Jagdeep Bijwadia, MD

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

Contact Information

Board Certification:  Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine and Sleep Medicine

Professional Memberships: 

American College of Chest Physicians
American Academy of Sleep Medicine
American Thoracic Society

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 involves comparison of a dental device with and without the addition of positional therapy for treatment of mild to moderate OSA, funded by HealthPartners Research Foundation. 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.

Selected Recent Publications

(For a comprehensive listing of Dr. Bijwadia's recent publications refer to PubMed, a service provided by the National Library of Medicine)

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

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

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.

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

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

Bijwadia J.  Hypoventilation.  IN Casebook of Sleep Medicine, AASM reference publication, 2008. 

Bijwadia JS, Ejaz MS. Sleep and critical care.  Curr Opin Crit Care. 2009;15(1):25-9.

Gohar A, Adams A, Gertner E, Haus E, Engle R, Bijwadia J.  Working memory capacity is decreased in sleep-deprived internal medicine residents.  J of Clin Sleep Med 2009;5(3):191-197.