Anil Rama
Anil Rama, MD
Anil Rama, MD is the founder of Sleep and Brain and serves as Adjunct Assistant Clinical Professor at the Stanford Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine. He is the recipient of the 2021 Stanford Distinguished Service Award, awarded to one clinical faculty member per year. He is the former Medical Director of Kaiser Permanente’s tertiary sleep medicine laboratory.
Dr. Rama is also an editorial board member of the Sleep Science and Practice Journal and has authored several book chapters and seminal peer-reviewed journal articles in sleep medicine. Furthermore, Dr. Rama is a lecturer for the Dental Sleep Medicine Mini-Residency at the University of Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry.
In addition, Dr. Rama is on the medical advisory board for Fullpower®-AI and SleepDev. He has been an investigator in clinical trials for drugs or devices designed to improve sleep and contributed to stories in national newspapers, local news stations, wellness websites, and health newsletters.
Clinical
2021-Present Sleep and Brain
2001-20 The Permanente Medical Group: Medical Director, Sleep Medicine
Academic Appointment
2021-Present Stanford Medical Center: Adjunct Assistant Clinical Professor, Sleep Medicine
2005- 20 Stanford Medical Center: Adjunct Clinical Faculty, Sleep Medicine
Medical Advisory Board
2021-Present Fullpower®-AI
2020-2023 AASM Public Awareness Advisory Committee Member
Education
2000-01 Stanford Medical Center: Fellowship, Sleep Disorders Medicine
1997-00 Stanford Medical Center: Residency, Neurology
1996-97 California Pacific Medical Center: Internship, Medicine
1992-96 The George Washington University Medical Center: Doctor of Medicine
1992-96 The George Washington University Medical Center: Master of Public Health
1988-92 University of California, Berkeley: Bachelor of Arts
Award
2021 Stanford Distinguished Service Award
2020 Stanford Adjunct Clinical Faculty Service Award
Board Certification
Diplomate, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Diplomate, American Board of Sleep Medicine
License
Medical Board of California
License Number: A63386
Medical Board of Hawaii
License Number: MD-21834
Medical board of Indiana
License Number: 01089122A
Washington Medical Commission
License Number: MD61560693
New York State Education Department
License Number: 334277
Editorial Board
Sleep Science and Practice Journal
Lecturer
Dental Sleep Medicine Mini-Residency at the University of Pacific, Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry
Open Payments
Pursuant to California Assembly Bill 1278. The Open Payments database is a federal tool used to search payments made by drug and device companies to physicians and teaching hospitals. It can be found at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov.
Publication
C. Kushida, A. Cotton-Clay, S. Baron, L. Fava, V. Easwar, A. Kinsolving, P. Kahn, J. Zitser Koren, A. Rama, F. Ding. Evaluation of sleep-related respiratory events in a continuous large U.S. Sample by home-based under-mattress monitoring devices. Oral Presentation and E-Poster. 26th Congress of ESRS. 27-30 September 2022 in Athens, Greece.
Feihong Ding, Andrew Cotton-Clay, Laura Favab, Venkat Easwar, Arthur Kinsolving, Philippe Kahn, Anil Rama, Clete Kushida. Polysomnographic validation of an under-mattress monitoring device in estimating sleep architecture and obstructive sleep apnea in adults. Sleep Medicine. Volume 96, August 2022, Pages 20-27.
Nagi T, Sahu N, Usmani N, Rama A, Zuberi J.Unusual presentation of Isolated Nonbacterial Thrombotic Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus with Secondary Antiphospholipid Syndrome: A Case Report. Med Cases. 2022 Jul;13(7):330-334. doi: 10.14740/jmc3950. Epub 2022 Jul 20
Giora Pillar, Murray Berall, Richard B Berry, Tamar Etzioni, Yaakov Henkin, Dennis Hwang, Ibrahim Maral, Faheem Shehadeh, Prasanth Manthena, Anil Rama, Rebecca Spiegel, Thomas Penzel, Riva Tasman. Detection of Common Arrhythmias by the WatchPAT: Expression of Electrical Arrhythmias by Pulse Recording. Nat Sci Sleep. 2022 Apr 21;14:751-763.
Clete A. Kushida, Andrew Cotton-Clay, Susan Baron, Laura Fava, Venkat Easwar, Arthur Kinsolving, Philippe Kahn, Jennifer Zitser Koren, Anil Rama, Feihong Ding. A Comparison of Estimated Sleep-Wake Patterns Obtained from a Large U.S. Sample by Home-Based Under-Mattress Monitoring Devices Before and After the Start of the COVID-19 Pandemic. World Sleep Congress Abstract. March 11-16th 2022.
