World Sleep Academy is supported by an international faculty community composed of clinicians, researchers, educators, technologists, and sleep specialists representing institutions and healthcare systems around the world.
Faculty contribute lectures, original curriculum manuscripts, assessments, mentorship, and live educational sessions throughout the Academy.
International Faculty Supporting Global Sleep Education
Academy Leadership
Co-Director | Lourdes DelRosso, MD, PhD, MS
Lourdes DelRosso, MD, PhD, MS, is a sleep physician and Professor of Family and Community Medicine at the University of California San Francisco Fresno. Dr. DelRosso has dedicated her career to expanding access to sleep health education and improving global sleep medicine outreach.
Her work has included participation in international health initiatives in Haiti and the Dominican Republic, leadership in pediatric sleep health education, and contributions to global sleep advocacy through programs such as World Sleep Day and the Symposium on Global Sleep Medicine.
Dr. DelRosso has served in multiple leadership roles within World Sleep Society and remains deeply committed to expanding accessible sleep medicine education worldwide through the World Sleep Academy.
Co-Director | Leila Emami, MD
Leila Emami, MD, is an internationally recognized sleep specialist with extensive experience in sleep-disordered breathing, non-invasive ventilation, and sleep medicine education.
Dr. Emami has contributed extensively to international sleep education initiatives and curriculum development while mentoring healthcare professionals and advancing sleep medicine training across diverse healthcare systems.
As Co-Director of World Sleep Academy, she helps guide curriculum development, faculty engagement, and learner support across the Academy’s global educational programs.
Pediatrics Course Associate Director | Perran Boran, MD, PhD
Insomnia Course Associate Director | Bruce Forman, PhD
Academy Lecturers & Contributors
World Sleep Academy includes contributions from an international network of faculty representing diverse specialties and regions around the world.
Contributors participate through lectures, curriculum development, manuscript writing, assessments, and live discussions.
Sleep Science & Technology
- Dr. Anna Wani (United States): Science of Sleep
- Dr. Arezu Najafi (Iran): Sleep technology
- Dr. Diego Garcia Borreguero (Spain): Sleep laboratories
- Dr. Elizaveta Solomonova (Canada): Dream science
- Dr. Harald Hrubos-Strøm (Norway): Technology
- Dr. Jun Au (Hong Kong): Sleep technology
- Dr. Joanna Wrede (United States): Science of Sleep
- Dr. Mary Tablizo (United States): Pharmacology
- Dr. Robert Thomas (United States): Cardiopulmonary coupling
- Dr. Romy Hoque (United States): Science of Sleep
- Golfam Javanoskooei (United States): Registered Polysomnographic Technologist
- Sheryl Cogdell (United States): Registered Polysomnographic Technologist
- Jennifer Reed (United States): Sleep technician, Seattle Children’s Hospital
Sleep-Disordered Breathing & Ventilation
- Dr. Ari Manuel (United Kingdom): Non-OSA sleep-disordered breathing
- Dr. Leila Emami (Iran): Non-invasive ventilation
- Dr. Mayank Vats (India): Obstructive sleep apnea
- Dr. Ravindra Chandrashekhar (United States): Non-OSA sleep-disordered breathing
- Dr. Tiago Vasconcelos (Brazil): Obstructive sleep apnea
Insomnia, Behavioral Sleep Medicine & Psychology
