John Weyl Winkelman MD, PhD

Dr. John Winkelman is the Chief of the Sleep Disorders Clinical Research Program in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital and an Associate Professor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. After graduating from Williams College, he received a Ph.D. in Psychobiology from Harvard University and then an MD from Harvard Medical School. He then completed both a residency in Psychiatry and a fellowship in Neurology (Sleep Medicine) at Massachusetts General Hospital. 

He is an international leader in Sleep Medicine, particularly in clinical research at the intersection of sleep disturbance and psychiatric illness, and in restless legs syndrome and insomnia. He frequently lectures in and directs national and international post-graduate medical education courses in sleep disorders and commonly promotes awareness of sleep issues in the media. Winkelman is chair of the American Academy of Neurology practice parameter committee for the treatment of Restless Legs Syndrome, is an Associate Editor of Sleep and serves on the editorial boards of Sleep Medicine and CNS Drugs.