Dr. Alejandro De Marinis
Chile
Head of the Department of Neurology and Psychiatry at Clínica Alemana, Santiago, Chile.
Associate Professor of Neurology at Clínica Alemana- Universidad del Desarrollo School of Medicine.
Founder and past Director of the Sleep Medicine Center at Clínica Alemana.
Founder of the Sleep Medicine Fellowship at Clínica Alemana Universidad del Desarrollo School of Medicine.
Founder and member of the first board of the Chilean Society of Sleep Medicine ( SOCHIMES)
Dr. Nathaniel F. Watson
USA
Neurology and Sleep Medicine
@SleepDocWatson
Dr. Watson is Professor of Neurology at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Director of the Harborview Sleep Clinic, and Co-director of the UW Medicine Sleep Center. He is a Past-President of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the American Board of Sleep Medicine. He is board certified in both neurology and sleep medicine. He is Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board of SleepScore Labs.
Dr. Watson is an active sleep clinician and researcher with a total of 110 publications, 10 book chapters, and a book on clinical sleep medicine. He has used twin research and genetic epidemiology methodologies to assess heritability and gene/environment interactions of phenotypes including: sleep duration, sleepiness, insomnia, circadian type, neighborhood deprivation, obesity, and depression. He has used co-twin research methodologies to assess mitochondrial DNA copy number variation and the transcriptome in sleep duration discordant monozygotic twins. He has developed guidelines regarding optimal sleep duration in adults and the treatment of central nervous system hypersomnias and researched the relationship between sleep duration/disorders and cancer. He is a co-inventor of patented technology behind the SleepScore app and an active researcher using consumer sleep technologies and artificial intelligence to address population sleep problems.
Dr. Watson is a passionate sleep advocate and active in sleep public relations having given hundreds of talks and media interviews, both nationally and internationally, on sleep related topics throughout his career.
Dr. Watson received a chemistry degree from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, where he also received his Medical Doctorate. He competed his medical internship, neurology residency, and clinical neurophysiology fellowship at the University of Washington. He also holds a Master’s degree in genetic epidemiology from the University of Washington.
Dr. Leonardo Serra
Chile
Neurologist
Specialist on Sleep Medicine
Sleep training at Università di Bologna
Associate Professor at Medicine Faculty in Universidad del Desarrollo-Clinica Alemana.
Former Director of Chilean Sleep Medicine Society (SOCHIMES)
Member of American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) and World Sleep Society.
Head of Sleep Disorders Center of Clinica Alemana de Santiago, Chile
Dr. Dania Tamimi
USA
Dr. Dania Tamimi graduated with a dental degree from King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. She trained at Harvard School of Dental Medicine and earned a doctorate of medical science (DMSc) and certificate of fellowship in Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology in 2005. She is board certified by the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology (ABOMR).
She is a reviewer and an Editorial Board member for Oral Surgery, Oral Pathology, Oral Medicine and Oral Radiology (OOOO), as well as a reviewer for DMFR, Oral Radiology, Head and Neck, Angle Orthodontist and AJO-DO. She is the lead author on two textbooks: “Specialty Imaging: Dental Implants” and “Specialty Imaging: Temporomandibular Joint” and a co-lead author on “Diagnostic Imaging, Oral and Maxillofacial”. She lectures nationally and internationally.
She currently runs her oral and maxillofacial radiology private practice in Orlando, Florida.