Overview

Nancy A. Collop, MD, is the director of the Emory Sleep Center in Atlanta, Ga and was the 2011-2012 president of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM). She holds a primary appointment in the Emory School of Medicine as professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care Medicine and Sleep Medicine, as well as a secondary appointment as professor of Neurology.

After graduating summa cum laude with a bachelors degree in biology from Edinboro University in Edinboro, Pa., Collop earned a medical degree in 1984 from the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine in Hershey, Pa. She completed an internal medicine internship and residency at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, Va., and a pulmonary/critical care fellowship at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Fla. She became an AASM member in 1990 and earned board certification in sleep medicine from the American Board of Sleep Medicine in 1997. She has held ABMS board certification in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine, critical care and sleep medicine. Collop has held academic positions at the Medical University of South Carolina, University of Mississippi, and Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD, where she was the medical director of the Johns Hopkins Hospital Sleep Disorders Center.

She served on the AASM board of directors since 2006 and served as Secretary Treasurer (2008-10) and President Elect (2010-11), President (2011-12) and Past President (2012-13). She has held numerous leadership positions in other professional societies and organizations. Collop has served on the American Board of Sleep Medicine (ABSM) board of directors since 1998, holding the position of ABSM president from 2002-2009. She was a member of the board of directors of the American Sleep Medicine Foundation, for which she previously served on the Executive Committee and as Secretary Treasurer. Collop also was on the founding committee of the American Board of Medical Specialties Sleep Medicine Examination Committee representing the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), and served for several years on the ABIM Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine Self Evaluation Process committees. She has served on the board of directors for the Chest Foundation. She was a Founding member of the Maryland Sleep Society and their first president; she currently is on the board of directors of GASP (Georgia Associated Sleep Professionals).

Collop has been named one of the Best Doctors in America and a Distinguished Alumna for Natural Sciences by Edinboro University. She also has received several prestigious awards, including the Al Soffer Award for Editorial Excellence and the College Medalist from the American College of Chest Physicians, the Helmut S. Schmidt Award from the American Board of Sleep Medicine and most recently the Pulmonary Star Award from the Emory Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care/Allergy/Sleep.

She is currently the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine and the Section Editor of Sleep Medicine for Up-To-Date. She was associate editor of the journal Chest for 22 years) and now is on their Editorial Board. A recognized expert in sleep-related breathing disorders, Collop has conducted research and co-authored numerous studies on topics such as diagnostic testing for sleep-disordered breathing, the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and the relationship between sleep apnea and comorbid medical conditions such as Down syndrome and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Dr Collop has chaired numerous important taskforces on the topic of home sleep testing and is considered an expert on this subject. She was the lead author of the landmark paper, Clinical guidelines for the use of unattended portable monitors in the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea in adult patients, which was published in the December 2007 was the task force chair and lead author of the AASMs technology evaluation of OSA devices for out of center sleep testing, published in October 2011.

At Emory, Dr Collop is developing an interdisciplinary program in sleep medicine which involves enhancing not only the clinical care of patients with sleep disorders but research and educational endeavors needed to move the specialty of sleep medicine forward. The ultimate goal is to make the Emory Sleep Center one of the premier sleep programs in the United States.

Academic Appointment

• Master Clinician, Emory University School of Medicine
• Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

Education

Research