Meir Kryger, MD, FRCPC
Professor Emeritus of MedicineCards
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Contact Info
Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
PO Box 208057
New Haven, CT 06520-8057
United States
About
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Professor Emeritus of Medicine
Biography
Meir Kryger, MD, FRCPC, joined the Yale School of Medicine and the VA Connecticut Health System, November 2011. Previously he was Professor of Medicine, University of Manitoba where he established the first clinical laboratory studying patients with sleep breathing problems in Canada. Dr. Kryger has published more than 200 research articles and book chapters. He is the chief editor of the most widely used textbook in sleep medicine, The Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine, currently in its 7th edition and is the author of A Woman's Guide to Sleep Disorders, the Atlas of Clinical Sleep Medicine, and Kryger’s Sleep Medicine Review. Dr. Kryger was the first to diagnose and report obstructive sleep apnea in North America. His research was the first to show the feasibility of using noninvasive techniques to ventilate post-polio patients in their homes. His laboratory elucidated the interaction between heart failure and sleep respiration publishing the first systematic study of oxygen in this condition. He has been president of both the Canadian Sleep Society and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. He is on the Board of Directors of the National Sleep Foundation in Washington, D.C., and served as Board. He received the William C. Dement Award for Academic Achievement in sleep medicine. In 2011 he received a Distinguished Scientist Award from the Canadian Sleep Society at the meeting of the World Association of Sleep Medicine
Kryger graduated from the McGill University Medical School, interned at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago and completed internal medicine training at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal. His pulmonary fellowship was at the University of Colorado, followed by two years of research training. He is boarded in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine and Sleep Medicine and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada.
Appointments
Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
EmeritusPrimaryPulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
Senior Research ScientistSecondary
Other Departments & Organizations
Education & Training
- Fellowship
- University of Colorado Medical Center (1977)
- Fellowship
- Meakins-Christie Laboratories (McGill University) (1974)
- Residency
- Royal Victoria Hospital (1973)
- MD
- McGill University Faculty of Medicine (1971)
- BS
- McGill University (1969)
Board Certifications
Pulmonary Disease
- Certification Organization
- AB of Internal Medicine
- Original Certification Date
- 1976
Internal Medicine
- Certification Organization
- AB of Internal Medicine
- Original Certification Date
- 1976
Research
Overview
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
ORCID
0009-0007-3799-8280
Research at a Glance
Yale Co-Authors
Publications Timeline
Research Interests
Christine Won, MD, MSc, BA
Brienne Miner, MD, MHS
Pnina Weiss, MD, MHPE
Brian Wojeck, MD, MPH
Jeph Herrin, PhD
Vahid Mohsenin, MD
Publications
2025
Preface
Won C, Kryger M. Preface. 2025, ix-x. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-87041-2.00005-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCHAPTER 1 Introduction to sleep telemedicine
Won C, Kryger M. CHAPTER 1 Introduction to sleep telemedicine. 2025, 1-8. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-87041-2.00010-5.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2024
Falling Asleep in a Parent’s Arms
Annoh-Quarshie N, Contributor G, Kryger M. Falling Asleep in a Parent’s Arms. Sleep Health 2024, 10: 525-526. DOI: 10.1016/j.sleh.2024.09.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchA Dream of Death
Hua C, Kryger M. A Dream of Death. Sleep Health 2024, 10: 371-372. PMID: 39117388, DOI: 10.1016/j.sleh.2024.07.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAge modulates the predictive value of self-reported sleepiness for all-cause mortality risk: insights from a comprehensive national database of veterans.
Maghsoudi A, Azarian M, Sharafkhaneh A, Jones M, Nozari H, Kryger M, Ramezani A, Razjouyan J. Age modulates the predictive value of self-reported sleepiness for all-cause mortality risk: insights from a comprehensive national database of veterans. Journal Of Clinical Sleep Medicine 2024 PMID: 38935061, DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.11254.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExcessive daytime sleepinessEpworth Sleepiness ScaleCharlson Comorbidity IndexVeterans Health Administration dataHigher Epworth sleepiness scaleHealth administrative dataPhysician progress notesMeasure excessive daytime sleepinessIncreased all-cause mortalityAge-stratified analysesAll-cause mortalityComprehensive national databaseMean BMIProgress notesICD9/10 codesAdministrative dataComorbidity indexDaytime sleepinessOdds ratioMortality riskSleep servicesSleepiness ScaleSelf-reported sleepinessHigher ESSPredictive valueSacred Dreams
Mittal S, Kryger M. Sacred Dreams. Sleep Health 2024, 10: 261-262. DOI: 10.1016/j.sleh.2024.05.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSleep: Balancing reason with the subconscious
Edwards P, Kryger M. Sleep: Balancing reason with the subconscious. Sleep Health 2024, 10: 161-162. PMID: 38548565, DOI: 10.1016/j.sleh.2024.02.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsClinically guided digital Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for insomnia (CBTi) in patients with COMISA: a case-control pilot study with focus on mental health and cardiometabolic risk factors
Cruz M, Brito A, Rocha I, Salles C, Kryger M, Gozal D, Sweetman A. Clinically guided digital Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for insomnia (CBTi) in patients with COMISA: a case-control pilot study with focus on mental health and cardiometabolic risk factors. Sleep Medicine 2024, 115: 165. DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2023.11.472.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDancing dreams: The intersection of ballet and sleep
Mickus S, Kryger M. Dancing dreams: The intersection of ballet and sleep. Sleep Health 2024, 10: 1-4. PMID: 38307772, DOI: 10.1016/j.sleh.2024.01.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe rhythms of light, the rhythms of life
Czeisler C, Kryger M. The rhythms of light, the rhythms of life. Sleep Health 2024, 10: s1-s3. PMID: 38262778, DOI: 10.1016/j.sleh.2024.01.004.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
Academic Achievements & Community Involvement
honor Nathaniel Kleitman Distinguished Service Award
National AwardAmerican Academy of Sleep Medicine's (AASM)Details06/27/2022United Stateshonor Pierre Robin Award
National AwardAmerican Academy of Dental Sleep MedicineDetails06/09/2016United Stateshonor Distinguished Scientist Award
International AwardCanadian Sleep Society at World Association of Sleep MedicineDetails09/11/2011United States
News & Links
News
- March 07, 2023Source: CNET
Turns Out, Our Dreams May Actually Hold a Deeper Meaning
- December 15, 2022Source: CNET
What Sleep Experts Say Dreams of Falling Really Mean (and Why We Have Them)
- October 13, 2022
Discoveries & Impact (October 2022)
- September 06, 2022
Yale-PCCSM Fellows Have Productive and Successful Academic Year
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