Sleep Medicine Specialists { Meet our Team }

At Sleep Medicine Specialists...

It is our goal to restore your quality of life by helping you achieve restful, restorative sleep. Our physicians and technicians have years of practical experience and use state of the art equipment.

Our facilities are designed to provide the greatest possible comfort and privacy. We are accredited by the American Sleep Disorders Association. Sleep Medicine Specialists is an independent medical facility not affiliated with a hospital. We have the flexibility to accommodate your needs and busy schedule.

Seven nights a week sleep studies are performed in private comfortable "sleep suites" with a shower, cable TV and either a full or queen size bed.

There are approximately 70 million Americans who suffer from sleep problems, among which an estimated 40 million have a diagnosable and treatable sleep disorder, yet most remain undiagnosed.

Sleep deprivation and the late shift

Competition and a demand for greater productivity has inspired many companies to keep employees working around the clock. Unfortunately, those workers on the night shift or on irregular schedules often pay a high price in terms of sleep quality. A person's body is never fully able to adapt to a "nocturnal" schedule, meaning that many shift workers constantly battle sleep deprivation. Creating the most peaceful environment possible during the day is important in helping these employee cope.

	David H. Winslow, M.D., A.C.P. Richard W. Baker, M.D. Walter E. App, M.D., F.C.C.P. Loran P. Moore, M.D. George W. Boatwright, M.D. William Owen Lacy, M.D. Carlos J. Ramirez-Icaza, M.D. David Hasselbacher, M.D., F.C.C.P. Ryan G. Wetzler, Psy. D., CBSM Julie C. Etzel, Ph. D.
		David H. Winslow, M.D., A.C.P. President Kentucky Research Group Chest Medicine Associates, P.S.C. 1169 Eastern Parkway #3311 Louisville, KY 40217 EDUCATIONAL DATA Undergraduate School B.S., Biology/Chemistry, Murray State University Murray, KY, 1969 Medical School M.D., University of Louisville School of Medicine Louisville, KY, 1973 POSTGRADUATE TRAINING Internship, 1973-1974 Medical, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH Residency, 1974-1976 Residency in Medicine, University Hospital, Louisville, KY Fellowship, 1976-1978 Pulmonary Disease, University of Louisville Medical Center, Louisville, KY MEDICAL LICENSURE Kentucky, 1973 BOARD CERTIFICATIONS American Board of Internal Medicine, 1977 American Board of Internal Medicine-Pulmonary Diseases, 1979 American Sleep Disorders Association Board Certified, 1988 MEDICAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS American Thoracic Society Kentucky Thoracic Society American Medical Association Kentucky Medical Association Kentucky Sleep Society Jefferson County Medical Society Fellow American College of Chest Physicians Fellow American College of Physicians Diplomate American Board of Sleep Medicine FACULTY POSITIONS Associate Clinical Professor University of Louisville Department of Medicine, Louisville, KY Medicine Residency Training Program Norton Audubon Hospital, Louisville, KY RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS Multiple Research, Presentations and Publications DIRECTOR POSITIONS Medical Director, Audubon Hospital Sleep Disorders Clinic Medical Director, Sleep Medicine Specialists Research Director, Kentucky Research Group HOSPITAL ACTIVITIES Chairman, Ethics Committee, Audubon Hospital

		Richard W. Baker, M.D. Chest Medicine Associates, P.S.C. 4606 Greenwood Rd. Louisville, KY 40258 (502) 937-2209 EDUCATIONAL DATA Undergraduate School B.S., Art of Medicine, University of Kentucky Lexington, KY, 1973 Medical School M.D., University of Kentucky School of Medicine Lexington, KY, 1976 POSTGRADUATE TRAINING Residency, 1976-1979 Residency in Internal Medicine, Indiana University Hospital, Indianapolis, IN Fellowship, 1976-1978 Pulmonary Diseases, Albert B. Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, KY MEDICAL LICENSURE Kentucky, 1976 BOARD CERTIFICATIONS American Board of Internal Medicine, 1979 American Board of Internal Medicine-Pulmonary Diseases, 1982 American Sleep Disorders Association Board Certified, 2007 MEDICAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS American Thoracic Society Kentucky Thoracic Society American Medical Association Jefferson County Medical Society Fellow American College of Chest Physicians Fellow American College of Physicians Diplomat American Board of Sleep Medicine RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS Multiple Research, Presentations and Publications

