Sleep Disorders Program

About

John Fleetham, MD

Dr. John Fleetham graduated from the University of London in 1972. He received his postgraduate training in the UK, Kingston, Ontario and Winnipeg, Manitoba and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada in Internal Medicine and Respiratory Medicine in 1978.

He has practised respiratory medicine and sleep disorder medicine since coming to Vancouver in 1981. Dr. Fleetham has been a UBC Professor of Medicine for the last 12 years. He is the founder and Co-Director of the Vancouver Acute Sleep Disorder Program. He received the Vancouver Hospital award for Clinical Renown in 1998 and was the UBC Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Clinical Medical Lecturer in 2000. He has published over 100 articles and 15 book chapters, and the majority of these have been on different aspects of sleep disordered breathing.

Selected Publications:

• Fleetham JA. Sleep disordered breathing awoken. Thorax, 59:5-6, 2004.

• Fleetham JA. Is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease related to sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome? Am J Respir Crit Care Med 167: 3-4, 2003.
• Fleetham J.A. Is sleep disordered breathing associated with increased mortality? Thorax 53:627-628, 1998.
• Ferguson, K.A., Ono, T., Lowe, A.A., Keenan, S.P., Love, L.L., Wiggs, B. and Fleetham, J.A. A randomized cross-over study of an oral appliance and nCPAP in obstructive sleep apnea patients. Chest 109:1269-75, 1996.