Boston University Medical Campus
Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Allergy Medicine

Medical School : American University of Beirut
Master’s/PhD Programs: MSc Epidemiology Boston University
Internship: Duke University Medical Center
Residency: Duke University Medical Center
Fellowship: Boston University School of Medicine
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine Critical Care Medicine

Special Interests:
RESEARCH:

• Epidemiology and clinical research
• Cardiovascular effect of sleep disordered breathing
• Treatment of complex sleep disorder breathing
• Cardiovascular effects of sleep restriction

CLINICAL:

• Sleep Medicine
• Advanced Bronchoscopy

I am currently investigating possible reverse causality in the association of sleep disorder breathing and cardiovascular disease. I am analyzing the effect of incident cardiovascular disease on obstructive sleep apnea in the Sleep Heart Health Study cohort.

I am also studying a novel treatment modality for complex sleep disorder breathing that combines an expiratory rebreathing device with CPAP.

Selected Publications:

1. Chami H, Devereux R, Gottdiener J, Mehra R, Roman R, Benjamin E, Gottlieb D. Left ventricular morphology and systolic function in sleep-disordered breathing: The Sleep Heart Health Study. Circulation Journal 2008:117; 2599-2607
2. Chami H, Gottlieb D, Sleep duration and cardiovascular health, International Journal of Sleep and Wakefulness. 2008:1; (In Press)
3. Unruh M, Sanders M, Redline S, Piraino B, Umans J, Chami H, Budhiraja R, Punjabi N, Buysse D, Newman A. Subjective and Objective Sleep Quality in Patients on Conventional Thrice-Weekly Hemodialysis: Comparison with Matched Controls from the Sleep Heart Health Study American Journal of Kidney Disease (In Press)

Dr. Chami sees patients in the following locations:
West Roxbury, VA