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Andrew Michael Namen, MD, FCCP, FAASM
  • Professor, Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Immunologic Diseases
Andrew Michael Namen, MD, FCCP, FAASM

Andrew Michael Namen, MD, FCCP, FAASM

  • Professor, Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Immunologic Diseases

Research Interests

  • Sleep Apnea Syndromes
  • Ventilator Weaning
  • Aging
  • Lung Diseases
  • Patient Safety
  • Perioperative Medicine
  • anamen@wakehealth.edu
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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
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, Head and Neck Surgery
Departments and Affiliations
Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Immunologic Diseases
Pediatrics
Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

Research

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  • 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.
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  • Collecting Data from Study Volunteers with Pulmonary Fibrosis and Fibrosing Interstitial Lung Disease

Research Interests

  • Aging
  • Interstitial Lung Disease
  • Lung Diseases
  • Patient Safety
  • Perioperative Medicine
  • Sleep Apnea Syndromes
  • Ventilator Weaning
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