		Walter E. App, M.D., F.C.C.P. Chest Medicine Associates 1169 Eastern Parkway, Suite 3310 Louisville, KY 40217 EDUCATIONAL DATA Undergraduate School B.A., Indiana University Bloomington, IN, 1975 Medical School M.D., University of Louisville School of Medicine Louisville, KY, 1979 POSTGRADUATE TRAINING Internship, 1979-1980 Internal Medicine, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL Residency, 1980-1982 Residency in Internal Medicine, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL Fellowship, 1982-1985 Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL MEDICAL LICENSURE Kentucky, 1979 BOARD CERTIFICATIONS American Board of Internal Medicine, 1982 American Board of Internal Medicine-Pulmonary Diseases, 1984 American Board of Internal Medicine-Critical Care Medicine, 1987, Recertified 1997 American Sleep Disorders Association Board Certified, 2004 MEDICAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS American Thoracic Society American Medical Association Kentucky Medical Association Jefferson County Medical Society Fellow American College of Chest Physicians Fellow American College of Physicians Diplomat American Board of Sleep Medicine

		Loran P. Moore, M.D. Chest Medicine Associates, P.S.C. 4606 Greenwood Rd. Louisville, KY 40258 EDUCATIONAL DATA Undergraduate School B.S., Chemistry, Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN, 1977 Medical School M.D., Vanderbilt University Medical School Nashville, TN, 1981 POSTGRADUATE TRAINING Residency, 1981-1984 Internal Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN Fellowship, 1984-1988 Pulmonary Diseases, University of Florida Shands Hospital, Gainesville, FL MEDICAL LICENSURE Tennessee, 1981 Kentucky, 1986 BOARD CERTIFICATIONS American Board of Internal Medicine, 1985 American Board of Internal Medicine-Pulmonary Diseases, 1986 American Sleep Disorders Association Board Certified, 1999 MEDICAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS American Medical Association Kentucky Medical Association Kentucky Sleep Society Jefferson County Medical Society Fellow American College of Chest Physicians Fellow American College of Physicians Diplomate American Board of Sleep Medicine DIRECTOR POSITIONS Medical Director, Caritas Sleep Disorders Center Chief of Internal Medicine, Caritas Hospital, 1994 Medical Staff President, Caritas Hospital, 1997

		George W. Boatwright, M.D. Chest Medicine Associates, P.S.C. 1169 Eastern Parkway, Ste. 3310 Louisville, Kentucky 40217 (502) 459-9127 EDUCATIONAL DATA Undergraduate School B.S., Biology, Minor; Chemistry/Biophysics, Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY, 1978 Medical School M.D., University of Louisville School of Medicine Louisville, KY, 1982 POSTGRADUATE TRAINING Residency, 1982-1985 Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH Fellowship, 1985-1986 Pulmonary Diseases, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH Fellowship, 1987-1988 Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH MEDICAL LICENSURE Ohio, 1982 Kentucky, 1988 BOARD CERTIFICATIONS American Board of Internal Medicine, 1985 American Board of Internal Medicine-Pulmonary Diseases, 1988 American Board of Internal Medicine-Critical Care Medicine, 1989, Recertified 1999 American Sleep Disorders Association Board Certified, 1991 MEDICAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS American Thoracic Society American Medical Association Kentucky Medical Association Diplomate American Board of Sleep Medicine Kentucky Sleep Society Jefferson County Medical Society Fellow American College of Chest Physicians Fellow American College of Physicians FACULTY POSITIONS Chief Medical Resident and Clinical Instructor in Medicine, 1986-1987 University of Cincinnati Department of Internal Medicine, Cincinnati, OH Associate Clinical Professor, 1988 University of Louisville Department of Internal Medicine, Louisville, KY RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS Multiple Research, Presentations and Publications DIRECTOR POSITIONS Medical Director, Norton Audubon Hospital Medical Director, Chest Medicine Associates Immediate Past President, Norton Audubon Hospital, 1996 Medical Staff President, Norton Audubon Hospital, 1995

