Andrew Michael Namen, MD, FCCP, FAASM
Andrew Michael Namen, MD, FCCP, FAASM
Research Interests
- Sleep Apnea Syndromes
- Ventilator Weaning
- Aging
- Lung Diseases
- Patient Safety
- Perioperative Medicine
- Education
- MD, Medical College of Georgia School of Medicine, 1994
- Residency
- Internal Medicine, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, 1997
- Fellowship
- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, 2001
- Board Certifications
- American Board of Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease
- Memberships
- Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society
- American Thoracic Society
- American Academy of Sleep Medicine
- American College of Chest Physicians
- Positions
- Medical Director for Clinic Sleep Programs, Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Immunologic Diseases
- Medical Director for Pediatric Sleep Lab, Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Immunologic Diseases
- Medical Director for Adult Sleep Lab, Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Immunologic Diseases
- Professor, Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Immunologic Diseases
- Professor, Pediatrics
- Professor, Otolaryngology
- Departments and Affiliations
- Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Immunologic Diseases
- Pediatrics
- Otolaryngology
Research
- Fatal sepsis associated with a storage container leak permitting platelet contamination with environmental bacteria after pathogen reduction. Fadeyi EA, Wagner SJ, Goldberg C, Lu T, Young P, Bringmann PW, Meier NM, Namen AM, Benjamin RJ, Palavecino E. Transfusion. 2021 Feb; 61(2):641-648.
- Preoperative Sleep Questionnaires Identify Medical Emergency Team Activation in Older Adults. Namen AM, Forest DJ, Ahmad ZN, Chatterjee AB, Saha AK, Kumar S, Edwards AF, Ohar JA, Kassis N, Sy AO, Peters SP, Haponik EF. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2019 10; 20(10):1340-1343.e2.
- Identifying Risk of Sleep Apnea and Major Hospital Events in an Older Inpatient Population. Pickens AW, Forest DJ, Wyderski RJ, Williams JA, Huang KE, Hazzard WR, Haponik EF, Namen AM. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2018 09; 66(9):1847-1848.
- Physicians Report Sleep Apnea Infrequently in Older and Older Vulnerable Adults. Namen AM, Forest DJ, Huang KE, Feldman SR, Hazzard WR, Peters SP, Haponik EF. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2017 Sep; 65(9):2023-2028.
- Recognition of Sleep Apnea Is Increasing. Analysis of Trends in Two Large, Representative Databases of Outpatient Practice. Namen AM, Chatterjee A, Huang KE, Feldman SR, Haponik EF. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2016 11; 13(11):2027-2034.