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Saiprakash Venkateshiah

  • Department of Medicine
    Associate Professor
  • svenka8@emory.edu
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Overview

Medical College, India in 1994. He completed a 3 year internal medicine residency at Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India from 1995 to 1998. He completed a second internal medicine residency at Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL from 1998 to 2001. Subsequently he completed a pulmonary and critical care fellowship at Cleveland Clinic from 2001-2004. He was faculty in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at Creighton University, NE for three and a half years before joining Emory as faculty in November 2008. Dr.Venkateshiah is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary diseases, critical care medicine and sleep medicine. He also has a sleep medicine board certification from American Board of Sleep Medicine.

Dr.Venkateshiah is a Staff Physician at the Atlanta VA Medical Center and medical director of the VA pulmonary and sleep medicine clinics. His areas of interest include resident and fellow education, sleep disorders and various positive airway pressure delivery options for obstructive sleep apnea.

Academic Appointment

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

Education

Degrees

  • MD from Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Chandigarh
  • MBBS from Bangalore Medical College Bangalore

Research

Publications

  • Improving the performance of peripheral arterial tonometry-based testing for the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea.
    J Investig Med Volume: 68 Page(s): 1370 - 1378
    12/01/2020 Authors: Ioachimescu OC; Dholakia SA; Venkateshiah SB; Fields B; Samarghandi A; Anand N; Eisenstein R; Ciavatta M-M; Allam JS; Collop NA
  • Performance of peripheral arterial tonometry-based testing for the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea in a large sleep clinic cohort.
    J Clin Sleep Med Volume: 16 Page(s): 1663 - 1674
    10/15/2020 Authors: Ioachimescu OC; Allam JS; Samarghandi A; Anand N; Fields BG; Dholakia SA; Venkateshiah SB; Eisenstein R; Ciavatta M-M; Collop NA
  • Legal Aspects of Sleep Medicine in the 21st Century.
    Chest Volume: 154 Page(s): 691 - 698
    09/01/2018 Authors: Venkateshiah SB; Hoque R; Collop N
  • Legal and Regulatory Aspects of Sleep Disorders.
    Sleep Med Clin Volume: 12 Page(s): 149 - 160
    03/01/2017 Authors: Venkateshiah SB; Hoque R; DelRosso LM; Collop NA
  • Restless legs syndrome.
    Crit Care Clin Volume: 31 Page(s): 459 - 472
    07/01/2015 Authors: Venkateshiah SB; Ioachimescu OC
  • Clinical practice trends in mechanical ventilation for acute asthma.
    Respir Care Volume: 59 Page(s): 794 - 795
    05/01/2014 Authors: Venkateshiah SB
  • Sleep and sleep disorders in the hospital.
    Chest Volume: 141 Page(s): 1337 - 1345
    05/01/2012 Authors: Venkateshiah SB; Collop NA
  • Hematologic abnormalities associated with lung carcinoma.
    Respir Care Volume: 56 Page(s): 523 - 526
    04/01/2011 Authors: Shafiq M; Venkateshiah S
  • Hematologic Abnormalities in the Setting of Lung Cancer - Positive Response to Chest Radiotherapy
    AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE Volume: 181
    01/01/2010 Authors: Shafiq M; Venkateshiah S
  • Refractory hypoxemic respiratory failure due to adenocarcinoma of the lung with predominant bronchioloalveolar carcinoma component.
    Respir Care Volume: 54 Page(s): 1496 - 1499
    11/01/2009 Authors: Venkata C; Mireles JA; Venkateshiah SB
  • Sleep-disordered breathing during pregnancy.
    J Am Board Fam Med Volume: 22 Page(s): 158 - 168
    01/01/2009 Authors: Venkata C; Venkateshiah SB
  • Comparison of Pressures Obtained from Autotitrating CPAP Devices with in Laboratory CPAP Titration Pressures in Patients with Coexisting Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
    AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE Volume: 179
    01/01/2009 Authors: Sagheer F; Venkateshiah S
  • A 26-year-old pregnant woman with fatigue and excessive daytime sleepiness. Moderate obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome in pregnancy.
    Chest Volume: 134 Page(s): 637 - 639
    09/01/2008 Authors: Sagheer F; Venkata C; Venkateshiah SB
  • A 35-year-old man with recurrent pneumonias, eczema, coarse facial features, and cystic lung lesions.
    Chest Volume: 133 Page(s): 1026 - 1029
    04/01/2008 Authors: Venkata C; Ghafoor S; Venkateshiah SB
  • The utility of spirometry in diagnosing pulmonary restriction.
    Lung Volume: 186 Page(s): 19 - 25
    01/01/2008 Authors: Venkateshiah SB; Ioachimescu OC; McCarthy K; Stoller JK
  • An open-label trial of granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor therapy for moderate symptomatic pulmonary alveolar proteinosis.
    Chest Volume: 130 Page(s): 227 - 237
    07/01/2006 Authors: Venkateshiah SB; Yan TD; Bonfield TL; Thomassen MJ; Meziane M; Czich C; Kavuru MS
  • Surgical intervention in patients with moderate to severe pulmonary arterial hypertension.
    Conn Med Volume: 70 Page(s): 239 - 243
    04/01/2006 Authors: Minai OA; Venkateshiah SB; Arroliga AC
  • Estimating FVC from FEV2 and FEV3: assessment of a surrogate spirometric parameter.
    Chest Volume: 128 Page(s): 1274 - 1281
    09/01/2005 Authors: Ioachimescu OC; Venkateshiah SB; Kavuru MS; McCarthy K; Stoller JK
  • Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis. Clinical manifestations and optimal treatment strategies.
    Treat Respir Med Volume: 3 Page(s): 217 - 227
    01/01/2004 Authors: Venkateshiah SB; Thomassen MJ; Kavuru MS
  • Rapid eye movement-related obstructive sleep apnea (REM-OSA): Prevalence and characteristics
    Volume: 124 Page(s): 73S - 73S
    10/01/2003 Authors: Juvelekian GS; Venkateshiah S; Burgess R; Dinner D; Foldvary N; Golish J
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