Indira Gurubhagavatula, M.D., MPH
Professor of Medicine (Sleep Medicine) at the Veteran's Administration Medical Center
Attending Physician, Division of Sleep Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Program Director, Sleep Medicine Fellowship, Division of Sleep Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Department: Medicine
Contact information
Division of Sleep Medicine
3624 Market Street, Suite 205
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3624 Market Street, Suite 205
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-662-7772
Fax: 215-615-4875
Fax: 215-615-4875
Email:
gurubhag@mail.med.upenn.edu
gurubhag@mail.med.upenn.edu
Publications
Links
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Center for Sleep & Respiratory Neurobiology Faculty Page
Center for Sleep at Penn
Search PubMed for articles
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.
Permanent linkB.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.
Description of Research Expertise
1. Screening for obstructive sleep apnea in high risk populations2. Sleep, sleep disorders and public health
3. Sleep disordered breathing and cardiovascular disease
3. Economics of sleep apnea screening
Description of Clinical Expertise
1. Sleep disorders medicine2. Pulmonary medicine
3. Critical care medicine
Selected Publications
S Pamidi, R Mehra, M Teodorescu* and I Gurubhagavatula* (*co-senior authors): Initial self-reported data on sleep and burnout in pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine: an initiative from the Assembly on Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology of the American Thoracic Society. Respiratory Research 26(1), Mar 2025 Notes: DOI: 10.1186/s12931-025-03112-0.K Kantera, A Wanga, D Gordon, A Singera, JS Brennera, I Gurubhagavatula, A Lingamoorthy, O Onia, C Baston: A novel shoulder-mounted pulse oximeter in patients with suspected sleep apnea: design and patient perceptions. Human Factors in Healthcare in press 2025.
KG Johnson, SS Sullivan, V Rastegar, I Gurubhagavatula: Sleep Medicine Health-Care Worker Concerns About COVID-19: An Early Pandemic Survey. Respiratory Care 66(11): 1729-38, November 2021.
KG Johnson, SS Sullivan, A Nti, V Rastegar, I Gurubhagavatula: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Sleep Medicine Practices. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 2020 Sep 23:jcsm-8830. 17(1): 79-87, Jan 2021.
B Izci-Balserak, B Zhu, I Gurubhagavatula, BT Keenan, GW Pien: A Screening Algorithm for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Pregnancy. Annals of the American Thoracic Society 16(10): 1286-1294, Oct 2019.
MM Lyons, JF Kraemer, R Dhingra, BT Keenan, N Wessel, M Glos, T Penzel, I Gurubhagavatula: Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Commercial Drivers Using EKG-Derived Respiratory Power Index. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine 15(1): 23-32, January 2019 Notes: https://doi.org/10.5664/jcsm.7562.
S Jain, I Gurubhagavatula, R Townsend, ST Kuna, K Teff, TA Wadden, J Chittams, AL Hanlon, G Maislin, H Saif, P Broderick, Z Ahmad, AI Pack, JA Chirinos.: Effect of CPAP, Weight Loss, or CPAP Plus Weight Loss on Central Hemodynamics and Arterial Stiffness. Hypertension 70(6): 1283-1290, December 2017.
D Chirinos, I Gurubhagavatula, P Broderick, J Chirinos, K Teff, T Wadden, G Maislin, H Saif, J Chittams, C Cassidy, A Hanson, AI Pack: Depressive symptoms in patients with Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Biological Mechanistic Pathways. Journal of Behavioral Medicine 40(6): 955-963, Dec 2017.
MM Lyons, BT Keenan, J Li, T Khan, N Elkasabanny, CM Walsh, NN Williams, AI Pack, I Gurubhagavatula: Symptomless Multi-Variable Apnea Prediction Index Assesses Obstructive Sleep Apnea Risk and Adverse Outcomes in Elective Surgery. Sleep 40(3): zsw081, March 2017.
MA Grandner, S Chakravorty, ML Perlis, L Oliver, I Gurubhagavatula: Habitual sleep duration associated with self-reported and objectively-determined cardiometabolic risk factors. Sleep Medicine 15(1): 42-50, January 2014.