Christian Guilleminault

Biography

Christian Guilleminault obtained his MD at the Faculte de Medecine in Paris (France) in 1962, and had is Doctorate in medicine in 1968 at the same place. He did his neurology training mostly at the hospital de La Salepetriere in Paris, and after finishing neurology, his psychiatry training in Geneva Switzerland and Paris France. He was board certified in neurology and board certified in psychiatry in France in 1970. He obtained a Diplome d’Etude Approfondies from the Paris University Faculty of Sciences (Histology and Histo-Chemistry) in 1968. He received a Doctorate in Biology/Neurosciences from the Universite of Grenoble in 1999; He had the Academic Diploma “Habilitation a Diriger la Recherche” from the Universite de Montpellier medical school in 1998. He is a Fellow from the American EEG Society and a Fellow from the AASM (AmericanAcademy of Sleep Medicine). Academic carreer :He was nominated « Maitre de Recherche » (tenure) in L’Institut National de la Sante et Recherche Medical (INSERM) in Paris (France) in 1977. Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University; in 1980. Professor with tenure of neurology in psychiatry, department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and (by courtesy) Neurology, Stanford university school of medicine in 1985 . Guest Professor at the University of Marburg (Germany) and recipient of an Humbolt grant in 1987-1988. Professor without tenure, ecole de medicine de Montpellier (France) 1994-96.

Research Interest

Cardio-respiratory dysfunction during sleep; SIDS and, sleep apnea; narcolepsy and daytime somnolence; the relationship of, sleep to accidents, aging, dementia and Alzheimer's Disease.Understanding development of OSA in children and avoiding occurrence in adulthood