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Closed during lunch, 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm

About Me

I am a Bay Area Native. I grew up in a small town in the San Joaquin Valley and attended Tracy High School. I received a double major in molecular and cell biology as well as psychology at UC Berkeley. I left the area to attend Medical School in Washington D.C. and returned to complete a residency and a fellowship at Stanford.

I joined the Permanente Medical Group in 2001. My decision to work at Kaiser was influenced by my desire to provide patients with comprehensive and personalized care. In addition to working full time at Kaiser Permanente, I am Adjunct Assistant Clinical Faculty at Stanford.

About What I Do

Sleep medicine is my passion. I serve as the Medical Director for the Regional Sleep Medicine Laboratories, located at Kaiser Permanente San Jose and Santa Clara. These state-of-the-art overnight laboratories help us diagnose and treat complex sleep disorders. In addition to routine diagnostic testing, the lab is equipped to evaluate CPAP, bi-level, servoventilation, average volume assisted pressure support, oral appliance, Provent, supplemental oxygen, esophageal pressure manometry, upper airway pH, esophageal pH, nocturnal penile tumescence, seizure, end-tidal carbon dioxide, transcutaneous carbon dioxide, and actigraphy. This highly sophisticated equipment is housed in the warmth and tranquility of a bed-and-breakfast type setting, with each room containing a fully adjustable bed, plasma television with cable, playstation, calming artwork, real plants, cherry and mahogany furniture. To see the rooms please click "Clinic Tour".

In addition to medicine, my other interests include tennis, travel, my wife and kids.

My Philosophy of Care

I treat my patients the same way I would want to be treated: with respect, with honesty, and with a sense of humor. I recognize that each of my patients is unique and I attempt to provide each with the information and options that allow them to choose what is best for them.

My Publications:

• Rama, AN, Zachariah, R, Kushida, C. Sleepiness: Causes, Consequences, and Treatment. Publication Pending 1/2011
• Cho SC, Katzberg HD, Rama AN, Kim BJ, Roh H, Park J, Katz J, So YT. Driving with polyneuropathy. Muscle Nerve. 2010 Mar;41(3):324-28.
• Popat RA, Van Den Eeden SK, Tanner CM, Kusida CA, Rama AN, Black JE, Bernstein A, Kasten M, Chade A, Leimpeter A, Cassidy J, McGuire V, Nelson LM. Reliability and validity of two self-administered questionnaires for screening restless legs syndrome in population-based studies. Sleep Med. 2010 Feb;11(2): 154-60. Epub 2010 Jan 20.
• Rama AN, Zachariah R, Kushida C. Differentiating Nocturnal Movements: Leg Movements, Parasomnias, and Seizures. In: Epstein LJ, Kirsch DB, Sleep Medicine Clinics: Polysomnography. Volume 4. Number 3. W.B. Saunders Company. September 2009.
• Rama AN, Kushida CA. Normal Human Sleep: In: Lee-Chiong T, ed. Sleep Medicine Essentials. Wiley-Blackwell. February 2009
• Rama AN, Potti T. Diagnostic Algorithm for Insomnia. In: Kushida CA, Handbook of Sleep Disorders, 2nd Edition. Informa Healthcare. Sep 2008
• Rama AN, Cho SC, Kushida CA. Normal Human Sleep. In: Lee-Chiong T, ed.: Sleep: A Comprehensive Handbook. pp. 3-9. Wiley-Liss. 2005
• Rama AN, Cho SC, Kushida CA. NREM-REM Sleep. In: Guilleminault C, ed.: Sleep and Its Disorders. Handbook of Clinical Neurophysiology. Volume 5, pp.21-29. Elisevier Publishing Company, 2005.
• Rama AN, Kushida CA. Restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder. Med Clin N Am 88(3):653-667 May 2004
• Rama, AN, Kushida CA. Sleep-Wake Cycle. In: Aminoff M, Daroff R, eds. Encylcopedia of Neurological Scineces. Vol. 4, pp. 308-09 Academic Press. San Diego. 2003.
• Rama AN, Tekwani SH, Kushida CA. Sites of obstruction in obstructive sleep apnea. Chest. 2002 Oct;122(4):1139-47. Review.

• The abstracts of some of these articles can be found on the following site: National Library of Medicine

My Credentials

Medical school	George Washington University, Washington, DC
Internship	California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA
Residency	Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Fellowship	Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Board certification	Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Board certification	Sleep Medicine, American Board of Sleep Medicine

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