Areas of Interest

  • Neurology
  • Epilepsy/Clinical Neurophysiology
  • Sleep Medicine

Publications (Select)

Entire publication list can be found here.

  • Relia S, Thompson NR, Mehra R, Moul D, Katzan I, Foldvary-Schaefer N, Walia HK. Depression score changes in response to sleep disordered breathing treatment with positive airway pressure in a large clinic-based cohort. Sleep Breath. 2018 Mar;22(1):195–203. doi: 10.1007/s11325-018-1626-6 Pubmed PMID: 29380097
  • Pallansch J, Li Y, Bena J, Wang L, Foldvary-Schaefer N. Patient-Reported Outcomes in Older Adults With Obstructive Sleep Apnea Treated With Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy. J Clin Sleep Med. 2018 Feb 15;14(2):215–222. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.6936 Pubmed PMID: 29351819
  • Mehra R, Wang L, Andrews N, Tang WHW, Young JB, Javaheri S, Foldvary-Schaefer N. Dissociation of Objective and Subjective Daytime Sleepiness and Biomarkers of Systemic Inflammation in Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Systolic Heart Failure. J Clin Sleep Med. 2017 Dec 15;13(12):1411–1422. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.6836 Pubmed PMID: 29065958
  • Walia HK, Thompson NR, Katzan I, Foldvary-Schaefer N, Moul DE, Mehra R. Impact of Sleep-Disordered Breathing Treatment on Quality of Life Measures in a Large Clinic-Based Cohort. J Clin Sleep Med. 2017 Nov 15;13(11):1255–1263. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.6792 Pubmed PMID: 28992832
  • Foldvary-Schaefer N, Neme-Mercante S, Andrews N, Bruton M, Wang L, Morrison S, Bena J, Grigg-Damberger M. Wake up to sleep: The effects of lacosamide on daytime sleepiness in adults with epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav. 2017 Oct;75:176–182. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2017.08.002 Pubmed PMID: 28866338
  • Macedo PJOM, Oliveira PS de, Foldvary-Schaefer N, Gomes M da M. Insomnia in people with epilepsy: A review of insomnia prevalence, risk factors and associations with epilepsy-related factors. Epilepsy Res. 2017 Sep;135:158–167. doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2017.05.014 Pubmed PMID: 28709078
  • Amara AW, Chahine LM, Caspell-Garcia C, Long JD, Coffey C, Hogl B, Videnovic A, Iranzo A, Mayer G, Foldvary-Schaefer N, Postuma R, Oertel W, Lasch S, Marek K, Simuni T. Longitudinal assessment of excessive daytime sleepiness in early Parkinson’s disease. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2017 Aug;88(8):653–662. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2016-315023 Pubmed PMID: 28554959
  • Bernstein AM, Allexandre D, Bena J, Doyle J, Gendy G, Wang L, Fay S, Mehra R, Moul D, Foldvary-Schaefer N, Roizen MF, Drerup M. “Go! to Sleep”: A Web-Based Therapy for Insomnia. Telemed J E Health. 2017 Jul;23(7):590–599. doi: 10.1089/tmj.2016.0208 Pubmed PMID: 28112590
  • Mehra R, Foldvary-Schaefer N. The USPSTF and screening for obstructive sleep apnea: Dispelling misconceptions. Cleve Clin J Med. 2017 Jun;84(6):429–431. doi: 10.3949/ccjm.84a.17023 Pubmed PMID: 28628426
  • Patel S, Ojo O, Genc G, Oravivattanakul S, Huo Y, Rasameesoraj T, Wang L, Bena J, Drerup M, Foldvary-Schaefer N, Ahmed A, Fernandez HH. A Computerized Cognitive behavioral therapy Randomized, Controlled, pilot trial for insomnia in Parkinson Disease (ACCORD-PD). J Clin Mov Disord. 2017;4:16. doi: 10.1186/s40734-017-0062-2 Pubmed PMID: 28852567
 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Investigator
Cleveland FES Center

Director, Sleep Disorders Center
Cleveland Clinic

Professor of Medicine
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University

CONTACT INFORMATION

Program Contact
Nancy Foldvary-Schaefer

Contact Number
(216) 312-4576

Contact Email
foldvan@ccf.org