Dr. Katherine M Sharkey MD, PH.D
Sleep Medicine Specialist | Sleep Medicine
1 James P Murphy Ind Hwy West Warwick RI, 02893Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Katherine Sharkey practices Sleep Medicine in West Warwick, RI. Dr. Sharkey studies, diagnoses, and treats sleep disturbances and disorders due to varying factors. Sleep Medicine Physicians are trained to treat many different conditions, including insomnia, narcolepsy, sleep apnea, idiopathic hypersomnia, menstrual-related hypersomnia, and circadian rhythm disturbances, among others.
Education and Training
Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical Center 2002
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Sleep Medicine
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Melatonin phase shifts human circadian rhythms in a placebo-controlled simulated night-work study.
- Bright light, dark and melatonin can promote circadian adaptation in night shift workers.
- Evaluation and management of sleep disturbance during the menopause transition.
- Compulsion or chronobiology? A case of severe obsessive-compulsive disorder treated with cognitive-behavioral therapy augmented with chronotherapy.
- Effects of an advanced sleep schedule and morning short wavelength light exposure on circadian phase in young adults with late sleep schedules.
- Delayed bedtimes and obsessive-compulsive symptoms.
- Relationship of morning cortisol to circadian phase and rising time in young adults with delayed sleep times.
- Advanced sleep schedules affect circadian gene expression in young adults with delayed sleep schedules.
- Circadian phase shifts and mood across the perinatal period in women with a history of major depressive disorder: a preliminary communication.
- Time to treat problematic sleep disturbance in perinatal women.
- Objective sleep interruption and reproductive hormone dynamics in the menstrual cycle.
- The "realities" of our modern light-dark cycle.
- Acute Changes in Sleep Duration on Eating Behaviors and Appetite-Regulating Hormones in Overweight/Obese Adults.
- What Role Does Sleep Play in Weight Gain in the First Semester of University?
- Reliability of a Scale Assessing Depressed Mood in the Context of Sleep.
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