Newswise — Atul Malhotra, MD, Peter C. Farrell Presidential Endowed Chair in Pulmonary Medicine at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and pulmonologist at UC San Diego Health, has been named recipient of the 2024 Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Thoracic Society. The award is given annually to honor the career of an individual who has made outstanding contributions to the field of sleep or respiratory neurobiology in terms of both scientific and scholarly advances, as well as in mentoring, teaching and advocacy to advance public health.
Recipients are recognized for achievement in scholarship over the course of an entire career. “Dr. Malhotra is a thought leader in the field of pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine, and is one of the most productive scholars in the world over the past several decades,” said Jess Mandel, MD, Kenneth M.
Moser Professor of Medicine at the UC San Diego School of Medicine and chief of the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at UC San Diego Health. “His efforts have made a significant impact internationally, but especially so at UC San Diego School of Medicine and UC San Diego Health in the research he conducts and the leading-edge clinical care he provides to patients.” At UC San Diego Health, Malhotra provides a full spectrum of diagnostic and therapeutic services to patients with sleep-related disorders, including sleep apnea, insomnia, restless l.