Christine Won
MD, MSc, BA
Associate Professor of Medicine (Pulmonary); Medical Director, Yale Centers for Sleep Medicine; Director, Women's Sleep Health Program
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Biography
Dr. Won is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the section of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine. She serves as the Medical Director of the Yale Centers for Sleep Medicine, and the Director of the Yale Women's Sleep Health program. Her interests include complex sleep disordered breathing, and sleep disorders in women. She is a member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine Presidential Committee on Telemedicine. She is also President-Elect of the Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine.
Dr. Won received her medical degree at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She completed her Sleep, Pulmonary and Critical Care, and undergraduate training at Stanford University. She is a Board Certified sleep specialist who is also trained and certified in Pulmonary and Critical Care medicine.
Education & Training
- FellowStanford University Medical Center (2007)
- Chief FellowStanford University (2006)
- FellowStanford Medical Center (2006)
- MScStanford University, Epidemiology (2006)
- ResidentBeth Israel Medical Center (2003)
- MDAlbert Einstein College of Medicine (2000)
- BAStanford University, Human Biology (1996)
Activities
- “Post-operative Central Sleep Apnea: To Treat or Not to Treat?”Orlando, United States 2019
- “Sleep and Diversity: Sleep Health in the Underserved Population and Minorities”New Orleans, United States 2019
- Central Sleep Apneas Syndromes”, and “Sleep-related Hypoventilation SyndromesIndianapolis, United States 2019
- Sleep disordered breathing in pregnancy”San Antonio, United States 2019
- Sex Differences in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Phenotypes, the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis”Dallas, United States 2019
- Prevalence of REM related OSA in Women with mild or no OSA”San Antonio, United States 2019
- Assessing Communication Between Physicians and Patients with Excessive Daytime Sleepiness Associated with Treated Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Insights From an Ethnographic Study of In-Office Visits”Dallas, United States 2019
- :” “Sleep Breathing Disorders in Women”Seoul, South Korea 2018
- “Sleep disorders in the critically ill patient”Seoul, South Korea 2018
- “Management and Leadership in Sleep Medicine”Baltimore, United States 2018
- “Sleep and Testosterone”Toronto, Canada 2017
- “Sleep and Hormones”Boston, United States 2017
- Managing Sleep and Circadian Disruption and Improving Cancer Outcomes”Los Angeles, United States 2016
- “Management of Sleep Disordered Breathing in Chronic Respiratory Failure”Montreal, Canada 2015
- “Management of Sleep Disordered Breathing in Neuromuscular Disease”Seattle, United States 2015
- “Medical Emergencies in the Sleep Lab”Seoul, South Korea 2015
- “Comorbid Sleep Disordered Breathing and PTSD”Seoul, South Korea 2015
- Impact of Sleep Disordered Breathing and Driving”New York, United States 2015
- “Obesity-Hypoventilation: An Emerging Outpatient and Inpatient Epidemic”Palo Alto, United States 2015
- “Sleep Breathing Disorders in Women”Cleveland, United States 2015
- Fatigue Management: from Circadian Disorders to Sleep Disordered Breathing”San Diego, United States 2014
- Optimizing treatment for SDB”New York, United States 2014
- “Obstructive sleep apnea and PTSD: What is the Link?”New York, United States 2014
- The Determining Risk of Vascular Events by Apnea Monitoring (DREAM) Study: Design, Rationale and Methods”Minneapolis, United States 2014
- The Determining Risk of Vascular Events by Apnea Monitoring (DREAM) Study: Design, Rationale and Methods”Minneapolis, United States 2014
- “Obstructive Lung Disease: To Lump or Split”Chicago, United States 2013
- Changing Landscape of Care for Sleep Disordered Breathing”Baltimore, United States 2013
- Female gender predicts longer time to diagnosis of narcolepsySan Francisco, United States 2012
- “Sleep disordered breathing infers greater risk for pulmonary hypertension in interstitial lung disease”San Francisco, United States 2012
- Sleep Disturbances in PTSD”Minneapolis, United States 2011
- “Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Pulmonary Hypertension”Oakland, United States 2010
- State of the Art Advances in Sleep Medicine”San Francisco, United States 2009
- “Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Pulmonary Hypertension”San Francisco, United States 2009
