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Helene A  Emsellem

Helene A Emsellem MD

Neurology, Psychiatry, Sleep Medicine
Chevy Chase Manor, Maryland, United States of America

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Helene A. Emsellem, M.D. is the Medical Director at The Center for Sleep & Wake Disorders in Chevy Chase, Maryland. She is also a nationally known sleep expert and a National Sleep Foundation volunteer.

Dr. Emsellem has actively promoted sleep disorders awareness and the need for sleep education locally and nationally, acting as a go-to media resource for the National Sleep Foundation (NSF) and a spokesperson for the recent Sleep in America Polls sponsored by the NSF. She is the author of Snooze. or Lose! , a book to help teens understand the importance of sleep, and to empower them to own and improve their sleep-wake habits and schedules.

After graduating from the George Washington University (GWU) School of Medicine she completed a rotating internship that included Psychiatry, Internal Medicine and Neurology. She completed her Neurology residency training at GWU and sub-specialty training in Epileptology and Clinical Neurophysiology at Johns Hopkins University. She then returned to GWU in an academic career track in the Department of Neurology.
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