Dr. Samuel Navaratnam Nava M.D.
Sleep Medicine Specialist | Sleep Medicine
81 Baltimore St Suite 216 Cumberland MD, 21502Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Samuel Nava practices Sleep Medicine in Cumberland, MD. Dr. Nava studies, diagnoses, and treats sleep disturbances and disorders due to varying factors. Sleep Medicine Physicians are trained to treat many different conditions, including insomnia, narcolepsy, sleep apnea, idiopathic hypersomnia, menstrual-related hypersomnia, and circadian rhythm disturbances, among others.
Education and Training
Univ Of Peradeniya- Fac Of Med- Peradeniya- Sri Lanka (Univ Sri Lanka) 1969
University of Colombo Faculty of Medicine 1968
Faculty of Health-Care Sciences 1969
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Monitoring respiratory muscles.
- The role of radiotherapy in the treatment of carcinoma of the prostate: a survey of clinical practices in Lombardy, Italy, by the AIRO-Lombardia Cooperative Group. Italian Association for Radiation Oncology.
- Bronchodilators in the ICU.
- Lung and chest wall mechanics in ventilated patients with end stage idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
- Intermediate respiratory intensive care units in Europe: a European perspective.
- Non-invasive mechanical ventilation: any role in ICU?
- Minimal requirements in prostate cancer irradiation: a consensus document by the AIRO Lombardia Cooperative Group.
- Liver function tests and glucose and lipid metabolism in growth-restricted fetuses.
- Evolution and long term outcome in cases with fetal diagnosis of congenital heart disease: Italian multicentre study. Fetal Cardiology Study Group of the Italian Society of Pediatric Cardiology.
- Bronchodilators and mechanical ventilation in COPD patients. Emptying, pumping or both?
- Physiologic evaluation of noninvasive mechanical ventilation delivered with three types of masks in patients with chronic hypercapnic respiratory failure.
- FTY720 in combination with CsA inhibits islet xenograft rejection: a study in the pig-to-rat model.
- Diabetic rats transplanted with adult porcine islets and immunosuppressed with cyclosporine, mycophenolate mofetil, and leflunomide remain normoglycemic for up to 100 days.
- Are anticholinergics first choice bronchodilators in the treatment of stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?
- Rehabilitation in the ICU: the European phoenix.
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