How did you begin that journey out of med school?
What were your first steps?
What got you started?
So early on, I went to med school in the late 80s
and sleep was not talked.
Even now, sleep is not a big part of our curriculum.
But then I was able to see every time I was a better person,
I took better decisions.
I also did ICU work.
So I was like a shift worker half the time.
But I know how I felt poorly when I didn't sleep better.
And so I was going through all these motions.
So I said, I have to find a way.
So I've been in practice for 25 years.
So I dedicated my whole life for all the specialties.
I have four medical specialties.
But for the last five years, I'm going to,
because I've seen the effects of poor sleep in the ICU,
affects various parts of our body, blood pressure,
diabetes, mental fog, dementia.
So I said, let me go on the other side
and teach people to prevent all this problem.
So as you grow in life, you become more philosophical.
In the ICU, I practice reactionary medicine
because people are sick and they're dying.
So I said, I'm going to do something preventative.
So instead of reacting, let's go a bigger mission
to help people.
So if you sleep better, you rest better,
your heart rate is better, your blood pressure is better,
your diabetes is under control, your mental cobweb
is all gone, you are more clear, you prevent dementia.
So that's where, after 25 years of practicing ICU medicine,
I said, let me do something in a bigger goal.
So that's when I decided to dedicate
my entire energy on sleep.