Dr. Meir Kryger is an ABMS board certified internal medicine physician specializing in pulmonary and sleep medicine. He is a professor of medicine at Yale University and is also a practicing physician at Yale Medicine. He is on the board of directors of the National Sleep Foundation in Washington, D.C.
Education
- McGill University, BS, MD
- Michael Reese Hospital, Internship
- Royal Victoria Hospital, Residency
- University of Colorado, Fellowship
Certifications
- American Board of Internal Medicine – Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine – Pulmonary Disease
- American Board of Internal Medicine – Sleep Medicine Certification
- American Board of Sleep Medicine – Sleep Medicine
- Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada
Professional Accomplishments
- As professor of medicine at the University of Manitoba, established the first clinical laboratory to study patients with sleep breathing problems in Canada
- Received Lifetime Achievement Awards from the World Sleep Society and the National Sleep Foundation and also received the Distinguished Achievement Award from the American Thoracic Society
- Chief editor of the most widely used textbook in sleep medicine, “The Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine”
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