Anil Rama

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

Texas Medical Board

• License Number: V6679

Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure

• License Number: 34855

Arizona Medical Board

• License Number: 76517

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