Medical Advisor

Meir Kryger, MD, FRCP(C)

Dr. Meir Kryger is an ABMS board certified internal medicine physician specializing in pulmonary and sleep medicine. He is a professor of medicine at Yale University and is also a practicing physician at Yale Medicine. He is on the board of directors of the National Sleep Foundation in Washington, D.C.

Education

  • McGill University, BS, MD
  • Michael Reese Hospital, Internship
  • Royal Victoria Hospital, Residency
  • University of Colorado, Fellowship

Certifications

  • American Board of Internal Medicine – Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine – Pulmonary Disease
  • American Board of Internal Medicine – Sleep Medicine Certification
  • American Board of Sleep Medicine – Sleep Medicine
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada

Professional Accomplishments

  • As professor of medicine at the University of Manitoba, established the first clinical laboratory to study patients with sleep breathing problems in Canada
  • Received Lifetime Achievement Awards from the World Sleep Society and the National Sleep Foundation and also received the Distinguished Achievement Award from the American Thoracic Society
  • Chief editor of the most widely used textbook in sleep medicine, “The Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine”

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