Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine and is the Director of Research Training of the Sleep Medicine Program. She has mentored multiple NIH trainees (K awardees) and continues to make this her primary activity. Her research interests are in developing new techniques for the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disordered breathing, physiology of the upper airway and investigating the relationship between sleep disordered breathing and daytime function. She has been Principal investigator on NIH and industry sponsored research grants.

 

Omar Burschtin, MD, FCCP, FAASM

Dr. Omar Burschtin is Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine and  the Program Director of the ACGME accredited NYU Sleep Fellowship program. He is board certified in Pulmonary and Critical Care and Sleep Medicine and a Fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Doctor Burschtin's clinical experience includes all areas of sleep disorders, from childhood to adolescence and adulthood to geriatric sleep disorders. Dr. Burschtin is Director of Sleep Medicine Associates of New York City and also provides sleep consultation services at The NYU Langone Medical Center, Tisch Hospital, Hospital for Joint Diseases and The Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine. Doctor Burschtin is dedicated full time to the challenging field of sleep disorders and the consequences of sleep deprivation, sleep fragmentation, and to the improvement of daytime performance and quality of life.