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Michael Breus, PhD Dr. Breus recognizes the profound yet largely unrecognized impact that sleep disorders have on our health and wellness, performance, productivity, safety and healthcare costs. As Co-Founder of Sound Sleep, LLC, (www.soundsleepsolutions.com) he is dedicated to raising the awareness of sleep disorders to both the public and the healthcare community, and developing innovative education and communication programs for their assessment and treatment. Dr. Breus is a Senior Vice President of Clinical Operations at Aretê Sleep Health, the Sleep Health Expert at WebMD, Co-Founder and Senior Partner of The Sleep Center Management Institute, LLC, Co-Founder of Sleep Doctors On-Call, on the faculty of The Atlanta School of Sleep Medicine, and is an Editorial Advisory Board Member and Columnist for Sleep Review Magazine. Dr. Breus has taught several CME courses on sleep disorders and provided editorial services for several medical and psychology peer-reviewed journals. He has given more than 300 presentations to professionals and the public on topics ranging from insomnia, parasomnias and excessive daytime sleepiness to the business practices of sleep centers. He is the Clinical Director of 8 sleep laboratories in Arizona. He is the “Sleep Expert” for WebMD (the world’s largest health website), writing articles, providing editorial services and answering questions daily on the sleep disorders message board. Dr. Breus has been interviewed by such respected consumer magazines and newspapers as: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Bloomberg and Reuters News wires, Reader’s Digest, Allure, Cosmopolitan, Parent’s Magazine, RedBook, Marie Claire and has given live interviews for both local and national news (CBS Morning) and entertainment television and radio shows. Breus has done satellite media tours in conjunction with The Sleep Advantage program (www.crowneplaza.com) which he developed and is currently in use in every Crowne Plaza in the Americas (30,000 rooms). He can also be seen in-flight on Delta and Continental airlines as well as the CNN airport network giving sleep tips to business travelers. Dr. Breus has published articles in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, Physiology and Behavior, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, and The Journal of Pain. Michael J. Breus, PhD, is a diplomate of the American Board of Sleep Medicine, has a bachelor's degree in psychology from Skidmore College in New York and received the Mellon Undergraduate Fellowship in Psychiatry at the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic in Pittsburgh. He completed a post-baccalaureate premedical program at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania. He has received both a master's and doctorate degree from the University of Georgia. Breus completed his internship at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson with a specialty in Sleep Disorders and Neuropsychological testing. He is board-certified in both clinical psychology and clinical sleep disorders. For more on Dr. Breus, please see his Curriculim Vitae. |
