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Dr Andrew Chan

MB BS PhD FRACP FCCP
Senior Lecturer
Medicine, Northern Clinical School

Telephone +61 2 9463 2933
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Biographical details

Dr Andrew Chan is a Consultant Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Physician. He is a Senior Staff Specialist in the Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine at the Royal North Shore Hospital. He is also the Director of Prevocational Education and Training, and Chair of the Network Committee for Prevocational Training. Dr Chan is a Senior Lecturer at the Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, and the Co-chair of the Dental and Orofacial Special Interest Group of the Australasian Sleep Association.

Dr Chan has completed higher level postgraduate clinical training in Sleep Medicine (Level 2) through the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. He has a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Sydney for his research into the use of oral appliances for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnoea. He has research publications in high-impact international medical journals and has been an invited speaker at research conferences. He has ongoing active research interests in Sleep Medicine (including a current Project Grant from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia as Chief Investigator).

Dr Chan is a member of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand, Australasian Sleep Association, American Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, the American College of Chest Physicians and the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology.

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Selected grants

2012

  • Multimodel phenotyping to predict oral appliance treatment outcome in obstructive sleep apnoea; Cistulli P, Darendeliler M, Chan A, Sutherland K; National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)/Project Grants.
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Selected publications

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Book Chapters

  • Cistulli, P., Sutherland, K., Chan, A. (2012). Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Oral Appliances. In M Safwan Badr (Eds.), Essentials of Sleep Medicine: An approach for Clinical Pulmonology, (pp. 155-174). New York: Humana Press.
  • Lee, R., Chan, A., Cistulli, P. (2009). Clinical Approach to Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea. In Gilles Lavigne, Peter Cistulli, Michael Smith (Eds.), Sleep Medicine for Dentists: A Practical Overview, (pp. 53-59). Hanover Park, IL: Quintessence.
  • Chan, A., Lee, R., Lavigne, G., Cistulli, P. (2009). Pathophysiology of Obstructive Sleep Apnea. In Gilles Lavigne, Peter Cistulli, Michael Smith (Eds.), Sleep Medicine for Dentists: A Practical Overview, (pp. 41-46). Hanover Park, IL: Quintessence.
  • Chan, A., Lee, R., Cistulli, P. (2009). Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders. In Gilles Lavigne, Peter Cistulli, Michael Smith (Eds.), Sleep Medicine for Dentists: A Practical Overview, (pp. 35-40). Hanover Park, IL: Quintessence.

Journals

  • Sutherland, K., Deane, S., Chan, A., Schwab, R., Ng, A., Darendeliler, M., Cistulli, P. (2011). Comparative Effects of Two Oral Appliances on Upper Airway Structure in Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Sleep, 34(4), 469-477. [More Information]
  • Chan, A., Phillips, C., Cistulli, P. (2010). Obstructive sleep apnoea - an update. Internal Medicine Journal, 40(2), 102-106. [More Information]
  • Lee, R., Sutherland, K., Chan, A., Zeng, B., Grunstein, R., Darendeliler, M., Schwab, R., Cistulli, P. (2010). Relationship between surface facial dimensions and upper airway structures in obstructive sleep apnea. Sleep, 33(9), 1249-1254. [More Information]
  • Chan, A., Sutherland, K., Schwab, R., Zeng, B., Petocz, P., Lee, R., Darendeliler, M., Cistulli, P. (2010). The effect of mandibular advancement on upper airway structure in obstructive sleep apnoea. Thorax, 65(8), 726-732. [More Information]
  • Chan, A., Lee, R., Srinivasan, V., Darendeliler, M., Cistulli, P. (2010). Use of flow-volume curves to predict oral appliance treatment outcome in obstructive sleep apnea: a prospective validation study. Sleep and Breathing, Online, 1-6. [More Information]
  • Lee, R., Chan, A., Grunstein, R., Cistulli, P. (2009). Craniofacial phenotyping in obstructive sleep apnea--a novel quantitative photographic approach. Sleep, 32(1), 37-45. [More Information]
  • Chan, A., Lee, R., Srinivasan, V., Darendeliler, M., Grunstein, R., Cistulli, P. (2009). Nasopharyngoscopic evaluation of oral appliance therapy for obstructive sleep apnoea. European Respiratory Journal, , 1-29. [More Information]
  • Chan, A., Cistulli, P. (2009). Oral appliance treatment of obstructive sleep apnea: an update. Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, 15(6), 591-596. [More Information]
  • Lee, R., Petocz, P., Prvan, T., Chan, A., Grunstein, R., Cistulli, P. (2009). Prediction of obstructive sleep apnea with craniofacial photographic analysis. Sleep, 32(1), 46-52. [More Information]
  • Chan, A., Lee, R., Cistulli, P. (2008). Non-positive airway pressure modalities: mandibular advancement devices/positional therapy. Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society, 5(2), 179-184. [More Information]

