Atul Malhotra

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Atul Malhotra is the director of research for pulmonary, critical care, sleep medicine, and physiology at the University of California, San Diego's Medical School.{{Cite web |title=Atul Malhotra, MD - Sleep Medicine {{!}} UC San Diego Health |url=https://providers.ucsd.edu/details/22362/sleep-medicine-pulmonology-(lung) |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=providers.ucsd.edu |language=en}} In addition, he is the Peter C. Farrell Presidential Chair and tenured professor of medicine at the same university.{{Cite web |title=$5 Million ResMed Gift Supports Sleep Medicine at UC San Diego |url=https://today.ucsd.edu/story/5_million_resmed_gift_supports_sleep_medicine_at_uc_san_diego |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=today.ucsd.edu |language=en}} He is the author of almost 800 research publications, reviews, and book chapters.{{Cite web |title=Atul Malhotra |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vXKs8KwAAAAJ&hl=en |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=scholar.google.com}}

Early life and Research

Atul Malhotra is a US citizen born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He attended the University of Alberta in Canada, obtaining a bachelor's degree in Chemistry and a Medical degree in chemistry from the same university.{{Cite web |last=serrao6 |date=2019-12-18 |title=Atul Malhotra, M.D. |url=https://www.bioaegistherapeutics.com/clinical/atul-malhotra/ |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=BioAegis Therapeutics |language=en}} He completed his internal medicine residency at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.{{Cite web |title=Atul Malhotra: H-index & Awards - Academic Profile {{!}} Research.com |url=https://research.com/u/atul-malhotra |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=Research.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=A |first=Cindy |date=2010-09-01 |title=NEWS: Dr. Atul Malhotra joins SGS as Medical Advisor |url=https://join.sleepgroupsolutions.com/00/sleep-blog/news-dr-atul-malhotra-joins-sgs-as-medical-advisor/ |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=Sleep Group Solutions |language=en-US}}

Malhotra does research in the domains of pulmonary medicine, intensive care unit (ICU), obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and other respiratory biology disciplines.{{Cite web |title=Atul Malhotra, MD |url=https://www.thoracic.org/about/newsroom/ats-experts/atul-malhotra.php |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=www.thoracic.org}}{{Cite web |title=Atul Malhotra |url=https://www.monash.edu/medicine/scs/researchers/atul-malhotra |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=Clinical Sciences at Monash Health |language=en}} He studies the biology underlying the consequences of sleep apnea as well as its causation.{{Cite journal |last1=Eckert |first1=D. J. |last2=Malhotra |first2=A. |date=2008-02-15 |title=Pathophysiology of Adult Obstructive Sleep Apnea |journal=Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society |language=en |volume=5 |issue=2 |pages=144–153 |doi=10.1513/pats.200707-114MG |issn=1546-3222 |pmc=2628457 |pmid=18250206}} His group uses computational modelling, cell culture techniques, rodent models, epidemiology, and clinical trials in addition to its primary focus on human physiology.{{Cite journal |last1=Huang |first1=Yaqi |last2=White |first2=David P. |last3=Malhotra |first3=Atul |date=April 2007 |title=Use of Computational Modeling to Predict Responses to Upper Airway Surgery in Obstructive Sleep Apnea |journal=The Laryngoscope |language=en |volume=117 |issue=4 |pages=648–653 |doi=10.1097/MLG.0b013e318030ca55 |pmc=3500385 |pmid=17415135}}{{Cite journal |last1=Baker |first1=Elizabeth K. |last2=Wallace |first2=Euan M. |last3=Davis |first3=Peter G. |last4=Malhotra |first4=Atul |last5=Jacobs |first5=Susan E. |last6=Hooper |first6=Stuart B. |last7=Lim |first7=Rebecca |date=2021-01-06 |title=A protocol for cell therapy infusion in neonates |url=https://doi.org/10.1002/sctm.20-0281 |journal=Stem Cells Translational Medicine |volume=10 |issue=5 |pages=773–780 |doi=10.1002/sctm.20-0281 |issn=2157-6564 |pmc=8046110 |pmid=33405397}}{{Cite journal |last1=Tripathi |first1=Anupriya |last2=Xu |first2=Zhenjiang Zech |last3=Xue |first3=Jin |last4=Poulsen |first4=Orit |last5=Gonzalez |first5=Antonio |last6=Humphrey |first6=Gregory |last7=Meehan |first7=Michael J. |last8=Melnik |first8=Alexey V. |last9=Ackermann |first9=Gail |last10=Zhou |first10=Dan |last11=Malhotra |first11=Atul |last12=Haddad |first12=Gabriel G. |last13=Dorrestein |first13=Pieter C. |last14=Knight |first14=Rob |date=2019-04-30 |editor-last=Flynn |editor-first=Theodore M. |title=Intermittent Hypoxia and Hypercapnia Reproducibly Change the Gut Microbiome and Metabolome across Rodent Model Systems |journal=mSystems |language=en |volume=4 |issue=2 |pages=e00058–19 |doi=10.1128/mSystems.00058-19 |issn=2379-5077 |pmc=6495231 |pmid=31058230}} Finding new therapeutic targets for sleep apnea is the main goal of his lab to meet a critical public health need.

