David Claman, MD
Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

I teach regularly in didactic and clinical situations, and am also Course Co-Director of Advances in Diagnosis and Treatment of Sleep Apnea and Snoring, a national CME event. I have been recognized for clinical excellence by the California Thoracic Society Outstanding Clinician Award in 2010 and the UCSF Exceptional Physician Award in 2014. Our UCSF Sleep Disorders Center has been accredited since 1995 and continues to maintain all the clinical standards of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

• INCREASING SLEEP DURATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH GEOGRAPHIC ATROPHY AND AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION.
  Retina (Philadelphia, Pa.) 2016 Khurana RN, Porco TC, Claman DM, Boldrey EE, Palmer JD, Wieland MR
• Periodic leg movements are associated with reduced sleep quality in older men: the MrOS Sleep Study.
  Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine 2013 Claman DM, Ewing SK, Redline S, Ancoli-Israel S, Cauley JA, Stone KL, Study of Osteoporotic Fractures Research Group
• HIV infection is associated with diffusing capacity impairment in women.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2013 Fitzpatrick ME, Gingo MR, Kessinger C, Lucht L, Kleerup E, Greenblatt RM, Claman D, Ponath C, Fong S, Huang L, Morris A
• Hypoglossal nerve stimulation improves obstructive sleep apnea: 12-month outcomes.
  Journal of sleep research 2013 Kezirian EJ, Goding GS, Malhotra A, O'Donoghue FJ, Zammit G, Wheatley JR, Catcheside PG, Smith PL, Schwartz AR, Walsh JH, Maddison KJ, Claman DM, Huntley T, Park SY, Campbell MC, Palme CE, Iber C, …
• Trends in on-label and off-label modafinil use in a nationally representative sample.
  JAMA internal medicine 2013 Peñaloza RA, Sarkar U, Claman DM, Omachi TA
• Sleep and Obstructive Lung Disease.
  Encyclopedia of Sleep 2013 D.M. Claman, T.A. Omachi, M.E. Kleinhenz
• Disturbed sleep among COPD patients is longitudinally associated with mortality and adverse COPD outcomes.
  Sleep medicine 2012 Omachi TA, Blanc PD, Claman DM, Chen H, Yelin EH, Julian L, Katz PP
• The Patient With Suspected Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
  ICU Director 2012 Candice Tam, David Claman
• Obstructive sleep apnea: a risk factor for work disability.
  Sleep 2009 Omachi TA, Claman DM, Blanc PD, Eisner MD
• Behavioral correlates of sleep-disordered breathing in older men.
  Sleep 2009 Kezirian EJ, Harrison SL, Ancoli-Israel S, Redline S, Ensrud K, Goldberg AN, Claman DM, Spira AP, Stone KL, Study of Osteoporotic in Men Research Group
• Actigraphy-measured sleep characteristics and risk of falls in older women.
  Archives of internal medicine 2008 Stone KL, Ancoli-Israel S, Blackwell T, Ensrud KE, Cauley JA, Redline S, Hillier TA, Schneider J, Claman D, Cummings SR
• Clinical guidelines for the use of unattended portable monitors in the diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea in adult patients. Portable Monitoring Task Force of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.
  Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine 2007 Collop NA, Anderson WM, Boehlecke B, Claman D, Goldberg R, Gottlieb DJ, Hudgel D, Sateia M, Schwab R, Portable Monitoring Task Force of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine
• Behavioral correlates of sleep-disordered breathing in older women.
  Sleep 2007 Kezirian EJ, Harrison SL, Ancoli-Israel S, Redline S, Ensrud K, Claman DM, Stone KL, Study of Osteoporotic Fractures Research Group
• Prevalence and correlates of periodic limb movements in older women.
  Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine 2006 Claman DM, Redline S, Blackwell T, Ancoli-Israel S, Surovec S, Scott N, Cauley JA, Ensrud KE, Stone KL, Study of Osteoporotic Fratures Research Group
• Use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and sleep disturbances in community-dwelling older women.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2006 Ensrud KE, Blackwell TL, Ancoli-Israel S, Redline S, Yaffe K, Diem S, Claman D, Stone KL, Study of Osteoporotic Fractures Research Group
• Physical examination: Mallampati score as an independent predictor of obstructive sleep apnea.
  Sleep 2006 Nuckton TJ, Glidden DV, Browner WS, Claman DM
• Is it mild obstructive sleep apnea?
  Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine 2006 Claman D
• Oral nonprescription treatment for insomnia: an evaluation of products with limited evidence.
  Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine 2005 Meolie AL, Rosen C, Kristo D, Kohrman M, Gooneratne N, Aguillard RN, Fayle R, Troell R, Townsend D, Claman D, Hoban T, Mahowald M, Clinical Practice Review Committee, American Academy of Sleep …
• Hypothermia from prolonged immersion: biophysical parameters of a survivor.
  The Journal of emergency medicine 2002 Nuckton TJ, Goldreich D, Rogaski KD, Lessani TM, Higgins PJ, Claman DM
• Clinical validation of the Bedbugg in detection of obstructive sleep apnea.
  Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 2001 Claman D, Murr A, Trotter K
• A comparison of 2 methods of measuring rectal temperatures with digital thermometers.
  American journal of critical care : an official publication, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses 2001 Nuckton TJ, Goldreich D, Wendt FC, Nuckton JG, Claman DM
• Hypothermia and afterdrop following open water swimming: the Alcatraz/San Francisco Swim Study.
  The American journal of emergency medicine 2000 Nuckton TJ, Claman DM, Goldreich D, Wendt FC, Nuckton JG
• Effects of esophageal pressure monitoring on sleep architecture.
  American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 1998 Claman DM, Votteri BA
• Why Be Limited To Nocturnal Noninvasive IPPV? To the Editor.
  CHEST Journal 1997 David M. Claman, Amanda Piper, Mark H. Sanders, Ronald Stiller, Bernhard A. Votteri
• Nocturnal noninvasive positive pressure ventilatory assistance.
  Chest 1996 Claman DM, Piper A, Sanders MH, Stiller RA, Votteri BA
• Nondrug treatment trials in psychophysiologic insomnia.
  Archives of internal medicine 1995 Guilleminault C, Clerk A, Black J, Labanowski M, Pelayo R, Claman D
• Pressure support ventilation.
  Chest 1995 Claman DM, Votteri BA
• Analysis of induced sputum to examine the effects of prednisone on airway inflammation in asthmatic subjects.
  The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 1994 Claman DM, Boushey HA, Liu J, Wong H, Fahy JV