2012

  • Cistulli, P., Sutherland, K., Chan, A. (2012). Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Oral Appliances. In M Safwan Badr (Eds.), Essentials of Sleep Medicine: An approach for Clinical Pulmonology, (pp. 155-174). New York: Humana Press.

2011

  • Sutherland, K., Deane, S., Chan, A., Schwab, R., Ng, A., Darendeliler, M., Cistulli, P. (2011). Comparative Effects of Two Oral Appliances on Upper Airway Structure in Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Sleep, 34(4), 469-477. [More Information]

2010

  • Chan, A., Phillips, C., Cistulli, P. (2010). Obstructive sleep apnoea - an update. Internal Medicine Journal, 40(2), 102-106. [More Information]
  • Lee, R., Sutherland, K., Chan, A., Zeng, B., Grunstein, R., Darendeliler, M., Schwab, R., Cistulli, P. (2010). Relationship between surface facial dimensions and upper airway structures in obstructive sleep apnea. Sleep, 33(9), 1249-1254. [More Information]
  • Chan, A., Sutherland, K., Schwab, R., Zeng, B., Petocz, P., Lee, R., Darendeliler, M., Cistulli, P. (2010). The effect of mandibular advancement on upper airway structure in obstructive sleep apnoea. Thorax, 65(8), 726-732. [More Information]
  • Chan, A., Lee, R., Srinivasan, V., Darendeliler, M., Cistulli, P. (2010). Use of flow-volume curves to predict oral appliance treatment outcome in obstructive sleep apnea: a prospective validation study. Sleep and Breathing, Online, 1-6. [More Information]

2009

  • Lee, R., Chan, A., Cistulli, P. (2009). Clinical Approach to Diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea. In Gilles Lavigne, Peter Cistulli, Michael Smith (Eds.), Sleep Medicine for Dentists: A Practical Overview, (pp. 53-59). Hanover Park, IL: Quintessence.
  • Lee, R., Chan, A., Grunstein, R., Cistulli, P. (2009). Craniofacial phenotyping in obstructive sleep apnea--a novel quantitative photographic approach. Sleep, 32(1), 37-45. [More Information]
  • Chan, A., Lee, R., Srinivasan, V., Darendeliler, M., Grunstein, R., Cistulli, P. (2009). Nasopharyngoscopic evaluation of oral appliance therapy for obstructive sleep apnoea. European Respiratory Journal, , 1-29. [More Information]
  • Chan, A., Cistulli, P. (2009). Oral appliance treatment of obstructive sleep apnea: an update. Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, 15(6), 591-596. [More Information]
  • Chan, A., Lee, R., Lavigne, G., Cistulli, P. (2009). Pathophysiology of Obstructive Sleep Apnea. In Gilles Lavigne, Peter Cistulli, Michael Smith (Eds.), Sleep Medicine for Dentists: A Practical Overview, (pp. 41-46). Hanover Park, IL: Quintessence.
  • Lee, R., Petocz, P., Prvan, T., Chan, A., Grunstein, R., Cistulli, P. (2009). Prediction of obstructive sleep apnea with craniofacial photographic analysis. Sleep, 32(1), 46-52. [More Information]
  • Chan, A., Lee, R., Cistulli, P. (2009). Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders. In Gilles Lavigne, Peter Cistulli, Michael Smith (Eds.), Sleep Medicine for Dentists: A Practical Overview, (pp. 35-40). Hanover Park, IL: Quintessence.

2008

  • Chan, A., Lee, R., Cistulli, P. (2008). Non-positive airway pressure modalities: mandibular advancement devices/positional therapy. Proceedings of the American Thoracic Society, 5(2), 179-184. [More Information]
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