Director, Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center
Chair, Department of Neurology, Hennepin County Medical Center

Dr. Mahowald is the Director of the Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center and Professor of Neurology at the University of MN Medical School. His primary interest is in education of medical students, residents, and fellows, with particular reference to promoting the concept of a truly multidisciplinary sleep medicine program.  For the past 25 years, the MN Regional Sleep Disorders Center has been actively involved in education of the general public with regard to the consequences of sleepiness – particularly in the classroom, in the workplace, and behind the wheel.

Relevant literature:

BOEVE, B. F., SILBER, B. H., SAPER, C. B., FERMAN, T. J., DICKSON, D. W., PARISI, J. E., BENARROCH, E. E., AHLSKOG, J. E., SMITH, G. E., CASELLI, R. C., TIPPMANN-PEIKERT, M., OLSON, E. J., LIN, S.-C., YOUNG, T., WSZOLEK, Z., SCHENCK, C. H. & MAHOWALD, M. W. (2007) Pathophysiology of REM behaviour disorder and relevance to neurodegenerative disease:  review article. Brain, 130, 2270-78.

WEAVER, T. E., MAISLIN, G., DINGES, D. F., BLOXHAM, T., GEORGE, C. F., GREENBERG, H., KADER, G., MAHOWALD, M. W., YOUNGER, J. & PACK, A. I. (2007) Relationship between hours of CPAP use and achieving normal levels of sleepiness and daily functioning. 30, 6.

MEOLI, A. L., ROSEN, C., KRISTO, D., KOHMANN, M., GOONERATNE, N., AGILLARD, R. N., FAYLE, R., TROELL, R., TOWNSEND, D., CLAMAN, D., HOBAN, T. & MAHOWALD, M. W. (2005) Oral nonprescription treatment for insomnia: an evaluation of products with limited evidence. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine 1, 173-187.

ROSEN, G. M., HARRIS, I. & MAHOWALD, M. W. (2005) Objective structured clinical examinations (OSCE) for sleep. Sleep Medicine, 6, 75-80.

SCHENCK, C. H. & MAHOWALD, M. W. (2005) Insights from studying human sleep disorders. Nature, 437, 1279-85.

SCHENCK, C. H. & MAHOWALD, M. W. (2005) Rapid eye movement and non-REM sleep parasomnias. Primary Psychiatry 12, 67-74.

MAHOWALD, M. W. (2004) Parasomnias. Medical Clinics of North America 88, 669-678.

MAHOWALD, M. W., CRAMER-BORNEMANN, M. & SCHENCK, C. H. (2004) Parasomnias. Seminars in Neurology, 24, 283-292.

MAHOWALD, M. W. & SCHENCK, C. H. (2004) REM sleep without atonia - from cats to humans. Archives Italiennes de Biologie, 142, 469-478.

BOEVE, B. F., SILBER, B. H., PARISI, J. E., DICKSON, D. W., FERMAN, T. J., BENARROCH, E. E., SCHMEICHEL, A. M., SMITH, G. E., PETERSEN, R. C., AHLSKOG, J. E., MATSUMOTO, J. Y., KNOPMAN, D. S., SCHENCK, C. H. & MAHOWALD, M. W. (2003) Synucleinopathy pathology and REM sleep behavior disorder plus dementia or parkinsonism. Neurology, 61, 40-45.

JANJUA, T., SAMP, T., CRAMER-BORNEMANN, M., HANNON, M. & MAHOWALD, M. W. (2003) Clinical caveat: prior sleep deprivation can affect the MSLT for days. Sleep Medicine, 4, 69-72.

MAHOWALD, M. W. (2003) Restless leg syndrome and periodic movements of sleep. Current Treatment Options in Neurology, 5, 251-260.

MAHOWALD, M. W. & SCHENCK, C. H. (2003) REM sleep behavior disorder - past, present, and future. Swiss Archives of Neurology and Psychiatry, 154, 363-368.

MAHOWALD, M. W., SCHENCK, C. H., GOLDNER, M., BACHELDER, V. & CRAMER-BORNEMANN, M. (2003) Parasomnia pseudo-suicide. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 48, 1158-1162.

ROSEN, G. M., BENDEL, A. E., NEGLIA, J. P., MOERTEL, C. L. & MAHOWALD, M. W. (2003) Sleep in children with neoplasms of the central nervous system: case review of 14 children. Pediatrics 112, 46-54.

SCHENCK, C. H., MAHOWALD, M. W. & SACK, R. L. (2003) Assessment and management of insomnia. Journal of the American Medical Association, 289, 2475-2479.

JANJUA, T., SAMP, T., CRAMER-BORNEMANN, M., HANNON, M. & MAHOWALD, M. W. (2002) Clinical caveat: prior sleep deprivation can affect the MSLT for days. Sleep medicine.

MAHOWALD, M. W., CRAMER-BORNEMANN, M., HANNON, M., JANJUA, T., ULLEVIG, C. & PATTERSON, A. (2002) Did this father's sleep apnea contribute to the inadvertent death of his infant son? Sleep Medicine.

SCHENCK, C. H. & MAHOWALD, M. W. (2002) REM sleep behavior disorder: clinical, developmental, and neuroscience perspectives 16 years after its formal identification. Sleep, 25, 120-130.