Professor Dr. Mitchell Miglis

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Mitchell Miglis is a Clinical Associate Professor of Adult Neurology and Psychiatry Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, specializing in Sleep Medicine. He completed his medical degree at the University of Florida and completed his residency in neurology at New York University. Further, he participated in fellowship programs focusing on Autonomic Disorders at Harvard Medical School and Sleep Medicine at the Stanford Sleep Medicine Center. Dr. Miglis serves as the director of the Stanford Multiple System Atrophy Center of Excellence and the Stanford Parasomnia Sleep Disorders Clinic, and is actively involved in the Stanford Post-Acute COVID Syndrome (PACS) clinic. His clinical focus includes a wide array of neurological diseases, with a particular interest in Autonomic Disorders and Sleep Disorders. His current research is focused on understanding the mechanisms of autonomic dysfunction in Long-COVID and central nervous system hypersomnias, particularly Idiopathic Hypersomnia. He is the principal investigator in the North American Prodromal Synucleinopathy Study, as well as ongoing studies that assess skin biopsy and autonomic testing markers for disease progression in isolated REM sleep behavior disorder.

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