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Twelve Yale School of Medicine faculty members are among the leading experts in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine newly elected to the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering.

Clemente Britto-Leon, MD, has been selected as the new director of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship in Yale School of Medicine’s Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine. He will assume the role on July 1, 2025.

Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) is a sleep and movement disorder that has been treated with dopamine agonists for nearly twenty years. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) has issued new guidelines for treating this condition. Brian Koo, MD, associate professor of neurology and director of the Yale Center for Restless Legs Syndrome, played a role in developing the new guidelines and breaks down what patients should know.

Today on Where We Live, we get an update on the ongoing humanitarian crisis happening in this region and hear from Ukrainian Americans in Connecticut.

Maor Sauler, MD, associate professor of medicine (pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine) at Yale School of Medicine, discusses the ability of the lungs to recover from pneumonia.

The Department of Internal Medicine at Yale School of Medicine is accepting nominations for the Internal Medicine Service Excellence Award. The deadline for submitting nominations is 5 p.m. on Friday, February 28, 2025.

Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy for obstructive sleep apnea is most effective in improving neurocognition in people who have a high arousal threshold, according to a new research analysis.

A recently released Yale Medicine video features Yale lung cancer experts Roy Herbst, MD, PhD; Lynn Tanoue, MD, MBA; and Sarah Goldberg, MD. In the video "Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer—Yale Medicine Explained."

Meet Ehimen Aneni, MD, MPH, assistant professor of medicine (cardiovascular medicine), who is a general and preventive cardiologist with a special interest in cardiometabolic health, including people who have clinical sleep disorders such as sleep apnea, high BMI, high blood pressure and cholesterol, and other related health issues. He is also a clinical scientist who studies the connections between sleep apnea and heart health.