Department of Neurology

Presents: 

Montserrat Diaz-Abad, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine

University of Maryland School of Medicine

​ For a Grand Rounds Presentation entitled: 

Sleep and Respiratory Management in ALS

When:

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

8:00-9:00 Eastern Time

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Biography:

· Associate Professor of Medicine University of Maryland School of Medicine; Director of Sleep Medicine Fellowship Program; Co-Director University of Maryland ALS Treatment Center since 2008

· Medical School: Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo,INTEC,Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

· Residency, Internal Medicine, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

· Fellowship, Pulmonary, Critical Care Medicine and Sleep Medicine, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

· Particular clinical and research interests in (i) sleep disordered breathing, (ii) treatment of chronic respiratory failure with noninvasive ventilation, (iii) evaluation and management of respiratory disorders in neuromuscular disease including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and (iv) weaning and long-term management of invasive mechanical ventilation with tracheostomy.