Wajahat Khalil, MD
Wajahat Khalil, MD
Dr. Khalil is an Assistant Professor and staff physician at the VA Medical Center with clinical expertise and interest in managing Sleep Disordered Breathing in Advanced Lung Disease patients. His clinical research interests are focused on utilizing Telemedicine to expand comprehensive sleep medicine care. He is currently part of funded VA strategic initiative in developing Tele-Sleep program providing comprehensive sleep medicine care including remote real time monitoring and management of diagnostic and treatment Polysomnograms.
Current Trainees: Alex Schwegman (fellow)
Publications:
Irfan M, Khalil W, Iber C. Practicing sleep medicine amidst a pandemic: a paradigm shift. J Clin Sleep Med. 2020 Aug 15;16(8):1405-1408. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.8590. PMID: 32441249; PMCID: PMC7446103.
Kunisaki KM, De Francesco D, Sabin CA, Winston A, Mallon PWG, Anderson J, Bagkeris E, Boffito M, Doyle N, Haddow L, Post FA, Sachikonye M, Vera J, Khalil W, Redline S. Sleep Disorders in Human Immunodeficiency Virus: A Substudy of the Pharmacokinetics and Clinical Observations in People Over Fifty (POPPY) Study. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020 Nov 18;8(1):ofaa561. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaa561. PMID: 33447632; PMCID: PMC7781463.
Goswami U, Baker JV, Wang Q, Khalil W, Kunisaki KM. Sleep apnea symptoms as a predictor of fatigue in an urban HIV clinic. AIDS Patient Care STDS 2015;29:591-596; PubMed PMID: 26376124; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4638210
Kunisaki KM, Khalil W, Koffel E, Pfannes L, Koeller E, MacDonald R, Greer, N, Wilt TJ. The Comparative Effectiveness, Harms, and Cost of Care Models for the Evaluation and Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA): A Systematic Review. VA Evidence Synthesis Program Project #09-009; 2016. Report is currently available only to internal VA users; will be released to public May 2017.
Kunisaki KM, Greer N, Khalil W, Koffel E, Koeller E, MacDonald R, et al. Provider Types and Outcomes in Obstructive Sleep Apnea Case Finding and Treatment: A Systematic Review. Ann Intern Med. 2018;168:195–202. doi: 10.7326/M17-2511