- Multimodality Cardiovascular Imaging Detects Improvement Of Subclinical Microvascular Dysfunction With Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy In Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients: A Prospective, Randomized, Double-blinded Study”New Orleans, United States 2008
- Severity of Sleep Apnea is an Independent Predictor of Mortality in Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease”New Orleans, United States 2008
- Duration of Hypoxia During Sleep is Associated with Increased Pulmonary Artery Systolic Pressure and Mortality”Chicago, United States 2008
- “Epidemiologic Bangkok (Thailand) study: Gender Differences in Sleep Disordered Breathing”Baltimore, United States 2008
- Epidemiology of Sleep Disordered Breathing in Bangkok, Thailand”Minneapolis, United States 2008
- Women and Sleep Disordered Breathing”Minneapolis, United States 2007
- Gender and Ethnicity Do Not Predict Effective Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in Severe Obstructive Sleep ApneaMinneapolis, United States 2007
- Effect of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure on Pulmonary Artery Hypertension”San Francisco, United States 2007
- Gender Differences in Sleep Disturbance Patterns and Sleep Architecture in Obstructive Sleep Apnea”San Francisco, United States 2007
- “Do Gender Differences Exist in Pre-pubertal and Adolescent Children with Obstructive Sleep Apnea?Minneapolis, United States 2007
- The Effect of Flexible Bronchoscopy on End-Expiratory Lung Volumes in Intubated Patients on Mechanical Ventilation”Orlando, United States 2003
- Sleep Medications and the FDA Labeling Rule”Los Angeles, United States 0001
Honors & Recognition
| Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Best Women in Medicine | Castle and Connelly | 2020 |
| Best Doctors | Castle and Connelly | 2017, 2018, 2019 |
Professional Service
| Organization | Role | Date |
|---|---|---|
| NIH SBIR/STTR | Reviewer | 2021 |
| Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine | President-Elect | 2021 - 2022 |
| Hartford Courant | "Benefits of mask wearing for winter sports athletes outweigh discomfort, performance setback" | 2020 |
| CDMRP | Reviewer | 2020 |
| Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine, San Diego, CA | Program Committee Chair | 2020 - Present |
| Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine | Liason Committee | 2020 - Present |
| Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine | Communications Subcommittee | 2020 - Present |
| American Academy of Sleep Medicine | Presidential Committee for Telemedicine | 2020 - 2021 |
| CMS Technical Expert Panel, American College of Chest Physicians | Technical Expert Panel for CMS coverage of non-invasive ventilation | 2020 - 2022 |
| Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine | Sleep Medicine Clinical Practice Subcommittee | 2020 - 2022 |
| NIH | ZRG1 CVRS A11_ Respiratory Sciences Small Business Study Section | 2020 |
| NIH | ZRG1 CVRS-J (11) Small Business: Respiratory Sciences | 2020 |
| NPR: How ICU Doctors Balance Patients, Parenting | WSHU: How ICU Doctors Balance Patients, Parenting, April 7, 2020 | 2020 |
| Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine, Orlando, FL | program committee chair | 2019 - 2020 |
| Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine | Board of Directors | 2019 - 2020 |
| O Magazine: How to Sleep Like a Baby at Any Age | Featured Expert and Consultant | 2019 |
| The Curbsiders | Sleep at Chest | 2019 |
| Featured Expert, NY Times: How to get the best sleep fo your life | "How to get the best sleep fo your life" | 2019 |
| Medscape | Medscape TV: Excessive Daytime Sleepiness | 2019 |
| North Haven Medical Center Operations Committee, Yale-New Haven Hospital, Yale University | Committee Member | 2019 - Present |
| American College of Chest Physicians | Sleep Network Steering Committee | 2018 - 2020 |
| Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine | SASM meeting 2019 | 2018 - 2019 |
| Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine | Chair of Program Committee | 2018 - 2019 |
| Casebook on Complicated Sleep Breathing Disorders, Springer Publishing | Editor | 2018 |
| SLEEP national meeting, TRENDS course, Baltimore, MD | Chair | 2018 |
| ATS thematic poster facilitator, San Diego, CA | Sleep and Respiratory Biology Network | 2018 |
| O Magazine: Sleep and Sex Hormones | Featured Expert and Consultant | 2018 |
| Yale Sleep Symposium: Sleep and the Heart, New Haven, CT | Co-Director | 2017 - 2020 |
| Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine | Board of Directors | 2017 - 2019 |
| American Thoracic Society | Program Committee | 2017 - 2018 |
