Leila Kheirandish-Gozal received her Medical Diploma from the University of Damascus.  She completed her post-doctoral research and clinical sleep fellowship training in 2005 at the Kosair Children’s Hospital Research Institute and the Division of Pediatric Sleep Medicine at the University of Louisville, Kentucky. During her initial training period, she acquired a large array of bench techniques and experience in the laboratory. This highly productive period served to reaffirm her major interest in translational pediatric sleep research. She therefore went on to dedicate the subsequent portion of her training to the application of concepts initially learned in the laboratory to the clinical setting.

Dr. Gozal’s current research explores changes in the systemic vasculature that may reflect morbid consequences of sleep disorders in children.  She is focused on investigating the role of endothelial progenitor cells on the interaction between sleep apnea and endothelial dysfunction in the presence and absence of obesity. In addition, she is conducting randomized double-blind controlled studies on the potential role of anti-inflammatory agents in pediatric sleep apnea.

Dr. Gozal has extensively published in prestigious peer-reviewed journals and has acquired extramural funds from industry through investigator-initiated projects. She has been an invited speaker at national and international meetings and has multiple collaborations with other investigators around the world.

Editorial Activities

Associate Editor - Journal of Frontiers in Chronobioneurology and Sleep Medicine

Editorial board member - Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Editorial board member - Journal of Sleep Medicine

Program committee member - American Thoracic Society, Assembly on Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology

Steering committee member - Childhood Sleep Disorders and Development Section - American Academy of Sleep Medicine

Ad hoc reviewer for:

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine(AJRCCM)

European Respiratory Journal

Journal of  Circadian Rhythms

Journal of Sleep research

Neurological Sciences

Pediatric Respiratory Reviews

Pediatrics

Pediatrics Pulmonology

Psycho neuro endocrinology

Sleep

Sleep Medicine