David M Rapoport, MD
- PROFESSOR | Medicine, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Specialties:
Sleep Medicine, Pulmonary MedicineAfter receiving an undergraduate degree in Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dr. Rapoport attended the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and received his M.D. in 1974. He did his Internal Medicine training at the Roosevelt Hospital and a Pulmonary Fellowship at New York University Medical Center/Bellevue. He has been involved in clinical research in Sleep Medicine since 1979 and is currently the Director of the Sleep Medicine Research Program at Mount Sinai. Dr. Rapoport has a longstanding interest in the physiology of sleep disordered breathing (sleep apnea and snoring). He was one of the early users and developers of nasal CPAP as a treatment for sleep apnea. He holds multiple U.S. and European patents for improvements on nasal CPAP. Dr. Rapoport is the founder and President of the Foundation for Research in Sleep Disorders. This non-profit organization supports sleep research through grants and fellowship stipends, and has contributed to the education of future sleep scientists and to funding research leading to development of new diagnostic and therapeutic techniques in sleep medicine. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the American Sleep Apnea Association and formerly of the American Lung Association of the City of New York.
Certifications
Pulmonary Disease
American Board of Internal Medicine
Education
MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Residency, Internal Medicine, St Lukes Roosevelt Hospital
Fellowship, Pulmonary Disease, NYU Medical Center
Aging, Alzheimer's Disease, Brain, Brain Imaging, Imaging, Mathematical Modeling of Biomedical Systems, Mathematical and Computational Biology, Memory, Neural Networks, Neurobiology, Neuromuscular System, Neurophysiology, Neuroscience, Respiratory Tract, Systems Biology, Systems Neuroscience
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Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Rapoport during 2020 and/or 2021. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
Company Founder:
- Foundation for Research in Sleep Disorders
Consulting:
- Eight aka Morphy; Fisher and Paykel Healthcare; Respicardia; Respirex (formerly Cortex) Pharmaceuticals
Other Activities: Examples include, but are not limited to, committee participation, data safety monitoring board (DSMB) membership.
- Eight aka Morphy; Fisher and Paykel Healthcare; Foundation for Research in Sleep Disorders
Royalty Payments:
- Fisher and Paykel Healthcare
Service on Board of Directors: Service in a fiduciary capacity, such as an officer or director, for the following companies:
- Foundation for Research in Sleep Disorders
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