Dr. Richard A Parisi MD
Sleep Medicine Specialist | Sleep Medicine
1800 Glenside Dr Suite 103 Richmond VA, 23226About
Dr. Richard Parisi practices Sleep Medicine in Richmond, VA. Dr. Parisi 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
Med Coll of Pa, Philadelphia Pa 1980
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine 1980
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Pulmonary Disease
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Expert Publications
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- Force production of the genioglossus as a function of muscle length in normal humans.
- Serotonergic stimulation of the genioglossus and the response to nasal continuous positive airway pressure.
- Genioglossal length and EMG responses to static upper airway pressures during hypercapnia in goats.
- Central respiratory carbon dioxide chemosensitivity does not decrease during sleep.
- Responses of diaphragm and external oblique muscles to flow-resistive loads during sleep.
- The role of vascular tone in the control of upper airway collapsibility.
- Obstructive sleep apnea following bilateral carotid body resection.
- Brain hypoxia preferentially stimulates genioglossal EMG responses to CO2.
- Arterial oxygen saturation during Nd:YAG laser photoresection of endobronchial tumors under local anesthesia. Use of intermittent supplemental oxygen with pulse oximetry guidance.
- Genioglossal and diaphragmatic EMG responses to hypoxia during sleep.
- Linkage between brain blood flow and respiratory drive during rapid-eye-movement sleep.
- Load compensation: a strategic approach.
- Correlation between genioglossal and diaphragmatic responses to hypercapnia during sleep.
- The role of endogenous opioids in the ventilatory response to acute flow-resistive loads.
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