Charles Atwood, MD
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Charles Atwood, MD |
Charles Atwood, MD, FCCP, D.ABSM is a pulmonary and sleep medicine physician and an associate professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He directs the sleep disorders program at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System and is the associate director of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Sleep Medicine Center.
He also directs the University of Pittsburgh’s sleep medicine fellowship program. Dr. Atwood is the founding chair of the American College of Chest Physicians’ Sleep Institute and has been active for the past 10 years in promoting sleep medicine in the pulmonary community and general medical communities. He is actively involved in sleep medicine clinical work, teaching and research.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
UNDERGRADUATE:
1978 - 1982 The University of the South B.A. English
Sewanee, TN
1982 - 1983 University of South Florida post-baccalaureate Tampa, FL coursework
GRADUATE:
1984 - 1988 University of Alabama School M.D.
of Medicine, Birmingham
POST-GRADUATE:
1988 - 1989 University of Alabama Hospital Internal Medicine Internship Birmingham, AL Chief: Dr. J. Claude Bennett
1989 - 1991 University of Alabama Hospital Internal Medicine Residency
Birmingham, AL Chief: Dr. J. Claude Bennett
1991 - 1995 University of Pittsburgh Pulmonary, Critical Care
Medical Center and Sleep Fellowship
Chief: Dr. Robert M. Rogers
APPOINTMENTS AND POSITIONS
ACADEMIC:
1994 - 1995 University of Pittsburgh Visiting Instructor
School of Medicine
1995 - 2005 University of Pittsburgh Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
2003 – present University of Pittsburgh Adjunct Assistant
School of Communication Science Professor
and Disorders (secondary appointment)
2005 – present University of Pittsburgh Associate Professor of
School of Medicine Medicine
NON-ACADEMIC:
1994 - present VA Medical Center, Staff Physician
University Drive, Pittsburgh Pulmonary Section
1995 - 1996 VA Medical Center, Pittsburgh Director, MICU
University Drive
1995- present UPMC Presbyterian and Montefiore Staff Pulmonologist
12/95 - 2/96 Pulmonary section Acting Chief of Section
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System
3/96 - 9/02 Pulmonary section Chief of Section;
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System Director, Sleep Disorders
Laboratory; Medical Director, Respiratory Care
9/02 - present Pulmonary section Director, Sleep Laboratory
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System Staff Physician
Major Teaching roles
2006- present UPMC Sleep Medicine Fellowship director
Responsible for curriculum development and
implementation. Leads 3 weekly sleep medicine
conferences (clinical, teaching, research/journal club)
HONORS AND AWARDS
Omicron Delta Kappa National Honor Society 1980
Member Tinsley R. Harrison Medical Student Society, 1987 - 1988
University of Alabama School of Medicine
President, Tinsley R. Harrison Medical Student Society, UAB 1988
Alpha Omega Alpha, University of Alabama 1989
School of Medicine