#67 Sleep Apnea and Diabetes

Published: May 29, 2009, 9:25 p.m.

b'Dr. Robert Reyna is a Diplomat of the American Board of Sleep Medicine and a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. He has been involved in Sleep Medicine since he was trained as a sleep technician during his undergraduate work at Stanford University in the early 80\\u2019s. After receiving his medical degree from the University of California, San Diego, he completed his residency in Pediatrics at Cedar-Sinai Medical Center. He helped to develop and expand sleep services in Southern CA in 1992 becoming Medical Director of Sleep Services in 2002 when he received his board certification from the American Board of Sleep Medicine. He has also been involved in research in the field of insomnia at the Instate Sleep Center in Cincinnati, studying the clinical importance of certain brain waves called CAPS( Cyclic Alternating Patterns). Dr Reyna worked in concert with other medical centers in Southern CA to create a multi-specialty Cognitive Behavior Therapy insomnia program and helped implement a self\\xad-directed web based program utilized by a local health maintenance organization. He joined The Sleep Center of Nevada in February of 2009, moving to Las Vegas with his wife and two children. \\u201cI accepted the position here in Las Vegas so I could help in educating the community on the importance of sleep and the role sleep has in promoting a healthy lifestyle.\\u201dhttp://randinternational.net/sleep/'