Dr. Meir Kryger

Biography

Meir Kryger joined Yale School of Medicine and the VA Connecticut Health System in November 2011. Previously, he was a professor of medicine at the University of Manitoba, where he established the first clinical laboratory studying patients with sleep breathing problems in Canada. Kryger has published more than 200 research articles and book chapters. He is the chief editor of the widely used textbook in sleep medicine, 'Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine.' He authored 'Woman's Guide to Sleep Disorders' and 'Atlas of Clinical Sleep Medicine,' along with 'Kryger’s Sleep Medicine Review.' His research has focused on diagnosing and reporting obstructive sleep apnea in North America, demonstrating the feasibility of using noninvasive techniques to ventilate post-polio patients in their homes, and elucidating the interaction between heart failure and sleep respiration. He has held leadership roles, including president of the Canadian Sleep Society and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and has served on the Board of Directors for the National Sleep Foundation. In 2011, he received the Distinguished Scientist Award from the Canadian Sleep Society at the World Association of Sleep Medicine meeting. Kryger graduated from McGill University Medical School and completed his internal medicine training at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal, followed by a pulmonary fellowship at the University of Colorado.

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