Pulmonary Medicine

Narong Simakajornboon, MD

Title

Director, Sleep Disorders Center

Director, Sleep Medicine Fellowship Training Program

Appointment

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Email

narong.simakajornboon@cchmc.org

Phone

513-636-6771

Fax

513-636-4615

Credentials

MD: Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand, 1992.

Residency: Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, MI.

Fellowship: Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.

Awards and Honors

Best Doctors of America, 2003-present.
Young Investigator Award, 18th Annual Conference on Sleep Disorders in Infant and Childhood, Annenber Center for Heath Science, CA.
Sheldon Brenner Resident Research Award, Children's Hospital of Michigan.

Research

Effect of nicotine exposure on the developing brainstem

Publications, Most Recent

Naqvi SK, Sotelo C, Murry L, Simakajornboon N. Sleep architecture in children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis and the association with severity of lung disease.Sleep Breath 2008;12:77-83.

Simakajornboon N. Periodic limb movement disorder in children.Paediatr Respir Rev 2006;7(Suppl 1):S55-7.

Simakajornboon N, Kuptanon T. Maturational changes in neuromodulation of central pathways mediating hypoxic ventilatory response.Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2005;149(1-3):273-86.

Baber SR, Li H, Simakajornboon N, Kadowitz PJ, Ross-Ascuitto NT, Ascuitto RJ. Analysis of pulmonary vascular response to acute alveolar hypoxic challenge in young rabbits subjected to chronic hypoxia from birth.J Cardiovas Pharmacol 2005;45(5):431-8.

Presentations, Most Recent

Simakajornboon N, Jirapongsuwan P, and Reeves S . Effect of prenatal nicotine exposure on biphasic ventilatory response in developing mice. Poster presentation, American Thoracic Society, May 2007, San Francisco CA

Phromchairak J and Simakajornboon N. Sleep-disordered breathing in infants with Pierre-Robin Sequence. Sleep 2007, 30:A82. Poster presentation, SLEEP 2007, Associated Professional Sleep Societies, June 2007, Minneapolis MN

Ednick M, Tinkle BT, Phromchairak J, Egelhoff J, Amin R and Simakajornboon N. Sleep-related respiratory abnormalities in infants less than three months of age with achondroplasia. Poster presentation, American Thoracic Society, May 2008, Toronto Canada

Bhattacharjee R, Kheirandish-Gozal L, Phromchairak J, Simakajornboon N, Splaingard D, Splaingard M aned Gozal D. Determinants of adenotonsillectomy outcomes in treatment of obstructive sleep apnea in children: A multicenter retrospective study. Sleep 2008; 31:A59. Poster presentation, SLEEP 2008, Associated Professional Sleep Societies, Baltimore MD, June 2008

Apiwattanasawee P, Byars K, Phromchairak J, Leejakpai A, Tangchigtyongsiva S and Simakajornboon N. Coexisting behavioral sleep problems in children refered for evaluation of obstructive sleep apnea. Sleep 2008; 31:A59. Poster presentation, SLEEP 2008, Associated Professional Sleep Societies, Baltimore MD, June 2008

Pham C, Thammasitboon S and Simakajornboon N. Impaired subjective sleep perception in COPD patients with obstructive sleep apnea. Sleep 2008; 31:A164. Poster presentation, SLEEP 2008, Associated Professional Sleep Societies, Baltimore MD, June 2008