Dr. Golbin & Team

ALEXANDER GOLBIN,
M.D., PH.D.
 
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
  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
  St. Petersburg, Russia
SPECIALTIES Pediatric and Adult Sleep Disorders (Sleep
Medicine)
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
  Cook County Hospital and Illinois State Psychiatric
Institute
  University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center
   
  Child Psychiatry Fellowship, Institute for Juvenile
Research
  University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center
   
  Sleep Fellowship, Rush-Presbyterian- St. Luke’s Medical
Center, Chicago
  and Stanford University School of Sleep Medicine,
California
BOARDS American Board of Sleep Medicine
American Board of Forensic Medicine
American Board of Forensic Examiners
American Board of Psychological Specialties
(Behavior Science)
American Board of Medical Hypnosis
PROFESSIONAL  
EXPERIENCE Pediatrician – three
years, Russia
Pediatric and Adult Neuropsychiatrist – ten years
  Leningrad (St.Petersburg) State Hospital, Russia
Chief Neuropsychiatrist
– two years, for North-West Region of Russia
Chief, Division of Child Psychiatry and Sleep
Disorder Service – twelve
years
  Cook County Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
Sleep Specialist and
Medical Director of Sleep and Behavior Medicine Institute at:
  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
in adults and children  
SERVICE Diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders and
sleep related daytime behavioral and
emotional problems in adults and children
PUBLIC    
ACTIVITIES Editor in Chief of Sleep
and Health, a national monthly periodical
Member of National Sleep Foundation
Member of the Board of the Chronic Fatigue
Syndrome Society of Illinois
Lecturer at multiple public and professional
meetings and conferences
Presenting and featuring at multiple local and
national radio and TV shows
RESEARCH Inventing and improving several devices for EEG
and sleep monitoring
Inventing the Vestibular Stimulating Device,
and a
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