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How did you begin that journey out of med school?

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What were your first steps?

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What got you started?

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So early on, I went to med school in the late 80s

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and sleep was not talked.

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Even now, sleep is not a big part of our curriculum.

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But then I was able to see every time I was a better person,

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I took better decisions.

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I also did ICU work.

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So I was like a shift worker half the time.

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But I know how I felt poorly when I didn't sleep better.

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And so I was going through all these motions.

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So I said, I have to find a way.

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So I've been in practice for 25 years.

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So I dedicated my whole life for all the specialties.

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I have four medical specialties.

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But for the last five years, I'm going to,

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because I've seen the effects of poor sleep in the ICU,

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affects various parts of our body, blood pressure,

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diabetes, mental fog, dementia.

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So I said, let me go on the other side

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and teach people to prevent all this problem.

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So as you grow in life, you become more philosophical.

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In the ICU, I practice reactionary medicine

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because people are sick and they're dying.

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So I said, I'm going to do something preventative.

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So instead of reacting, let's go a bigger mission

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to help people.

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So if you sleep better, you rest better,

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your heart rate is better, your blood pressure is better,

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your diabetes is under control, your mental cobweb

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is all gone, you are more clear, you prevent dementia.

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So that's where, after 25 years of practicing ICU medicine,

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I said, let me do something in a bigger goal.

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So that's when I decided to dedicate

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my entire energy on sleep.