Medicine Grand Rounds

"Oral Appliances to Treat Obstructive Sleep Apnea"
Imran Patel, DMD

Dr. Imran Patel is a board-certified Dentist who joined the University of Arizona in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine in 2018. Before coming to Tucson, Dr. Patel served as Associate Consultant in Orofacial Pain/Dental Sleep Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He was a faculty member in the Sleep Medicine Fellowship Program at Mayo Clinic Rochester. Dr. Patel received his DMD and MPH Certificate from A. T. Still University – Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health in Mesa, Arizona. He served as Chief Resident in the Department of Orofacial Pain at New York University - Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Dr. Patel’s clinical and professional interests include Orofacial Pain, Dental Sleep Medicine, Minority Health and Mentoring. Dental sleep medicine, temporomandibular disorders, headache and facial pain are Dr. Patel’s major research interests.

Department of Medicine Grand Rounds
The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
All Faculty, CME Planning Committee Members, and the CME Office Reviewers have disclosed that they have no financial relationships with commercial interests that would constitute a conflict of interest concerning this CME activity.
Learning Objectives:

• Diagnose a variety of internal medicine illnesses
• Understand more clearly advances in therapy
• Become truly professional physicians