About me

Dr. Quan is a Senior Physician and former Clinical Chief in the Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Gerald E. McGinnis Professor of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School. In addition, he is Professor Emeritus of Medicine at the University of Arizona where he was Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Associate Head of the Department of Medicine, Program Director of the GCRC and Director of the Sleep Disorders Center. He also is an adjunct faculty member in the Arizona State University College of Nursing and Health Innovation. He was the founding editor-in-chief of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine and is the initial recipient of an award for editorial excellence named in his honor. Dr. Quan also has served as the president of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, been on the board of directors of the American Board of Sleep Medicine. a member of the Residency Review Committee for Internal Medicine of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, and chair of the Sleep Medicine examination committee for the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is the recipient of the Nathaniel Kleitman Distinguished Service and William C. Dement Academic Achievement Awards, both conferred by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Dr. Quan's current research activities focus on the epidemiology of sleep and sleep disorders, particularly sleep disordered breathing, and providing healthy sleep education for the general public. He has written over 350 publications in scientific journals and books and authored a number of educational products for the general public.