| ATS international meeting, Washington, D.C., Sleep and Respiratory Biology Network | Committee Member | 2017 |
| Yale Sleep Symposium: Sleep in the Acute Setting, New Haven, CT | Course Syllabus Designer and Speaker | 2017 |
| SLEEP national meeting, Boston MA, Invited Lecture Series | Year in Review | 2017 |
| SLEEP national meeting, Boston MA, Sleep Medicine Year in Review | Chair | 2017 |
| Editorial Board, Sleep Science and Medicine | Editor | 2016 - 2019 |
| Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine | Sleep Medicine Clinical Practice Committee | 2016 - 2019 |
| American Academy of Sleep Medicine | APSS Program Committee | 2016 - 2019 |
| American Academy of Sleep Medicine | Nominating Committee | 2016 - 2018 |
| World Association of Sleep Medicine | Nominating Committee | 2016 - 2017 |
| CHEST national meeting, American College of Chest Physicians, Sleep Disordered Breathing research presentation | SDB Research presentation | 2016 |
| Scientific American: The Hidden Risks of Poor Sleep in Women | Featured Expert and Consultant | 2016 |
| APSS | Program Committee | 2015 - 2019 |
| WASM international meeting, Symposium: Sleep Disturbances in PTSD/TBI | Chair | 2015 |
| SLEEP national meeting, Clinical Workshop: Management of Sleep Disordered Breathing in Neuromuscular Disease | Chair | 2015 |
| Inaugural Yale Sleep Symposium, New Haven, CT | Director | 2015 |
| CHEST Physicians: Prevalence of sleep apnea in women: It matters how you slice and dice it | Featured Expert and Consultant | 2015 |
| Section Editor, Sleep and Other Medical Disorders. Principles and Practices of Sleep Medicine, 6th edition, eds. M. Kryger, T. Roth, W. Dement. Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA | Editor | 2014 - 2019 |
| National Sleep Foundation | Scientific Advisory Council Subcommittee: Sleep Disordered Breathing | 2014 - 2019 |
| Editorial Board, Journal of Sleep Medicine and Disorders | Editor | 2014 - 2016 |
| CHEST Physicians: An implantable tongue stimulator for select patients who can’t tolerate PAP | Featured Expert and Consultant | 2014 |
| NY Times: For Sleep Apnea Patients, a Possible Alternative to Masks | Featured Expert and Consultant | 2014 |
| Conference Committee, Section of PCCSM, Yale University | Committee Member | 2014 - Present |
| VA National Sleep Network | Steering Committee | 2013 - 2019 |
| VA Sleep Network | Committee Member | 2013 - 2019 |
| American College of Chest Physicians | Women's Health Network Steering Committee | 2013 - 2017 |
| Editorial Board, JSM Clinical Case Reports | Editor | 2013 - 2016 |
| American Academy of Sleep Medicine | Sleep Disordered Breathing Section Committee | 2013 - 2015 |
| American Academy of Sleep Medicine | Membership Selections Committee | 2013 - 2014 |
| CHEST national meeting, American College of Chest Physicians, Sleep Disordered Breathing research presentation | Moderator | 2013 |
| Wall Street Journal: A Test for Sleep Apnea From Your Own Bedroom | Featured Expert and Consultant | 2013 |
| Clinical Competency Committee, Section of PCCSM, Yale University | Committee Member | 2013 - Present |
| Internal Medicine Traditional Residency Intern Selection Committee, Yale University | Committee Member | 2012 - 2013 |
| Yale University | Research Advisory Committee | 2011 - 2014 |
| American Academy of Sleep Medicine | PAP Adherence Education Task Force | 2011 - 2012 |
| World Association of Sleep Medicine | Publication Committee | 2011 - 2012 |
| Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Curriculum Committee, Yale University | Committee Member | 2011 |
| SLEEP national meeting, Clinical Workshop: PTSD and Sleep | Chair | 2011 |
| American Academy of Sleep Medicine | Education Committee | 2010 - 2013 |
| Connecticut Sleep Society | Board of Directors | 2010 - 2013 |
| Connecticut Sleep Society | Legislative Committee | 2010 - 2013 |
| Seattle Times: Down economy may be causing more to stay up nights | Featured Expert and Consultant | 2009 |
| Columbia Tribune: Don't count sheep - get help | Featured Expert and Consultant | 2009 |
| CBS5 News: Why do we count sheep to help us sleep? | Featured Expert and Consultant | 2008 |
| Ad Hoc Reviewer for Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, Sleep Medicine, Chest, Journal of Cardiac Failure, Journal of Nursing & Care, European Journal of Neurology, Respirology | Reviewer | 2006 - 2019 |
Departments & Organizations
- Adult Sleep Medicine Program
- Internal Medicine
- Office of Cooperative Research
- Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
- Yale Medicine
- Yale University
- Yale Women's Sleep Health Program (WSHP)