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Jeffrey Durmer, MD, PhD

Chief Medical Officer

Board Certified Sleep in Sleep Medicine and Psychiatry and Neurology Dr.

Dr. Jeffrey Durmer is a co-founder of FusionSleep® and FusionHealth® and serves as Chief Medical Officer. He is responsible for all patient care and medical decision making in the Sleep Medicine Programs. Dr. Durmer directs the Sleep Medicine Fellowship, the Sleep4Safety® Medical Programs, the FusionSleep® Sleep Center, the FusionHealth® clinical research program, and he evaluates patients in all FusionSleep® locations.

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Heidi Riney, MD, D.ABPN

Medical Director / Board Certified Sleep Medicine Physician

Dr. Riney is a Board Certified Sleep Medicine Physician with additional expertise in neurophysiology. She is board certified in both Neurology and Sleep Medicine. Dr. Riney is a member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), Georgia Association of Sleep Professionals (GASP) and National Sleep Foundation (NSF), where she serves on the Public Affairs Committee. She completed her medical training at Wake Forest, neurology residency and neurophysiology fellowship at Emory University and sleep medicine fellowship at FusionSleep®. Dr. Riney currently evaluates adults and children with sleep, wake, and circadian rhythm problems at the Atlanta North location.

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David Pitts, MD

Board Certified Sleep Medicine Physician

Dr. Pitts is a Board Certified Sleep Medicine Physician with additional expertise in ENT surgery. He is board certified in sleep medicine and otolaryngology. Dr. Pitts is a member of the American College of Surgeons, and the Academies of Sleep Medicine (AASM), Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery (AAHNS), and Otolaryngologic Allergy (AAOA). He completed his medical training at the University of Texas Health Science Center.

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Ghazala Quraishi, MD, D.ABPN

Board Certified Sleep Medicine Physician

Dr. Quraishi is a Board Certified Sleep Medicine Physician with additional expertise in pediatric neurology. She is board certified in neurology by the ABP&N and is a member of the AASM and the Georgia Association of Sleep Professionals (GASP). She completed her medical training at American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, and pediatric neurology residency and sleep medicine fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Quraishi currently evaluates children and adults with sleep, wake, and circadian rhythm problems at the Johns Creek and Atlanta North locations.

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Mayoor Patel, DDS, MS

Board Certified Sleep Medicine Dentist

 

 

Dr. Patel is a Board Certified Sleep Medicine Dentist with additional expertise in temporal-mandibular joint disorders and craniofacial pain syndromes. He is board certified by the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine. Dr. Patel is a member of American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine and American Academy of Sleep Medicine. He completed his dental training and an additional year of Advanced Education in General Dentistry at the University of Tennessee. He holds fellowships from the Academy of General Dentistry, American Academy of Craniofacial Pain, International College of Craniomandibular Orthopedics and is a Diplomate with the American Academy of Pain management. Dr. Patel currently treats adolescents and adults with sleep-disordered breathing using multiple dental sleep medicine devices and therapeutic techniques at FusionSleep®.

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Cecile Martin-Jones, FNP-BC, MS, RN

Certified Family Nurse Practitioner

Cecile Martin-Jones is an advanced Sleep Medicine family nurse practitioner with additional expertise in pulmonary medicine. She completed her nursing training at the St. Petersburg College and her advanced practitioner training at Georgia State University. She has years of experience in emergency care, out-patient based pulmonology, and sleep medicine. Cecile provides exceptional sleep medicine care to children and adults at the Johns Creek and Atlanta North locations.
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Judy Sherman, MS, APRN, NP-c

Certified Family Nurse Practitioner

Judy Sherman, MS, APRN, NP-c, began her nursing career in 1993 at Emory University Hospital working with cardiac patients. She cared for patients after open heart surgery as well as patients who had heart attacks, strokes and any other type of cardiac event..  After Emory, she honed her cardiology skills by specializing in cardiac rehabilitation and then in pediatric cardiology at Children’s Health Care of Atlanta at Egelston. In addition to cardiac nursing, Judy worked in Emergency Medicine at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Atlanta for over five years.

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Deborah Whitehair, MS, PA-C, DFAAPA

Certified Physician Assistant

Deborah Whitehair has been a certified physician assistant for 30 years, with over 20 years of experience in sleep medicine. Deborah has been an instructor at Georgia Southern University and an assistant professor and clinical coordinator in the Emory University PA Program and Family Practice Residency Program where she helped train PA students and assist the physicians in the residency program. She obtained her BS and MS degrees in Biology from Georgia Southern University and attended PA school at the Medical College of Georgia.

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