Department / Division:
Medicine / Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine

Address:
DUMC 2733
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone:
919-668-7630 or 620-7300

Office Telephone:
919-681-3394

Fax Telephone:
919-684-3199

• MD, Taipei Medical University (Taiwan), 1981

• Medicine, Cook County Hospital (Illinois), 1984-1987

• Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, 1987-1991

Clinical Interests:
Sleep-disordered breathing, obstructive sleep apnea, central sleep apnea, Cheyne-Stokes respiration, obesity-associated breathing abnormality, obesity hypoventilation syndrome, hypoventilation due to other medical illness, upper-airway resistance syndrome

Research Interests:
Clinical diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea using a history and physical scoring system
Relationship between allergic rhinitis and obstructive sleep apnea
Portable testing in obstructive sleep apnea
Positional therapy in obstructive sleep apnea