Tauman R, Berall M, Berry R, Etzioni T, Shrater N, Hwang D, Marai I, Manthena P, Rama A, Spiegel R, Penzel T, Koren Morag N, Pillar G. Watch-PAT is Useful in the Diagnosis of Sleep Apnea in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation. Nat Sci Sleep. 2020 Dec 3;12:1115-1121.
Sahu H, Yee S, Das M, Trinh S, Amoroso R, Connolly M, Rama A, Zuberi J. Shock Index as a Marker for Mortality Rates in Those Admitted to the Medical Intensive Care Unit from the Emergency Department. Cureus. April 30th, 2020
Pillar G, Berall M, Berry R, Etzioni T, Shrater N, Hwang D, Ibrahim M, Litman E, Manthena P, Koren-Morag N, Rama A, Schnall RP, Sheffy K, Spiegel R, Tauman R, Penzel T. Detecting central sleep apnea in adult patients using WatchPAT-a multicenter validation study. Sleep Breath. 2020 Mar;24(1):387-398
Stakeholder in: Kushida CA, Nichols DA, Holmes TH, Miller R, Griffin K, Cardell CY, Hyde PR, Cohen E, Manber R, Walsh JK. SMART DOCS: A New Patient-Centered Outcomes and Coordinated-Care Management Approach for the Future Practice of Sleep Medicine. Sleep. 2014 Nov 20. Vol 38, Issue 02
Rama A, Rama A. Sleep-Wake Cycle. In: Aminoff M, Daroff R, eds. Encyclopedia of Neurological Sciences, Second Edition. Academic Press. June 3rd, 2014.
Zaharna M., Rama A, and Potti T.A. Diagnostic Algorithm for Insomnia. In: Kushida C. (ed.) The Encyclopedia of Sleep, vol 2, pp. 274-282. Waltham, MA: Academic Press. 2013
Rama A, Zachariah R. Normal Human Sleep. In: Kushida C. (ed.) The Encyclopedia of Sleep, vol. 1, pp. 16-23. Waltham, MA: Academic Press. 2013
Rama A, Zachariah R, Kushida, C. Restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movements and excessive sleepiness. In: Thorpy MJ, Billiard M, Sleepiness: Causes, Consequences, and Treatment. Cambridge University Press. 2011.
Cho SC, Katzberg HD, Rama A, Kim BJ, Roh H, Park J, Katz J, So YT. Driving with polyneuropathy. Muscle Nerve. 2010 Mar;41(3):324-28.
Popat RA, Van Den Eeden SK, Tanner CM, Kusida CA, Rama A, Black JE, Bernstein A, Kasten M, Chade A, Leimpeter A, Cassidy J, McGuire V, Nelson LM. Reliability and validity of two self-administered questionnaires for screening restless legs syndrome in population-based studies. Sleep Med. 2010 Feb; 11(2): 154-60. Epub 2010 Jan 20.
Rama A, Zachariah R, Kushida C. Differentiating Nocturnal Movements: Leg Movements, Parasomnias, and Seizures. In: Epstein LJ, Kirsch DB, Sleep Medicine Clinics: Polysomnography. Volume 4. Number 3. W.B. Saunders Company. September 2009
Rama A, Kushida CA. Normal Human Sleep: In: Lee-Chiong T, ed. Sleep Medicine Essentials. Wiley-Blackwell. 2009
Rama A, Potti T. Diagnostic Algorithm for Insomnia. In: Kushida CA, Handbook of Sleep Disorders, 2nd Edition. Informa Healthcare USA, Inc. 2009
Rama A, Cho SC, Kushida CA. Normal Human Sleep. In: Lee-Chiong T, ed. Sleep: A Comprehensive Handbook. Pp. 3-9. Wiley-Liss. 2005
Rama A, Cho SC, Kushida CA. NREM-REM Sleep. In: Guilleminault C, ed.: Sleep and Its Disorders. Handbook of Clinical Neurophysiology. Volume 6, pp. 21-29. Elsevier Publishing Company. 2005
Rama A, Kushida CA. Restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder. Med Clin N Am 88(3):653-667 May 2004
Rama A, Kushida CA. Sleep-Wake Cycle. In: Aminoff M, Daroff R, eds. Encyclopedia of Neurological Sciences. Volume. 4, pp. 308-09 Academic Press. San Diego. 2003
Rama A, Tekwani SH, Kushida CA. Sites of obstruction in obstructive sleep apnea. Chest. 2002. Oct;122(4): 1139-47. Review.
Function follows form.
An imperfect function follows an imperfect form.
-Anil Rama, MD
