Jeffrey Ellenbogen, MMSc, MD
PHYSICIAN | SCIENTIST
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Medical Director, tele Neurology Clinics (t|N|C)
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Neurology, board certified, fellowship trained
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Sleep Medicine, board certified, fellowship trained
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Wilderness Medicine, fellowship trained
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Volunteer firefighter / water and mountain rescue
Experience
Ellenbogen Scientific, LLC
2012-present
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President, Ellenbogen Scientific, LLC
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Medical Director, tele Neurology Clinics (t|N|C)
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2019-2022
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Vice Chair of Neurology
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Associate Professor of Neurology, and of Military and Emergency Medicine
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Research: sound and sleep
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Clinic: sleep, and neurology (including blast-related TBI), and vestibular disorders at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
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Teaching: neurology (e.g., headache); combat medicine; dive medicine
Johns Hopkins University (JHU)
2013-2018
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Assistant Professor of Neurology
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Research: impact of sound and noise on sleep and health
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Clinic: sleep and neurology
Harvard Medical School (HMS)
2007-2013
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Assistant Professor of Neurology
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Division Chief and Lab Director, Sleep Medicine, Mass General Hospital
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Research: sound and sleep
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Clinic: neurology and sleep medicine
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Teaching: Neurobiology of Sleep (at Harvard College)
Education
Harvard Medical School
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Postdoctoral fellowship
Sleep, Circadian, and Respiratory Neurobiology
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Masters in Medical Science (MMsc)
Scholars in Clinicil Science Program
University of Pennsylvania
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Fellowship, Clinical Neuro-Electrophysiology
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Residency, Neurology
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Internship, Internal Medicine
Tufts University
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Medical Doctor (MD)
University of Michigan
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Bachelor of arts (BA), with high distinction
The History of Art
Media Relations
"Jeffrey Ellenbogen on Sleep and Sound"
White noise is becoming a popular tool to help people relax or fall asleep. Jeffrey Ellenbogen joined CBS News to explain what white noise is and how it can help with relaxation.
“The Science of Sleep.”
“…an Army veteran of two tours in Iraq wears an EEG cap as he sleeps with his therapy dog, Olive. He’s part of a study by Jeffrey Ellenbogen…that explores how companionship and the sounds a sleeper is exposed to affect recovery from trauma."
"Neurologist Jeffrey Ellenbogen Talks Sleep on WUTB"
When you go to sleep, brain makes a drastic and remarkable shift in physiology. Guide that process and you're on your way to a great night's sleep.
"Sleep Specialist Jeffrey Ellenbogen Discusses Sounds and Sleep with NPR"
Sleep is symphony -- evolving over time, telling a story in signals. Knowing that code will help people sleep in noisy environments, like the hospital.
"Neil deGrasse Tyson Visits the Lab of Jeffrey Ellenbogen"
Jeff Ellenbogen studies how sleep can boost high-performance skills like surgery. Neil deGrasse Tyson, the host of NOVA ScienceNOW, visits Ellenbogen's lab and takes a stab at laparoscopic surgery.
Publications
For an expanded list of publications on Pubmed, click here.
Ellenbogen JM. Wind turbine noise and sleep. Sleep. 2022.
Goldstein JN, Ellenbogen JM. Emergency Neurology. Seminars in Neurology. 2019.
Fogarty AE, Guay, CS, Simoneau G, Colorado BS, Segal GR, Werner JK, Ellenbogen JM. Head Motion Predicts Transient Loss of Consciousness in Human Head Trauma a Case-Control Study of Mixed Martial Artists. American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2019.
Gottlieb DJ, Ellenbogen JM, Bianchi MT, Czeisler CA. Sleep deficiency and motor vehicle crash risk in the general population: a prospective cohort study. BMC Medicine. 2018.
Akeju O, Hobbs LE, Gao L, Burns SM, Pavone KJ, Plummer GS, Walsh GS, Houle TT, Kim SE, Bianchi MT, Ellenbogen JM, Brown EN. Dexmedetomidine promotes biomimetic non-rapid eye movement stage 3 sleep in humans: A pilot study. Clinical Neurophysiology. 2017.
Guay CS, Ellenbogen JM. Emergency Sleep Medicine. Seminars in Neurology. 2017.
Prerau MJ, Bianchi MT, Brown RE, Ellenbogen JM, Patrick PL. Sleep neurophysiologic dynamics through the lens of multitaper spectral analysis. Physiology. 2017.
Ellenbogen JM. Sleepiness. Seminars in Neurology. 2016
Prerau MJ, Hartnack KE, Obregon-Henao G, Sampson A, Merlino M, Gannon K, Bianchi MT, Ellenbogen JM, Purdon PL. Tracking the Sleep Onset Process: An Empirical Model of Behavioral and Physiological Dynamics. PLOS Computational Biology. 2014
Ellenbogen JM. Noise-induced sleep deprivation: Toward sleeping soundly on noisy nights. In: Bianchi MT. Sleep Deprivation: Effects on Mind, Body, and Disease. Springer New York Heidelberg Dordrecht London; 2013.
Babadi B*, McKinney SM*, Tarokh V, Ellenbogen JM. Data-Driven Bayesian Algorithm for Sleep Spindle Detection (DiBa). IEEE Transactions in Biomedical Engineering. 2012;59(2):483-93.
Buxton OM*, Ellenbogen JM* (co-first author), Wang W, Carballeira A, O’Connor S, Cooper D, Gordhandas AJ, McKinney SM, Solet JM. Sleep Disruption Due to Hospital Noises: A Prospective Evaluation. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2012; 157:170-179.
Ellenbogen JM. Pace-Schott EF. Drug-induced sleep: Theoretical and practical considerations. Pflugers Archiv – European Journal of Physiology. 2012;463(1):177-186.
McKinney SM, Dang-Vu TT, Buxton OM, Solet JM, Ellenbogen JM. Covert waking brain activity reveals instantaneous sleep depth. PLoS One. 2011;6:e17351.
Dang-Vu TT, McKinney SM, Buxton OM, Solet JM, Ellenbogen JM. Spontaneous brain rhythms predict sleep stability in the face of noise. Current Biology. 2010;20:R626-R627.
Ellenbogen JM, Hu PT, Payne JD, Titone D, Walker MP. Human relational memory requires time and sleep. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, U S A (PNAS). 2007;104:7723-8.
Ellenbogen JM, Hulbert JC, Stickgold R, Dinges DF, Stickgold R, Thompson-Schill SL. Interfering with theories of sleep and memory: Sleep, declarative memory and associative interference. Current Biology. 2006;16:1290-1294
Ellenbogen JM, Payne JD, Stickgold R. The role of sleep in declarative memory consolidation: passive, permissive or active or none? Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 2006;16:716-22.
Ellenbogen JM. Cognitive benefits of sleep, and their loss due to sleep deprivation. Neurology. 2005;64:E25-7.
Stickgold and Ellenbogen. Quiet! Sleeping Brain At Work
Ellenbogen et al. Penetrating Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Sleep and Memory
Proceedings of the
National Academy of Science
Knock out strikes in MMA