Melisa E. Moore PhD, CBSM

Melisa Moore Ph.D, CBSM is a clinical psychologist in the Sleep Center at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and is board certified in behavioral sleep medicine. She received her PhD from Case Western Reserve University with a specialization in pediatric psychology, and completed her predoctoral internship at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. She also completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Behavioral Sleep Medicine at The University of Pennsylvania. After starting a behavioral sleep medicine service at The Sleep Center of Fairfax Neonatal Associates in Northern Virginia, she returned CHOP in her current role.

Dr. Moore sees patients from ages 0-21 for a variety of behavioral sleep issues. She also regularly lectures and has taught courses on sleep at universities in the Philadelphia area. She conducts research on sleep in children and adolescents including the relationship between sleep and psychological functioning and interventions to improve sleep. Despite being in the field for many years, she has learned the most about sleep over the past three years from her amazing infant and toddler sons.