Richard B. Berry MD

Dr. Richard B. Berry is a professor of medicine in the UF Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine and the director of the UF Sleep Medicine Fellowship, which he established with the help of Mary Wagner, MD. He has also served as the medical director for the UF Health Sleep Center from 1999 through 2022. His clinical interests include sleep disorders, obstructive and central sleep apnea, restless legs syndrome, narcolepsy, nocturnal respiratory failure, and insomnia.

He earned his medical degree at the University of Florida College of Medicine and completed his internal medicine residency at the University of California, Irvine College of Medicine. He came back to the UF College of Medicine to complete a pulmonary medicine fellowship.

He has authored over 200 peer-reviewed research publications and coauthored the first publication using Oronasal Masks for treatment of sleep apnea that is written in popular sleep medicine textbooks. He is also the deputy editor of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. His dedication to the field of sleep medicine has led me to receive the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) Excellence in Education Award in 2010 and the Nathaniel Kleitman Award by the AASM for Contributions to the Field of Sleep Medicine in 2020. He has also served as a past AASM Foundation president.