Case Western Reserve University
Susheel Patil, MD, PhD
Susheel P. Patil, MD, PhD is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University. He is the current University Hospitals System Director and Section Chief for Sleep Medicine. Dr. Patil received his undergraduate degree from Pennsylvania State University. Subsequently, he graduated with his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College prior to pursuing training in Internal Medicine at Case Western Reserve University (University Hospitals of Cleveland). Following a year as Chief Resident at Case Western, Dr. Patil came to Johns Hopkins for fellowship training in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, during which he also completed training in Sleep Medicine. Dr. Patil also received a PhD in Clinical Investigation at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He is board certified in Sleep Medicine, as well as Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. He is he former Clinical Director for Sleep Medicine for the Johns Hopkins Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine.
Dr. Patil has been active in numerous committees and leadership roles in the Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology Assembly of the American Thoracic Society and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and the American College of Chest Physicians. He has organized or spoke in numerous scientific symposia at the international meetings related to sleep medicine. He is the author of more than 30 publications, and has given invited lectures throughout the US. He is a former sleep fellowship director of the Johns Hopkins Sleep Medicine Fellowship Program Dr. Patil has also been active in sleep medicine related public policy at the state level with roles in the Maryland Sleep Society and Chair of the Polysomnography Practice Committee of the Maryland Board of Physicians.
Dr. Patil has a longstanding interest in the pathogenesis of obstructive sleep apnea, particularly examining the relationship of obesity, inflammation, and adipokines to mechanical and neuromuscular factors that contribute to upper airway collapsibility. This has involved research studies involving bariatric surgery, HIV-infected, and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease patient groups affected by OSA. More recently he has been involved in clinical trials examining the effects of therapy on the cardiovascular consequences of OSA.
Kristie Ross, MD
Kristie Ross, MD, is a specialist in pediatric pulmonology and sleep medicine (lung conditions and diseases and sleep problems) and Clinical Director of the Division of Pulmonology, Allergy, Immunology and Sleep Medicine, and Co-Director of the Rainbow Asthma Center at University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital. She is Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine.
Dr. Ross is board certified in pediatrics, pediatric pulmonology and pediatric sleep medicine and is certified in pediatric advanced life support. Her special interests include asthma, sleep-disordered breathing, and the relationship between obesity and lung and airway problems. She joined the UH Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital medical staff in 2006.
Dr. Ross graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in biology from Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va., where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She earned her medical degree from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. She completed her pediatrics residency, followed by a fellowship in pediatric pulmonology, at UH Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital. In 2011 she completed her Master of Science in Clinical Investigation at Case Western Reserve University and concluded her postdoctoral training in 2013 with a fellowship in sleep medicine at UH Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital.
Dr. Ross has been involved in clinical research since 2002, mainly focused on pediatric asthma. She currently is co-investigator on several clinical trials sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, two related to pediatric asthma and a third about vitamin D treatment for wheezing in black premature infants. Dr. Ross has authored or coauthored more than a dozen scientific papers on her research published in leading medical journals. She also has authored textbook chapters, editorials and abstracts and presented her research at national medical conferences.
Dr. Ross is a member of the American Thoracic Society, American College of Chest Physicians, Society for Pediatric Research and American Academy of Pediatrics.