Dr. Richard J Castriotta M.D.

Richard J. Castriotta, M.D., FCCP, FAASM is a Professor of Internal Medicine and Director of the Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. He is the Chief of Pulmonary Medicine, and Medical Director of the Sleep Disorders Center at Memorial Hermann Hospital - Texas Medical Center in Houston. He is Director of the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation Clinical Care Center in Houston within the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. He has served as President of the Southern Sleep Society, Chair of the Connecticut Thoracic Society Section on Sleep Medicine, Chair of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) Sleep NetWork Steering Committee, Vice Chair of the Southern Medical Association Chest Disease Section and President of the Southern Sleep Foundation Board of Directors. He is a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians and of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Dr. Castriotta is an internationally-recognized leader in pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine as a clinician, teacher and researcher. He was the senior author on the papers establishing the safety and efficacy in using helium to treat acute severe asthma with consequent reduction in asthma mortality. He was instrumental in establishing the definitive diagnosis of sarcoidosis by imaging studies. He was the first author on the definitive study of sleep disorders after traumatic brain injury and he remains one of the world’s experts in this field. He has been a pioneer in the field of sleep medicine, establishing one of the early sleep medicine training programs. He currently is directing a team researching distinctive patterns of non-apneic sleep-disordered breathing.