ALEXANDER GOLBIN, M.D., PH.D. |
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Diplomate of the American | |||
Board of Sleep Medicine | |||
POSITION | Medical Director | ||
Sleep and Behavior Medicine Institute at Rush North Shore | |||
Medical Center, Accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine |
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Skokie, Illinois | |||
Assistant Professor | |||
Department of Psychiatry | |||
University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center | |||
Chicago, Illinois | |||
Visiting Professor | |||
St. Petersburg Division, Russian Academy of Medical Science |
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St. Petersburg, Russia | |||
SPECIALTIES | Pediatric and Adult Sleep Disorders (Sleep Medicine) |
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Pediatric and Adult Neuropsychiatry | |||
PROFESSIONAL | |||
EDUCATION | M.D. | Leningrad Pediatric Medical Institute | |
Russian Academy of Medical Science | |||
St. Petersburg, Russia | |||
Ph.D. | Neurophysiology of Sleep internationally known | ||
Pavlovian Institute of Experimental Medicine | |||
Russian Academy of Medical Science | |||
St. Petersburg, Russia | |||
EEG Specialist | Neurosurgery Institute | ||
Russian Academy of Science | |||
St. Petersburg, Russia | |||
American | Examination for Foreign Medical Graduates | ||
Education | M.D. | Internship and Residency in general Neurology and Psychiatry |
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Cook County Hospital and Illinois State Psychiatric Institute |
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University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center | |||
Child Psychiatry Fellowship, Institute for Juvenile Research |
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University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center | |||
Sleep Fellowship, Rush-Presbyterian- St. Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago |
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and Stanford University School of Sleep Medicine, California |
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BOARDS | American Board of Sleep Medicine | ||
American Board of Forensic Medicine | |||
American Board of Forensic Examiners | |||
American Board of Psychological Specialties (Behavior Science) |
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American Board of Medical Hypnosis | |||
PROFESSIONAL | |||
EXPERIENCE | Pediatrician – three years, Russia |
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Pediatric and Adult Neuropsychiatrist – ten years | |||
Leningrad (St.Petersburg) State Hospital, Russia | |||
Chief Neuropsychiatrist – two years, for North-West Region of Russia |
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Chief, Division of Child Psychiatry and Sleep Disorder Service – twelve years |
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Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Illinois | |||
Sleep Specialist and Medical Director of Sleep and Behavior Medicine Institute at: |
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Rush North Shore Medical Center, Skokie, Illinois | |||
Bannockburn Mediplex, Bannockburn, Illinois | |||
Physicians Center, Vernon Hills, Illinois | |||
PROFESSIONAL | |||
PUBLICATIONS | Three books and 21 publications on the subjects of sleep and its disorders |
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in adults and children | |||
SERVICE | Diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders and sleep related daytime behavioral and |
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emotional problems in adults and children | |||
PUBLIC | |||
ACTIVITIES | Editor in Chief of Sleep and Health, a national monthly periodical |
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Member of National Sleep Foundation | |||
Member of the Board of the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Society of Illinois |
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Lecturer at multiple public and professional meetings and conferences |
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Presenting and featuring at multiple local and national radio and TV shows |
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RESEARCH | Inventing and improving several devices for EEG and sleep monitoring |
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Inventing the Vestibular Stimulating Device, and a |
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Device for treatment of bedwetting | |||
PERSONAL | Born in Leningrad (St. Petersburg, Russia) | ||
Immigrated to the United States in 1981 | |||
USA Citizen | |||
Married, three daughters | |||
HOBBIES | Literature, Sculpture, Downhill skiing |
