SusmitaChowdhuriMD, MS, FAASM

Critical Care Medicine, Pleural Disease, Sleep Medicine

Professor of Medicine

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Dr. Susmita Chowdhuri is a pulmonologist in Detroit, MI and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including DMC - Detroit Receiving Hospital, DMC Harper University Hospital, John D. Dingell Veterans Affairs Medical Center, DMC - Sinai-Grace Hospital, and Karmanos Cancer Center. She received her medical degree from Maulana Azad Medical College and has been in practice 25 years. She is the Section Chief of Sleep Medicine at John D. Dingell VAMC, Detroit, MI. She specializes in critical care medicine, pulmonary disease, and sleep medicine and is experienced in sleep medicine, pulmonary and critical care medicine.

Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityFellowship, Sleep Medicine, 1999 - 2000
SUNY Upstate Medical UniversityFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 1996 - 1999
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Moses and Weiler Campuses)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1993 - 1996
Maulana Azad Medical CollegeClass of 1992

Research Excellence Award- Physician Scientist Wayne State University School of Medicine, 2021
America's Top Doctors (Pulmonary Disease) Castle Connolly, 2015
Chief, Sleep Medicine Section John D. Dingell VAMC, Detroit MI

PubMed

187 citations
Practice parameters for the surgical modifications of the upper airway for obstructive sleep apnea in adults.
R. Nisha Aurora, Kenneth R. Casey, David A. Kristo, Sanford Auerbach, Sabin R. Bista
Sleep. 2010-10-01
248 citations
Best Practice Guide for the Treatment of REM Sleep Behavior Disorder (RBD)
R. Nisha Aurora, Rochelle S. Zak, Rama Maganti, Sanford Auerbach, Kenneth R. Casey
Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 2010-02-15
1417 citations
Clinical practice guideline for diagnostic testing for adult obstructive sleep apnea: An American academy of sleep medicine clinical practice guideline
Vishesh K. Kapur, Dennis Auckley, Susmita Chowdhuri, David Kuhlmann, Reena Mehra
Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 2017-03-15

Impact of Positive Airway Pressure Therapy on Clinical Outcomes in Older Veterans With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Comorbid Obstructive Sleep Apnea (Overlap Syndrome)VHA RR&D2021–2025
Targeting Chemoreceptor Control of Breathing during Sleep to Mitigate Opioid-Associated Sleep Disordered BreathingVHA CSRD2019–2023
Pathophysiology-Guided Therapy for Sleep Apnea in the ElderlyMerit Award, VA CSRD2015–2019
Impact of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Comorbid Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease on Clinical Outcomes in VeteransVHA2016–2018