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Phyllis C Zee

Distinguished Visiting Professor, Tsinghua SCM

Specialty:Neurology (Sleep Medicine)

Northwestern University, USA

Education

BS: Mills College (1980)

PhD: Chicago Medical School (1980)

MD: Chicago Medical School (1983)

Postgraduate Training

Chief Resident: Northwestern University, McGaw Medical Center (Northwestern Memorial Hospital), Neurology (1987)

Resident: Northwestern University, McGaw Medical Center (Northwestern Memorial Hospital), Neurology (1987)

Fellow: Northwestern University, McGaw Medical Center (Northwestern Memorial Hospital), Neurobiology & Physiology (1989)

Fellow: University of Chicago , Sleep Medicine (1990)

Certification

Board Certification: Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Board Certification: Sleep Medicine, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Honors and Awards

National Sleep Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award, National Sleep Foundation (2021)

Distinguished Scientist Award, Sleep Research Society (2020)

William C. Dement Academic Achievement , American Academy of Sleep Medicine (2014)

Sleep Science Award, American Academy of Neurology (2011)

Best Doctor Physician, Best Doctors, Inc. (2010)

Best Doctor Physician, Best Doctors, Inc. (2009)

Best Doctor Physician, Best Doctors, Inc. (2008)

Best Doctor Physician, Best Doctors, Inc. (2007)

Best Doctor Physician, Best Doctors, Inc. (2006)

Best Doctor Physician, Best Doctors, Inc. (2005)

Best Doctor Physician, Best Doctors, Inc. (2004)

Sleep Academic Award, National Institures of Health (2003)

Best Doctor Physician, Best Doctors, Inc. (2003)

Best Doctor Physician, Best Doctors, Inc. (2002)

Best Doctor Physician, Best Doctors, Inc. (2001)

External Professional Leadership and Service

President, World Sleep Society (2022 - Present)

Member, World Sleep Program Committee (2020 - Present)

Member, World Sleep Society Program Committee (2019 - Present)

Member, American Academy of Neurology Transcends Mentor-Scholars Program (2018 - Present)

Member, American Brain Foundation Research Advisory Committee (2018 - Present)

Member, American Academy Neurology Translational Neuroscience Committee (2012 - Present)

President-Elect, World Sleep Society (2019 - 2022)

President, Sleep Research Society (2011 - 2012)

President-Elect, Sleep Research Society (2010 - 2011)

Board of Directors, Sleep Research Society (2007 - 2010)

Chair, NIH Sleep Disorders Research Advisory Board (2006 - 2009)

Board of Directors, National Sleep Foundation (2003 - 2009)

Editorships / Editorial Board Service

Associate Editor, SLEEP (2022 - Present)

Editorial Board Member, The Lancet Neurology (2021 - Present)

Professional Society Membership

Member, World Sleep Society (2016 - Present)

Member, Society for Research in Biological Rhythms (2008 - Present)

Fellow, American Academy of Sleep Medicine (1999 - Present)

Member, American Neurological Association (1996 - Present)

Member, Sleep Research Society (1990 - Present)

Member, American Academy of Neurology (1986 - Present)

Most Recent Publications

Associations of deep sleep and obstructive sleep apnea with family relationships, life satisfaction, and physical stress experience in children: a caregiver perspective.

Bhushan B, Zee PC, Grandner MA, Jaser SS, Hazkani I, Maddalozzo JP, Xu S, Ahluwalia V, Chandra A, Schroeder JW, Sharma M, Suittens DA, Berg CA

J Clin Sleep Med. 2023 Dec; 19(12): 2087-2095.

https://doi.org/10.5664/jcsm.10772

PMID: 37565827


Anaerobic pathogens associated with OSA may contribute to pathophysiology via amino-acid depletion.

Elgart M, Zhang Y, Zhang Y, Yu B, Kim Y, Zee PC, Gellman MD, Boerwinkle E, Daviglus ML, Cai J, Redline S, Burk RD, Kaplan R, Sofer T

EBioMedicine. 2023 Nov; 98: 104891-.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104891

PMID: 38006744


Study protocol for a longitudinal observational study of disparities in sleep and cognition in older adults: the DISCO study.

Knutson KL, Pershing ML, Abbott S, Alexandria SJ, Chiluka S, Chirinos D, Giachello A, Gupta N, Harrington K, Rittner SS, Sorond F, Wong M, Vu T-HT, Zee PC, Carnethon MR

BMJ Open. 2023 Nov; 13(11): e073734-.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073734

PMID: 37918924


What's in a name? delayed by any other name is still a circadian disorder: a call for improved nomenclature for delayed sleep-wake phase disorder subtypes.

Abbott SM, Phillips AJ, Reid KJ, Cain SW, Zee PC

Sleep. 2023 Nov; 46(11):

https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsad222

PMID: 37651094

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