Career

Atul Malhotra, who has more than 25 years of professional experience, is currently the director of research for pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine at the University of California, San Diego. He served as a professor of medicine, a sleep medicine specialist, the head of the division for pulmonary and critical care, and the Kenneth Moser Professor during his time at the University of California, San Diego.{{Cite web |title=Atul Malhotra |url=https://www.hudson.org.au/researcher-profile/atul-malhotra/ |access-date=2023-02-14 |website=Hudson Institute of Medical Research |date=20 January 2022 |language=en-US}}

Awards and honors

  • President of the American Thoracic Society{{Cite web |title=20 Minutes with ATS President Atul Malhotra, MD |url=https://www.thoracic.org/about/ats-podcasts/20-min-ats-president-atul-malhotra.php |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=www.thoracic.org}}
  • William C. Dement Academic Achievement Award{{Cite web |last=clederhouse |date=2020-04-14 |title=American Academy of Sleep Medicine announces 2020 award recipients |url=https://aasm.org/american-academy-of-sleep-medicine-announces-2020-award-recipients/ |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=American Academy of Sleep Medicine – Association for Sleep Clinicians and Researchers |language=en-US}}
  • Mayo Clinic Distinguished Alumni Award{{Cite web |last=Luckstein |first=Kelley |date=2021-11-23 |title=Mayo Clinic announces Distinguished Alumni Awards |url=https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-announces-distinguished-alumni-awards/ |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=Mayo Clinic News Network |language=en-US}}

Notable patients

In 2011 Malhotra diagnosed Shaquille O'Neal with moderate sleep apnea as part of a sleep study conducted at Harvard Medical School.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JkiWvWn2aU |title=Shaq Attacks Sleep Apnea |language=en |access-date=2024-04-22 |via=www.youtube.com}}

Bibliography

  • Sleep Disorders: Diagnosis Management and Treatment: A Handbook for Clinicians.{{Cite book |last=Lavie |first=P. |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50554913 |title=Sleep disorders : diagnosis, management and treatment : a handbook for clinicians |date=2002 |publisher=Martin Dunitz |others=Giora Pillar, Atul Malhotra |isbn=978-1-84184-055-0 |location=London |oclc=50554913}}
  • Cardiopulmonary Monitoring: Basic Physiology, Tools, and Bedside Management for the Critically Ill.{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1266896509 |title=Cardiopulmonary monitoring : basic physiology, tools, and bedside management for the critically ill |date=2021 |others=Sheldon Magder, Atul Malhotra, Kathryn A. Hibbert, Charles Corey Hardin |isbn=978-3-030-73387-2 |location=Cham |oclc=1266896509}}