- Dr. Bingqian Zhu (China): Evaluation of Patients
- Dr. Catherine McCall (United States): Insomnia
- Dr. Cristina Frange (Brazil)
- Dr. Karen Spruyt (France): Insomnia, pediatrics, research design
- Dr. Melisa Moore (United States): Behavioral interventions
- Dr. Pam Douglas (Australia): Pediatric behavioral sleep interventions
Pediatric Sleep Medicine
- Dr. Aroonwan Preutthipan (Thailand): Pediatrics
- Dr. Fan Jiang (China): Sleep and child development
- Dr. Ignacio Tapia (United States): Pediatric OSAS
- Dr. Jeremy Gutierrez (United States): Pediatrics
- Dr. Jodi Mindell (United States): Pediatric behavioral sleep interventions
- Dr. Judith Owens (United States): Pediatric sleep histories and physicals
- Dr. Julio Fernandez-Mendoza (United States): Pediatric circadian disorders
- Dr. Montida Veeravigrom (United States): Pediatric parasomnias
- Dr. Oluwatosin Olorunmoteni (Nigeria): Pediatric sleep
- Dr. Sarah Blunden (Australia): Pediatric sleep
- Dr. Sofia Konstantinopoulou (United States): Pediatric sleep
- Dr. Zhifei Xu (China): Pediatric sleep
Circadian Disorders, Parasomnias & Movement Disorders
- Dr. Anne Marie Morse (United States): Parasomnia
- Dr. Federica Provini (Italy): Movement disorders
- Dr. Ruby Joseph K (India): Circadian disorders
- Dr. Shelley Zak (United States): Sleep-related movement disorders
Assessment Team
The World Sleep Academy assessment team supports learner evaluation and academic review throughout the program. Members include:
- Dr. Cristina Frange (Brazil)
- Dr. Chotiman Chinvararak (Thailand)
- Dr. Diana Anderson (United States)
- Dr. Helene Vitali (Italy)
- Dr. Ian Macharia (Kenya)
- Dr. Jose Moonjely Davis (United States)
- Dr. Kate Chan (Hong Kong)
- Dr. Mi Lu (China)
- Dr. Miller Martinez (Colombia)
- Dr. Nino Kiknadze (Georgia)
- Dr. Prashant Makhija (India)
- Dr. Saratcha Tiensuntisook (Thailand)
- Dr. Yoshinori Saito (Japan)
Curriculum Writers & Manuscript Contributors
World Sleep Academy curriculum materials include original manuscripts and educational resources developed by international faculty contributors across multiple sleep medicine disciplines. Our writers and their topics are listed below:
Science of sleep
Dr. Arezu Najafi
Dr. Jefferson Santos
Dr. Sarah Flaherty
Sleep technology
Dr. Harald Hrubos-Strøm
Dr. Jun Au
Dr. Rachel Sharman
Dr. Stephen Carstensen
Evaluation of patients
Dr. Alejandra Lastra
Dr. Bingqian Zhu
Dr. Ravindra Chandrashekhar
Obstructive sleep apnea
Dr. Nehah Shah
Dr. Raman Kugan
Dr. Ramkumar Subramaniam
Dr. Uma Krishnaswamy
Non-invasive ventilation
Dr. Ari Manuel
Dr. Joao Carlos Moreno de Azevedo
Dr. Kavitha Venkatnarayan
Dr. Leila Emami
Hypersomnias
Dr. Maria Paola Mogavero
Dr. Raffaele Ferri
Sleep-related movement disorders
Dr. Anupama Gupta
Dr. Susana Telles
Dr. Uma Devaraj
Parasomnias
Dr. Hrayr Attarian
Dr. Sapna Sreedharan
Insomnia
Dr. Antje Buttner-Teleaga
Dr. Cristina Frange
Dr. Karen Spruyt
Dr. Wenjing Jiang
Behaviorial/psychological/neurocognitive
Dr. Cristina Frange
Dr. Gerardo Reyes
Dr. Melisa Moore
Dr. Sukhpreet Tamana
Circadian disorders
Dr. Christian Cajochen
Dr. Corrado Garbazza
Dr. Jens Acker
Dr. Kneginja Richter
Dr. Ruby Joseph
Pharmacology
Dr. Kathy Sexton-Radek
Dr. Monica Zolezzi
Pediatric sleep
Dr. Deepa Burman
Dr. Magda Lahorgue Nunes
Setting up a sleep lab
Dr. Arup Halder
Dr. Ritu Daga
Circadian Disorders in Pediatric Populations
Dr. Claudia Vasquez