Dr. Ana C. Krieger is the Medical Director of the Weill Cornell Center for Sleep Medicine. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, with concurrent appointments in the Departments of Medicine and Neurology . She is a specialist in Sleep Medicine, certified by the American Board of Sleep Medicine.
Dr. Krieger holds board certification in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases, and Critical Care Medicine. She is a faculty member in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College and an Assistant Attending at New York PresbyterianHospital/WeillCornell Medical Center.
Over the past 14 years, Dr. Krieger has been actively involved in patient care, in the training of sleep specialists, and in sleep disorders education. Besides her clinical activities, Dr.Krieger is the principal investigator on NIH-sponsored translational research projects investigating the mechanisms of cardiovasculardisease and thrombosisin sleep apnea.
Dr. Krieger is the President of the NorthEast Sleep Society and a Robert Wood Johnson Scholar. She is an active member of several medical societies and regularly contributesto efforts aiming at achieving public awareness of sleep problems and a better understanding of their multifaceted consequences and treatment alternatives. She is a Fellow and Health Policy Advisor at the New York Academy of Medicine.
Education and Post-Doctoral Training:
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, M.D.
New York University, M.P.H.
Internal Medicine Residency at University of Chicago Hospitals
Critical Care Fellowship at Finch University of Health Sciences
Pulmonary Medicine Fellowship at New York University of Medicine
Sleep Medicine Fellowship at New York University School of Medicine
