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Roberta Leu, MD
Director of Sleep Medicine for Emory & Children’s Pediatric Institute Medical Director of the Egleston Sleep Lab
Assistant Professor, Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics
Roberta Leu, MD, is the Director of Sleep Medicine for the Emory & Children’s Pediatric Institute. In this role, she has developed specialized sleep services to optimize the management of sleep disorders in children. These programs include a Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) Compliance Program, Refractory Obstructive Sleep Apnea After Tonsillectomy & Adenoidectomy Clinic, Autism Sleep Clinic and improving insomnia treatment with the cooperation of behavioral sleep therapy.
Dr. Leu is also part of the Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Diaphragm Pacing Program for managing sleep-related hypoventilation in children with congenital central hypoventilation syndrome.
Publications
- Farrell A.N., Landry A.M., Yee M.E., Leu R.M., & Goudy S.L. (2019) Sensorineural hearing loss in children with sickle cell disease. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 118, 110-114. doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2018.12.002
- Farrell A.N., Goudy SL, Yee M.E., Leu R.M., & Landry A.M. (2018) Adenotonsillectomy in children with sickle cell disease and obstructive sleep apnea. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 111, 158-161. doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2018.05.034
- Leu R.M. (2015) Sleep-related breathing disorders and the Chiari 1 malformation.
- Chest, 148(5), 1346-1352. doi: 10.1378/chest.14-3090. Review.
- Bassell J.L., Phan H., Leu R., Kronk R., & Visootsak J. (2015) Sleep profiles in children with Down syndrome. American Journal of Medical Genetics 167A(8), 1830-5. doi: 10.1002
- Veatch O.J., Pendergast J.S., Allen M.J., Leu R.M., Johnson C.H., Elsea S.H., & Malow B.A. (2015) Genetic variation in melatonin pathway enzymes in children with autism spectrum disorder and comorbid sleep onset delay. Journal of Autism Developmental Disorders, 45(1), 100-10. doi: 10.1007/s10803-014-2197-4
- Riar S.K., Leu R.M., Turner-Green T.C., Rye D.B., Kendrick-Allwood S.R., McCracken C., Bliwise D.L., & Greenbaum L.A. (2013) Restless legs syndrome in children with chronic kidney disease. Pediatric Nephrology, 28(5), 773-95. doi: 10.1007/s00467-013-2408-9
- Leu R.M., Beyderman L., Botzolakis E.J., Surdyka K., Wang L., & Malow B.A. (2011) Relation of melatonin to sleep architecture in children with autism. Journal of Autism Developmental Disorders, 41(4), 427-33. doi: 10.1007/s10803-010-1072-1
- Mongan N.P., Jääskeläinen J., Bhattacharyya S., Leu R.M., & Hughes I.A. (2003) Steroid receptor coactivator-3 glutamine repeat polymorphism and the androgen insensitivity syndrome. European Journal of Endocrinology, 148(2), 277-9.