Menopause, Sleep and Cardiovascular Disease

About the Presenter:

Dr. Snigdha Pusalavidyasagar (“Sagar”) is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine in the Department of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School (Minneapolis, MN). She serves as the University of Minnesota Medical Center Site Director for the Sleep Medicine Fellowship Program. She is board certified in Internal Medicine and Sleep Medicine. Her research interests include the role of sleep in women’s health and sleep-related breathing disorder associations with cardiovascular disease. She is passionate about advocating for women in medicine and science, serving as an inaugural action group leader at the University of Minnesota’s Center for Women in Medicine and Science.

Dr. Sagar is active with the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and was recognized with Fellow status in 2013. In addition to her Advisory Board role with the American Academy of Cardiovascular Sleep Medicine, she serves on the Sleep Advisory Committee for the American Board of Internal Medicine and is President-Elect for the Minnesota Sleep Society. Dr. Sagar completed her internal medicine residency at Howard University (Washington, DC) and her sleep medicine fellowship at the Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minnesota). Before her sleep medicine fellowship, she was a research fellow in cardiovascular physiology also at the Mayo Clinic.