David Panek, MD
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
School of Medicine

After studying biology at Occidental College in Los Angeles, I attended the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. Following medical school, I completed pediatric residency at the University of Vermont Children’s Hospital in Burlington, Vermont. I then completed a pediatric pulmonology fellowship at Seattle Children’s Hospital.

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While completing my pediatric pulmonology fellowship, I also obtained a graduate certificate in maternal and child health from the University of Washington School of Public Health. After pediatric pulmonary fellowship, I completed a sleep medicine fellowship at the Stanford Sleep Medicine Center. Now, as a pediatric sleep specialist at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, my clinical interests span pediatric sleep medicine and include the management of sleep related breathing disorders, insomnia, central disorders of hypersomnolence, circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorders, parasomnias, and sleep related movement disorders. My research interests have been largely focused on sleep disordered breathing in the pediatric population.

Awards

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  • Phi Beta Kappa, Occidental College, 2009

Education & Training

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  • Sleep Medicine Stanford Sleep Medicine Center, Stanford University 06/2021
  • Pediatric Pulmonology Seattle Children’s Hospital, University of Washington 06/2020
  • Graduate Certificate Maternal and Child Health University of Washington School of Public Health 06/2020
  • Pediatrics University of Vermont Children’s Hospital, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine 06/2017
  • MD Medicine Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California 05/2014
  • BA Biology Occidental College 05/2010

Interests

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  • periodic limb movement disorder
  • Narcolepsy
  • Nightmare Disorder
  • Advanced sleep-wake phase disorder
  • Sleep related breathing disorders
  • Sleepwalking
  • Sleep terrors
  • Central disorders of hypersomnolence
  • Non-24-hour sleep-wake rhythm disorder
  • Sleep related rhythmic movement disorder
  • Parasomnias
  • Snoring
  • Daytime sleepiness
  • Circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorders
  • Delayed sleep-wake phase disorder
  • Kleine-Levin syndrome
  • Sleep related movement disorders
  • Bruxism
  • Confusional arousals
  • Restless legs syndrome
  • Irregular sleep-wake rhythm disorder
  • Idiopathic hypersomnia
  • Insomnia
  • Restless sleep
  • Central sleep apnea
  • Obstructive sleep apnea

Publications (1)