Publication

  • Epstein LJ, Kristo D, Strollo PJ, Friedman N, Malhotra A, Patil SP, Ramar K, Rogers R, Schwab RJ, Weaver EM, Weinstein. Clinical guideline for the evaluation, management and long-term care of obstructive sleep apnea in adults. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.{{Cite journal |last=Adult Obstructive Sleep Apnea Task Force of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine |date=2009-06-15 |title=Clinical Guideline for the Evaluation, Management and Long-term Care of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults |journal=Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine |language=en |volume=05 |issue=3 |pages=263–276 |doi=10.5664/jcsm.27497 |issn=1550-9389|doi-access=free }}
  • Heinzer R, Vat S, Marques-Vidal P, Marti-Soler H, Andries D, Tobback N, Mooser V, Preisig M, Malhotra A, Waeber G, Vollenweider P, Tafti M, Haba-Rubio J. Prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing in the general population: the HypnoLaus study. The Lancet.{{Cite journal |last1=Heinzer |first1=R. |last2=Vat |first2=S. |last3=Marques-Vidal |first3=P. |last4=Marti-Soler |first4=H. |last5=Andries |first5=D. |last6=Tobback |first6=N. |last7=Mooser |first7=V. |last8=Preisig |first8=M. |last9=Malhotra |first9=A. |last10=Waeber |first10=G. |last11=Vollenweider |first11=P. |last12=Tafti |first12=M. |last13=Haba-Rubio |first13=J. |date=2015-04-01 |title=Prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing in the general population: the HypnoLaus study |journal=The Lancet Respiratory Medicine |language=English |volume=3 |issue=4 |pages=310–318 |doi=10.1016/S2213-2600(15)00043-0 |issn=2213-2600 |pmc=4404207 |pmid=25682233}}
  • Benjafield AV, Ayas NT, Eastwood PR, Heinzer R, Ip MSM, Morrell MJ, Nunez CM, Patel SR, Penzel T, pin JL, Peppard PE, Sinha S, Tufik S, Valentine K, Malhotra A. Estimation of the global prevalence and burden of obstructive sleep apnoea: a literature-based analysis. The Lancet.{{Cite journal |last1=Benjafield |first1=Adam V. |last2=Ayas |first2=Najib T. |last3=Eastwood |first3=Peter R. |last4=Heinzer |first4=Raphael |last5=Ip |first5=Mary S. M. |last6=Morrell |first6=Mary J. |last7=Nunez |first7=Carlos M. |last8=Patel |first8=Sanjay R. |last9=Penzel |first9=Thomas |last10=Pépin |first10=Jean-Louis |last11=Peppard |first11=Paul E. |last12=Sinha |first12=Sanjeev |last13=Tufik |first13=Sergio |last14=Valentine |first14=Kate |last15=Malhotra |first15=Atul |date=2019-08-01 |title=Estimation of the global prevalence and burden of obstructive sleep apnoea: a literature-based analysis |journal=The Lancet Respiratory Medicine |language=English |volume=7 |issue=8 |pages=687–698 |doi=10.1016/S2213-2600(19)30198-5 |issn=2213-2600 |pmc=7007763 |pmid=31300334}}
  • Ayas NT, White DP, Manson JE, Stampfer MJ, Speizer FE, Malhotra A, and Hu FB. A prospective study of sleep duration and coronary heart disease in women. JAMA Internal Medicine.{{Cite journal |last1=Ayas |first1=Najib T. |last2=White |first2=David P. |last3=Manson |first3=JoAnn E. |last4=Stampfer |first4=Meir J. |last5=Speizer |first5=Frank E. |last6=Malhotra |first6=Atul |last7=Hu |first7=Frank B. |date=2003-01-27 |title=A Prospective Study of Sleep Duration and Coronary Heart Disease in Women |url=http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?doi=10.1001/archinte.163.2.205 |journal=Archives of Internal Medicine |language=en |volume=163 |issue=2 |pages=205–209 |doi=10.1001/archinte.163.2.205 |pmid=12546611 |issn=0003-9926}}
  • Jordan AS, McSharry DG, Malhotra A. Adult obstructive sleep apnea. The Lancet.{{Cite journal |last1=Jordan |first1=Amy S. |last2=McSharry |first2=David G. |last3=Malhotra |first3=Atul |date=2014-02-22 |title=Adult obstructive sleep apnoea |journal=The Lancet |language=English |volume=383 |issue=9918 |pages=736–747 |doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(13)60734-5 |issn=0140-6736 |pmc=3909558 |pmid=23910433}}

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