Perelman School of Medicine/ Faculty Search/ Indira Gurubhagavatula

Indira Gurubhagavatula, M.D., MPH

Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Veteran's Administration Medical Center

Department: Medicine

Contact information

Division of Sleep Medicine
3624 Market Street, Suite 205
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Office: 215-662-3301
Fax: 215-615-4875

Email:
gurubhag@mail.med.upenn.edu

Publications

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Links
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Center for Sleep & Respiratory Neurobiology Faculty Page
Center for Sleep at Penn

Education:
B.A. (Biology)
Goucher College, Baltimore, MD, 1986.
B.A. (Applied Mathematics)
Goucher College, Baltimore, MD, 1986.
M.D.
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 1990.
M.P.H.
Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, 1994.

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Description of Research Expertise

1. Screening for obstructive sleep apnea
2. Sleep disorderd breathing and cardiovascular disease
3. Economics of sleep apnea screening

Description of Clinical Expertise

1. Sleep disorders medicine
2. Pulmonary medicine
3. Critical care medicine

Selected Publications

I Gurubhagavatula, B Fields, C Morales, S Hurley, G Pien, L Wick, B Staley, R Townsend, G Maislin: Screening for severe obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in hypertensive outpatients. Journal of Clinical Hypertension 2013 (in press).

A Platt, S Hurley, H Soto-Calderon, W Wieland, B Staley, G Maislin, I Gurubhagavatula: Hits and Misses: Screening Commercial Drivers for Obstructive Sleep Apnea Using Guidelines Recommended by a Joint Task Force. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2013 Notes: In press (as of 4/15/13).

BY Sunwoo, N Jackson, G Maislin, I Gurubhagavatula, CF George, AI Pack: Reliability of a single objective measure in assessing sleepiness. Sleep 35(1): 149-158, 2012.

CR Morales, S Hurley, LC Wick, B Staley, FM Pack, NS Gooneratne, G Maislin, A Pack, I Gurubhagavatula: In-home, self-assembled sleep studies are useful in diagnosing sleep apnea in the elderly. Sleep 35(11): 1491-1501, 2012.

TE Weaver, C Mancini, G Maislin, J Cater, B Staley, JR Landis, S Ellenberg, KA Ferguson, CFP George, DA Schulman, H Greenberg, DM Rapoport, JA Walsleben, T Lee-Chiong, I Gurubhagavatula, ST Kuna: Continuous positive airway pressure treatment of sleepy patients with milder obstructive sleep apnea: results of the CPAP Apnea Trial North American Program CATNAP randomized clinical trial. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 186(7): 677-683, 2012.

ST Kuna, I Gurubhagavatula, G Maislin, S Hin, KC Hartwig, S McCloskey, R Hachadoorian, S Hurley, R Gupta, B Staley, CW Atwood: Noninferiority of functional outcome in ambulatory management of obstructive sleep apnea American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 183(9): 1238-1244, 2011.

NS Gooneratne, P Gehrman, I Gurubhagavatula, E Al-Shehabi, E Marie, R Schwab: Effectiveness of Ramelteon for insomnia symptoms in older adults with obstructive sleep apnea: a randomized placebo-controlled pilot study. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine 6(6): 572-580, 2010.

AB Platt, SH Field, DA Asch , Z Chen, NP Patel, R Gupta, DF Roche, I Gurubhagavatula, JD Christie, ST Kuna: Neighborhood of residence is associated with daily adherence to CPAP therapy. Sleep 32(6): 799-806, 2009.

I Gurubhagavatula, JE Nkwuo, G Maislin, AI Pack: Estimated cost of crashes in commercial drivers supports screening and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea. Accident Analysis and Prevention 40(1): 104-115, 2008.

N Hartenbaum, N Collop, IM Rosen, B Phillips, CF George, JA Rowley, N Freedman, TE Weaver, I Gurubhagavatula, K Strohl, LM Leaman, GL Moffitt: Sleep apnea and commercial motor vehicle operators: Statement from the joint task force of the American College of Chest Physicians, the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, and the National Sleep Foundation. Chest 130(3): 902-905, 2006.