Bharati Prasad, MD
Medical Director of the UIC Sleep Science Center
Associate Professor (CT) of Medicine
Medicine
Contact
Building & Room:
UIC Sleep Science Center
Address:
2242 W Harrison Street, Suite 104
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About
Bio
Dr. Prasad is board certified in Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine. She completed her medical training at UIC in 2009. Her research interest is sleep-disordered breathing and its relationship with cardiovascular disease.
Specialties & Services
Pulmonary and Critical Care
Sleep Medicine
Sleep Apnea
Restless Leg Syndrome
Sleep Deprivation
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
Fellowship: University of Illinois at Chicago
Internship: State University of New York
Medical School: Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India
Residency: State University of New York
Residency: St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago
Selected Honors and Awards
Clinical Trials Course, VA Cooperative Studies Program Travel Award, 2010
American Academy of Sleep Medicine Young Investigator Research Forum Travel Award, 2011
Sleep Research Network Trainee Travel Award 2014
Current Research
1IK2CX001026-01 Department of Veterans Affairs Project Title: Targeted Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea to Reduce Cardiovascular Disparity
Clinical Science Research and Development, Career Development Award
Role: Principal Investigator
Selected Publications
Prasad B, Choi YK, Weaver TE, Carley DW. Pupillometric assessment of sleepiness in narcolepsy. Front Psychiatry 2011;7(2):35. PMID:21713070
Prasad B; Carley DW; Krishnan JA; Weaver TE; Weaver FM. Effects of positive airway pressure treatment on clinical measures of hypertension and type 2 diabetes. J Clin Sleep Med 2012;8(5):481-487. PMID: 23066358 *Selected for weekly alert by J Clin Sleep Med
Prasad B, Radulovacki MG, Carley DW. Proof of concept trial of dronabinol in obstructive sleep apnea. Front Psychiatry 2013; 22(4)1. PMID: 23346060
Prasad B, Nyenhuis S, Weaver TE. Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Asthma: Associations and Treatment Implications. Sleep Med Rev. 2014;18(2):165-71.PMID: 23890469
Garg N, Rolle AJ, Lee TA, Prasad B. Home-based Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in an Urban Population. J Clin Sleep Med. 2014;10(8):879-85. PMID: 25126034
Weaver TE, Calik MW, Farabi SS, Fink AM, Galang-Boquiren MT, Kapella MC, Prasad B, Carley DW. Innovative treatments for adults with obstructive sleep apnea. Nat Sci Sleep. 2014;18(6):137-47. PMID: 25429246
Prasad B, Usmani S, Steffen AD, Van Dongen H, Pack F, Bleckman I, Staley B, Dinges D, Maislin G, Pack AI, Weaver TE. Short-term Variability in Apnea Hypopnea Index during Extended Home Portable Monitoring. J Clin Sleep Med. 2016 Feb 1. PMID: 26857059
Doumit J, Prasad B. Sleep Apnea in Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes Spectrum 2016;29:14-19. PMID: 26912960
Ziang N, Zhou A, Prasad B, Zhou L, Doumit J, Shi G, Imran H, Kaseer B, Millman R, Dudley SC. Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Circulating Potassium Channel Levels. J Am Heart Assoc. 2016;5(8). PMID: 27543307
Ricardo A, Goh V, Chen J, Cedillo-Couvert E, Kapella M, Prasad B, Parvathaneni S, Knutson K, and Lash J. Association of Sleep Duration, Symptoms and Disorders with Mortality in Adults with Chronic Kidney Disease. Kidney International Reports, Accepted May 2017.