Delegate: Ahmad Boota, MD
Affiliation: Bon Secours Mercy Health System
Short Bio: I have been practicing Medicine for more than thirty years. I have started my research experience as an assistant professor of Medicine at University of Miami in 1990. Later on I started my basic science research at the University of Pittsburg as a fellow in the division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical care Medicine. I was awarded a grant (1995-1997) funded by American Heart Association which evaluated “Smooth muscle-derived nitric oxide-based oxidants as agents of pulmonary microvascular injury”.
I continued my involvement in the clinical research after I started my practice with Palmetto Pulmonary and Bon Secours Health System in Greenville, South Carolina in 1997. This included different treatment options for patients with sleep disordered breathing such as PAP-TAP combination. I serve as a medical director of Sleep Disorder Center for at least 20 years at Bon Secours St. Francis Health System. I am a fellow in The American Academy of Sleep Medicine. I thrive on teaching and educating my patients regarding sleep medicine and the importance of healthy sleep on overall people’s health
Activity: I did a power point presentation addressing sleep health and sleep equity globally. The activity is geared toward people who are 55 years or older as part of lunch and learn program to help educating that age group regarding different health issues. the presentation focused on dimensions of healthy sleep and why healthy sleep is essential for maintaining physical and mental health. It also discussed the theme for this year regarding need for sleep equity globally.
Location: Greenville SC
Date of Activity: 3/15/2024
Submitted by: Ahmad Boota, MD
