Dr. Sharon Alane Chung MD
Rheumatologist | Rheumatology
Ucsf Ambulatory Care Ctr 400 Parnassus Ave. , San Francisco CA, 94143About
Dr. Sharon Chung, a rheumatologist and director of the Vasculitis Clinic, specializes in autoimmune diseases and a wide spectrum of systemic vasculitides. Chung developed an interest in vasculitis during ...
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- How, what, and why of sleep apnea. Perspectives for primary care physicians.
- Subjective and objective evaluation of sleep and performance in daytime versus nighttime sleep in extended-hours shift-workers at an underground mine.
- Blocking low-wavelength light prevents nocturnal melatonin suppression with no adverse effect on performance during simulated shift work.
- Sleep apnea, hypertension, and the effects of continuous positive airway pressure.
- Validation of a short questionnaire in English and French for use in patients with persistent upper gastrointestinal symptoms despite proton pump inhibitor therapy: the PASS (Proton pump inhibitor Acid Suppression Symptom) test.
- Fatigue and shift work.
- Polysomnographic and symptomatological analyses of major depressive disorder patients treated with mirtazapine.
- The effect of one versus two nights of in-laboratory continuous positive airway pressure titration on continuous positive airway pressure compliance.
- Moderate exercise and bright light treatment in overweight and obese individuals.
- The Berlin questionnaire for sleep apnea in a sleep clinic population: relationship to polysomnographic measurement of respiratory disturbance.
- STOP questionnaire: a tool to screen patients for obstructive sleep apnea.
- Validation of the Berlin questionnaire and American Society of Anesthesiologists checklist as screening tools for obstructive sleep apnea in surgical patients.
- A systemic review of obstructive sleep apnea and its implications for anesthesiologists.
- Clinical diagnosis of sleep apnea based on single night of polysomnography vs. two nights of polysomnography.
- Advances in the use of biologic agents for the treatment of systemic vasculitis.
Fellowships
- Ucsf Med Center 2007
- UCSF Medical Center, Rheumatology 2007
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