Melissa C. Lipford, M.D.

  1. Neurologist
  1. Lipford MC, Auger RR. Sleep-Related Eating Disorder. Sleep Med Clin. 2024 Mar; 19 (1):55-61 Epub 2023 Nov 29
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  2. McCarter SJ, Labott JR, Mazumder MK, Gebhard J, Cunningham JL, Loukianova LL, Gilliam WP, Lipford MC. Emergence of restless legs syndrome during opioid discontinuation. J Clin Sleep Med. 2023 Apr 1; 19 (4):741-748
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  3. Kouri I, Junna MR, Lipford MC. Restless Legs Syndrome and Periodic Limb Movements of Sleep: From Neurophysiology to Clinical Practice. J Clin Neurophysiol. 2023 Mar 1; 40 (3):215-223 Epub 2022 Mar 15
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  4. Gossard TR, Teigen LN, Yoo S, Timm PC, Jagielski J, Bibi N, Feemster JC, Steele T, Carvalho DZ, Junna MR, Lipford MC, Tippmann Peikert M, LeClair-Visonneau L, McCarter SJ, Boeve BF, Silber MH, Hirsch J, Sharp RR, St Louis EK. Patient values and preferences regarding prognostic counseling in isolated REM sleep behavior disorder. Sleep. 2023 Jan 11; 46 (1)
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  5. Covassin N, Lu D, St Louis EK, Chahal AA, Schulte PJ, Mansukhani MP, Xie J, Lipford MC, Li N, Ramar K, Caples SM, Gay PC, Olson EJ, Silber MH, Li J, Somers VK. Sex-specific associations between daytime sleepiness, chronic diseases and mortality in obstructive sleep apnea. Front Neurosci. 2023; 17:1210206. Epub 2023 Jun 23.
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  6. Yang Y, Yuan Y, Zhang G, Wang H, Chen YC, Liu Y, Tarolli CG, Crepeau D, Bukartyk J, Junna MR, Videnovic A, Ellis TD, Lipford MC, Dorsey R, Katabi D. Artificial intelligence-enabled detection and assessment of Parkinson's disease using nocturnal breathing signals. Nat Med. 2022 Oct; 28 (10):2207-2215 Epub 2022 Aug 22
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  7. Jamil SM, Shafazand S, Dudley KA, Lipford MC, Gu C, Jun JC, Budnick I, Davis EM, Kent D, Stanley JJ, Quaney R, Stewart NH, Young K, Sullivan S, McSparron JI, Wang T, Guzman E, Coruh B, Hayes MM. ATS Core Curriculum 2021. Adult Sleep Medicine: Sleep Apnea. ATS Sch. 2021 Sep; 2 (3):484-496 Epub 2021 Sept 13
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  8. Teigen LN, Sharp RR, Hirsch JR, Campbell E, Timm PC, Sandness DJ, Feemster JC, Gossard TR, Faber SM, Steele TA, Rivera S, Junna MR, Lipford MC, Tippmann-Peikert M, Kotagal S, Ju YE, Howell M, Schenck CH, Videnovic A, Jennum P, Hogl B, Stefani A, Arnulf I, Heidbreder A, Lewis S, McCarter SJ, Boeve BF, Silber MH, St Louis EK. Specialist approaches to prognostic counseling in isolated REM sleep behavior disorder. Sleep Med. 2021 Mar; 79:107-112 Epub 2020 Dec 24
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  9. Lipford MC, O’Neill C, Eiber K, Donlinger S, Herold D, Morgenthaler TI, Loprinzi CL. Electrical Stimulation via the Scrambler Device as a Treatment for Refractory Restless Legs Syndrome/Willis Ekbom Disease J Sleep Disord Ther. 2020; 9:318.
  10. Feinstein MA, Sharp RR, Sandness DJ, Feemster JC, Junna M, Kotagal S, Lipford MC, Tippmann-Peikert M, Boeve BF, Silber MH, St Louis EK. Physician and patient determinants of prognostic counseling in idiopathic REM sleep-behavior disorder. Sleep Med. 2019 Oct; 62:80-85 Epub 2019 Mar 22
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  11. Lipford MC, Wahner-Roedler DL, Welsh GA, Mandrekar J, Thapa P, Olson EJ. Correlation of the Epworth Sleepiness Scale and Sleep-Disordered Breathing in Men and Women. J Clin Sleep Med. 2019 Jan 15; 15 (1):33-38
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  12. Golden EC, Lipford MC. Narcolepsy: Diagnosis and management. Cleve Clin J Med. 2018 Dec; 85 (12):959-969
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  13. Gao CC, Kapoor E, Lipford MC, Miller VM, Schroeder DR, Mara KC, Faubion SS. Association of vasomotor symptoms and sleep apnea risk in midlife women. Menopause. 2018 Apr; 25 (4):391-398
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  14. Cintron D, Lipford M, Larrea-Mantilla L, Spencer-Bonilla G, Lloyd R, Gionfriddo MR, Gunjal S, Farrell AM, Miller VM, Murad MH. Efficacy of menopausal hormone therapy on sleep quality: systematic review and meta-analysis. Endocrine. 2017 Mar; 55 (3):702-711 Epub 2016 Aug 11
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  15. Lipford MC, Ramar K, Liang YJ, Lin CW, Chao YT, An J, Chiu CH, Tsai YJ, Shu CH, Lee FP, Chiang RP. Serotnin as a possible biomarker in obstructive sleep apnea. Sleep Med Rev. 2016 Aug; 28:125-32 Epub 2015 Aug 15
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  16. Lipford MC, Flemming KD, Calvin AD, Mandrekar J, Brown RD Jr, Somers VK, Caples SM. Associations between Cardioembolic Stroke and Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Sleep. 2015 Nov 1; 38 (11):1699-705 Epub 2015 Nov 01
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  17. Lipford MC, Sandness DJ, St Louis EK. A 69-year-old man with complex nocturnal visual hallucinations. J Clin Sleep Med. 2015 Apr 15; 11 (4):491-3
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  18. Lipford MC, Ramar K, Surani SR. Obstructive sleep apnea in the perioperative setting: complications and management strategies. Hosp Pract (1995). 2015; 43: (1)56-63.
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  19. Lipford MC, Park JG, Ramar K. Sleep-disordered breathing and stroke: therapeutic approaches. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2014 Feb; 14 (2):431
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  20. Mansukhani MP, Calvin AD, Kolla BP, Brown RD Jr, Lipford MC, Somers VK, Caples SM. The association between atrial fibrillation and stroke in patients with obstructive sleep apnea: a population-based case-control study. Sleep Med. 2013 Mar; 14 (3):243-6 Epub 2013 Jan 20
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  21. Lipford MC, Silber MH. Long-term use of pramipexole in the management of restless legs syndrome. Sleep Med. 2012 Dec; 13 (10):1280-5 Epub 2012 Oct 01
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  22. Lipford MC, Bond JR, Steinmann SP, Kumar N. Musculotendinous infraspinatus rupture and shoulder weakness. J Clin Neuromuscul Dis. 2011 Dec; 13: (2)95-7.
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