Faculty + mentors guiding sleep medicine fellows

Our fellowship is guided by a dedicated team of experts who are passionate about advancing sleep medicine and supporting the next generation of specialists. Our faculty brings a wide range of clinical, research and teaching experience from across disciplines like pulmonary care, neurology, pediatrics, ENT and dentistry. As a fellow, you’ll work side by side with mentors who are committed to helping you grow, ask questions and make meaningful contributions in the field of sleep medicine.

Faculty

• Aarti Grover, MD, Program Director; Assistant Professor of Medicine
• Rajesh Zacharias, MD, Associate Program Director
• Greg Schumaker, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine
• Joel Oster, MD, Neurologist
• Wei He, MD, Pulmonologist
• Richard Wein, MD, Otolaryngologist
• Edward Lahey, DMD, MD, Chair, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Tufts University Dental Sleep Faculty

• Alberto Malacarne, DDS, Director of the Orofacial Pain Advanced Graduate Education Program, Diagnostic Sciences - Craniofacial Pain
• Donavon Khosrow Aroni, D.M.D., M.S., Associate Professor, Diagnostic Sciences - Craniofacial Pain
• Patricia Guerrero, Assistant Professor Diagnostic Sciences - Craniofacial Pain
• Chao Lu, DDS, DMD, Associate Professor, Diagnostic Sciences - Craniofacial Pain

CBT-I Faculty

• Lisa Strauss, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist

Alumni

• 2025: Ariel Park, MD - Private group
• 2024: Karl Andersen, DO - UPMC/hospital group
• 2023: Andrea Fekete, MD - Private practice/hospital group
• 2022: Maneesh Gaddam, MD - Private/hospital practice
• 2021: Omesh Toolsie, MD - Hospital practice
• 2020: Rajesh Zacharias, MD - Academic practice

Ongoing education + conferences for sleep medicine fellows

As part of our commitment to continuous learning, the Sleep Medicine Division at Tufts Medical Center participates in several high-quality conferences throughout the year. In addition to the core sleep medicine conferences, fellows can attend a variety of clinical and research events across Tufts University School of Medicine and Tufts Medical Center. These include weekly Medical Grand Rounds and the Tupper Research Institute Seminar Series, where our team actively contributes. Fellows also have the opportunity to attend the Harvard Medical School Sleep Grand Rounds, held monthly in the Longwood Medical Area.

Advance your sleep medicine career with a fellowship at Tufts Medical Center

At Tufts Medical Center, our sleep medicine fellows work and grow in a truly collaborative environment. Our program trains highly qualified sleep medicine physicians who can independently diagnose, treat and manage a wide range of sleep disorders while fostering a passion for research and lifelong learning in the field. These programs prepare fellows for careers in both academic and clinical settings, emphasizing the importance of evidence-based medicine and patient care.

Our location on the Tufts Medical Center campus makes collaboration easy and meaningful. Our team regularly partners with oral and maxillofacial surgery, otolaryngology, dentistry, neurology, psychiatry, cardiology and anesthesiology. Fellows also benefit from connections across Tufts University School of Medicine, Tufts Dental School, the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and the Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI).

Research opportunities

Since this is a one-year fellowship, research expectations are tailored to fit your interests and time. Each fellow is expected to complete a scholarly project such as:

• A case report or abstract submitted to the APSS meeting, with a review article submitted for publication
• An original research project, which could include IRB submission and chart review
• A prospective clinical study
• A basic science or translational science project

Current area of research in our sleep division includes:

• NIH sponsored RECOVER-SLEEP Hypersomnia (Modafinil/Solriamfetol) and RECOVER-SLEEP Complex Sleep Disturbances (Melatonin + Light Therapy)

Fellows are supported by faculty mentors and resources from Tufts CTSI, which connects researchers to tools, training and collaboration to help move research into real-world care and policy.

How to apply to the pulmonary + critical care fellowship

The Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Program at Tufts Medical Center accepts applications through the Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) from the AAMC. We use the signaling process as part of our holistic application review to aid in selecting applicants for interview. These interview days will take place on selected days in September and October. For scheduling purposes and on interview days, we utilize Thalamus and Zoom.

We also take part in the NRMP Subspecialty Match. You can register at nrmp.org.

Program coordinator
Angela Blair
Phone: 617.636.6366
Fax: 617.636.6361
Email: ablair@tuftsmedicalcenter.org

Program director
Michael McBrine, MD
Phone: 617.636.6366
Email: michael.mcbrine@tuftsmedicine.org