Alon Yosefian Avidan MD, MPH, FAAN, FAASM

Dr. Avidan is a Professor & Vice Chair of the UCLA Department of Neurology, where he also serves as Director of the UCLA Sleep Disorders Center. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from UCLA and attended Medical School at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences where he also obtained a Master of Public Health. He completed his Neurology Residency at the Georgetown University Medical Center, where he served as Chief Resident. After residency, he completed a Fellowship in Clinical Neurophysiology and Sleep Disorders at the Cleveland Clinic.

Before moving to UCLA, Dr. Avidan was at the University of Michigan from 1999-2006, where he was Assistant Professor, Director of the Sleep Disorders Clinic and Chair of Resident Education in the Department of Neurology. In 2008, he has served as Visiting Professor of Neurology Education in the Department of Neurology at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota.

Dr. Avidan is licensed to practice medicine in California. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, the American Board of Sleep Medicine and a Diplomate in the Specialty of Sleep Medicine by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.