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Board certified in sleep medicine and one of the premier sleep physicians in the country, Dr. Michael Thorpy is director of the Sleep-Wake Disorders Center at Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York. Both a clinician and a well-published researcher, Dr. Thorpy serves as associate professor of neurology at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and is the chairman-elect of the Sleep Section of the American Academy of Neurology. In addition, he directs the National Sleep Foundation's (NSF) National Narcolepsy Registry and co-chairs the foundation's "Towards the Cause of Narcolepsy" program. Dr. Thorpy is also a former NSF Secretary. Born in New Zealand, Dr. Thorpy earned his medical degree from the University of Otago in 1973. Writing extensively on narcolepsy, insomnia and sleep disorders, he has over fifty published articles to his credit, including peer-reviewed publications in journals such as the New England Journal of Medicine. Dr. Thorpy has also written numerous books, including the Encyclopedia of Sleep and Sleep Disorders. In addition, Dr. Thorpy's Sleep Medicine Home Page is one the most influential sleep web sites on the Internet, and his computerized textbook of sleep, Sleep Multimedia (on CD-ROM), is the only one of its kind. In 1993, he received the Nathaniel Kleitman Award one of the sleep field's highest honors from the American Sleep Disorders Association. Dr. Thorpy has provided his expertise to over 100 television, radio and print outlets, including the Today Show, 20/20, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Good Housekeeping and Biography. | 