Samuel T. Kuna MD

Dr. Kuna's primary academic goal is to develop an outstanding research program based in his clinical research in the management and pathogenesis of obstructive sleep apnea. Dr. Kuna is currently a leader of one of the projects in a program project grant (AI Pack, PI) that is evaluating the effect of continuous positive airway pressure treatment on cardiovascular disease risk factors in lean and obese patients with obstructive sleep apnea. He is the PI for the Penn clinical site in the NIH funded Sleep AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes) study, a randomized controlled trial examining the effect of weight loss on sleep-disordered breathing in obese type 2 diabetics. He is PI on a VA Health Services Research and Development funded project evaluating the effectiveness of using video teleconferencing to deliver care to Veterans with PTSD and chronic insomnia.