Title

Dean and Vice President for Health Affairs

Specialty

Pediatric Pulmonology
Sleep Medicine

Honors & Memberships

• Member - Association of American Physicians
• William C. Dement Academic Achievement Award - American Academy of Sleep Medicine
• Lifetime Achievement Award - National Sleep Foundation
• Doctor Honoris Causa - University of Lleida, Spain
• Doctor Honoris Causa - University of Barcelona, Spain
• Edwin L. Kendig Jr. Award - American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine
• Lifetime Contributions to Pediatric Respiratory Medicine - American Thoracic Society (ATS) Assembly on Pediatrics
• Knight of the Order of Merit of Cameroon - Government of Cameroon, West Africa
• Past-President - American Thoracic Society

Certifications

• Certified: American Board of Pediatrics, subspecialty certification in Pediatric Pulmonology
• Certified: American Board of Sleep Medicine

Education & Training

• Graduate: Georgetown University/ESADE (Washington, D.C./Barcelona, Spain)
• Medical School: Hadassah Medical School, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Jerusalem, Israel)
• Residency: Haifa Medical Center (Haifa, Israel)
• Fellowship: Children's Hospital Los Angeles (Los Angeles, Calif.)