Jagdeep Bijwadia, MD

Director of the Sleep Center, UMMC
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Minnesota
Director of Sleep Health Center, Regions Hospital

Board Certification: Internal Medicine,
Pulmonary Medicine, Sleep Medicine

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Clinical and Research Interests

My clinical interests involve participating in and facilitating the development of a cross-institutional multidisciplinary sleep program. Sleep medicine experience is now an integral and vital component of the overall training in pulmonary and critical care. As part of the faculty at the University, I am focused on creating learning pathways for fellows and residents to enhance practical experience and provide research opportunities in the field. My current research interests involve measuring the effects of sleep deprivation in medial residents, especially focusing on aspects of measurable working memory capacity. In collaboration with the Intensive Care Unit faculty at Regions Hospital, research projects studying the effects of sleep disorders in critically ill patients are also being actively developed.

1.  Dexter D, Bijwadia J, Lindsay M. Nocturia and enuresis associated with obstructive sleep apnea.  Abstract: World Association of Sleep Medicine. Berlin 2005.

2.  Bijwadia J.  The student and sleep.  IN Sleep:  A Comprehensive Handbook, p 959-964, Teofilo L. Lee-Chiong, ed., John Wiley and Sons, 2005.

3.  Bijwadia J. Identification and treatment of bronchoconstriction induced by a vagus nerve stimulator employed for the management of seizure disorder. Chest. 2005 Jan; 127 (1): 401-2.

4.  Bijwadia J.  Weaning at a nursing home ventilator unit:  Impact of non-invasive ventilation and cost savings.  Chest (suppl) 162s-163s, 2005.

5.  Bijwadia J. Shifting care of chronic ventilator-dependent patients from the intensive. Joint Commission Journal on Safety and Quality, 30(5):257-265, 2004.

6.  Dexter D., Bijwadia J. Sleepiness and school start times: A preliminary study.  Wisconsin Medical Journal. 102 (1) 44-6. 2003.

7.  Sharma O, Bijwadia J.  Mechanisms of pulmonary fibrosis, J of Respiratory Diseases, 14:750-760, 1993.

Last updated 10/08/2007