Sleep Medicine Fellowship | Ohio State College of Medicine

About the Sleep Medicine Fellowship Program

Ohio State has a storied history in Sleep Medicine. Our lab was the second accredited sleep center in the United States, and the first SLEEP meeting was held in Columbus, Ohio, in 1986. The program has grown to serve as a tertiary referral center for a multitude of patients with a wide spectrum of sleep issues. OSUWMC has a 14-bed free standing sleep lab and a busy home sleep apnea testing program. The sleep center runs about 3500 in lab polysomnograms and 1500 home sleep apnea tests a year.

The Sleep Medicine Fellowship was founded in 2007 and takes 2 fellows a year. We have trained a diverse group of fellows who have gone on to have successful careers in both academic and community medicine position: Previous fellows have had backgrounds in:

Pulmonary
Pulmonary critical care
Neurology
Psychiatry
Internal medicine
Family medicine
Internal medicine/ Pediatrics
Pediatrics
Pediatric pulmonary medicine.

The fellows also work with a diverse group of faculty. Sleep faculty are comprised of backgrounds in:

Pulmonary critical care
Neurology
Psychiatry
Internal medicine
Pediatrics
Otolaryngology
Dentistry
Psychology

Sleep Fellows will have exposure to a variety of sleep medicine experiences such as:

Non-invasive ventilation management
Cognitive behavioral therapy for sleep medicine
Otolaryngology and Dental sleep clinics
Hypoglossal nerve stimulator for obstructive sleep apnea
Phrenic nerve stimulator for central sleep apnea
Parasomnia
Two months of pediatric sleep medicine. The pediatric rotations occur at Nationwide Children's Hospital Sleep Center. NCH is one of the top pediatric hospitals in the country with a comprehensive pediatric sleep program comprised of pulmonary, neurology, psychiatry, and psychology specialty backgrounds.