		William Owen Lacy, M.D. Chest Medicine Associates, P.S.C. 4606 Greenwood Rd. Louisville, KY 40258 EDUCATIONAL DATA Undergraduate School University of Kentucky Lexington, KY, 1979 Post Baccalaureate University of Kentucky Lexington, KY, 1982 Medical School M.D., Magna Cum Laude, University of Louisville School of Medicine Louisville, KY, 1986 POSTGRADUATE TRAINING Internship, 1986-1987 Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH Residency, 1987-1989 Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH Fellowship, 1989-1992 Pulmonary Diseases and Critical Care Medicine, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH MEDICAL LICENSURE Kentucky, 1986 BOARD CERTIFICATIONS American Board of Internal Medicine, 1989 American Board of Internal Medicine-Pulmonary Diseases, 1992 American Sleep Disorders Association Board Certified, 2000 MEDICAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS American Thoracic Society Kentucky Medical Association Jefferson County Medical Society Fellow American College of Chest Physicians Diplomate American Board of Sleep Medicine Kentucky Sleep Society RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS Multiple Research, Presentations and Publications DIRECTOR POSITIONS Medical Staff President, Norton Southwest Hospital, 1995 Director of Respiratory Care, Norton Southwest Hospital Director of Skilled Care, Norton Southwest Hospital Director of Intensive Care Unit, Norton Southwest Hospital Director of Respiratory Care, Saints Mary and Elizabeth Hospital HOSPITAL ACTIVITIES Previous Member, System Medical Executive Committee

		Carlos J. Ramirez-Icaza, M.D. EDUCATIONAL DATA Undergraduate School B.S., Microbiology, Indiana University Bloomington, IN, 1993 Medical School M.D., University of Indiana School of Medicine Magna Cum Laude Bloomington, IN, 1997 POSTGRADUATE TRAINING Residency, Internal Medicine, Indiana University Medical Center, Indiana, IN Fellowship, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Indiana University Medical Center, Indiana, IN MEDICAL LICENSURE Indiana, 1997 Kentucky, 2003 MEDICAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS American Medical Association Kentucky Medical Association Jefferson County Medical Society Fellow American College of Chest Physicians Fellow American College of Physicians BOARD CERTIFICATIONS American Board of Internal Medicine, 2000 American Board of Internal Medicine-Pulmonary Diseases, 2003 American Sleep Disorders Association Board Certified, 2010 RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS Multiple Research, Presentations and Publications

		David Hasselbacher, M.D., F.C.C.P. EDUCATIONAL DATA Undergraduate School B.A., Astronomy, Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY, 1995 Graduate School Masters Degree, Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville Louisville, KY, 1998 Medical School M.D., University of Louisville School of Medicine Louisville, KY 2001 POSTGRADUATE TRAINING Residency in Internal Medicine, 2001-2004 University of Kentucky Medical Center Lexington, KY Fellowship, 2004-2007 Pulmonary, Critical Care, & Sleep Medicine University of Kentucky Medical Center Lexington, KY MEDICAL LICENSURE Kentucky, 2004 Indiana, 2008 BOARD CERTIFICATIONS American Board of Internal Medicine- Internal Medicine 2004 American Board of Internal Medicine- Pulmonary 2006 American Board of Internal Medicine- Critical Care Medicine 2007 American Sleep Disorders Association Board Certified, 2010 MEDICAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS Fellow in American College of Chest Physicians American Thoracic Society Society of Critical Care Medicine American Academy of Sleep Medicine Kentucky Medical Association Jefferson County Medical Society ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Assistant Clinical Professor University of Louisville RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS Multiple Research, Presentations and Publications

		Ryan G. Wetzler, Psy. D., CBSM Director, Behavioral Sleep Medicine Clinic EDUCATIONAL DATA Undergraduate, Bachelor of Arts, Psychology Magna Cum Laude Saint Louis University Graduate School, Doctor of Psychology Spalding University POSTGRADUATE TRAINING Residency, Medical Psychology VA Medical Center Danville, Illinois Fellowship, Behavioral Sleep Medicine Sleep Medicine Specialists Louisville, Kentucky LICENSURES & CERTIFICATIONS Kentucky Board of Psychology - Licensed Psychologist American Academy of Sleep Medicine - Behavioral Sleep Medicine Certified

		Julie C. Etzel, Ph. D. EDUCATIONAL DATA Undergraduate, Bachelor of Arts, Psychology Magna cum Laude Washington University in St. Louis Graduate School, Doctor of Philosophy, Clinical Psychology St. Louis University POSTGRADUATE TRAINING Residency, Adult Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Duke University Medical Center Durham, North Carolina Fellowship, Duke Center for Eating Disorders Durham, North Carolina LICENSURES & CERTIFICATIONS Kentucky Board of Psychology- Licensed Psychologist

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