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 at Penn
Center for Sleep & Respiratory Neurobiology Faculty Page
Search PubMed for articles
Center for Sleep at Penn
Center for Sleep & Respiratory Neurobiology Faculty Page
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 CVI Expertise
CVI Program Unit(s):Lipid / Atherosclerosis / CAD / ACS / Prevention
CVI Research Description:
My scientific interest involves the intersection of cardiovascular disease and sleep-disordered breathing. My research is clinical and includes assessment of screening strategies for obstructive sleep apnea in high-risk patients -- those with coronary artery disease or hypertension. I am also interested in evaluating cardiovascular outcomes of treatment of sleep apnea, and in assessing the economics of screening for sleep apnea in high-risk populations.
I collaborated on an NIH-funded RO1 grant with Drs. Rick Samaha and Julio Chirinos. We evaluated sleep apnea treatment and its effects on biomarkers of cardiovascular risk.
Selected Publications
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.
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.
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.
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.
JA Chirinos, I Gurubhagavatula, K Teff, DJ Rader, TA Wadden, R Townsend, GD Foster, G Maislin, H Saif, P Broderick, J Chittams, AL Hanlon, AI Pack: CPAP, weight loss, or both for obstructive sleep apnea. New England Journal of Medicine 370(24): 2265-2275, 2014.
Q Maia, MA Grandner, J Findley, I Gurubhagavatula: Short and long sleep duration and risk of drowsy driving and the role of subjective sleep insufficiency. Accident Analysis and Prevention 59: 618-622, October 2013.