Dr. Caroline Okorie is board certified in Sleep Medicine, Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine and Pediatrics. She is a Clinical Associate Professor at Stanford Children’s Health. She obtained her Medical Degree and Master’s in Public Health at the University of Arizona before going on to a residency and chief residency in pediatrics at Oregon Health & Science University. She completed both her Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine and Sleep Medicine fellowships at Stanford Medicine. Her clinical interests include management of insomnia, parasomnias as well as sleep disordered breathing. She is also building expertise in integrative medicine and plans to use this to encourage patients and families to consider integrative and holistic approaches to improve sleep health and quality of life. Outside of work, she enjoys reading and is hoping to get back into writing. She loves everything tennis and strolling through nature. She adores any type of good music and is always open to recommendations. Contact Information: email: cokorie@gmail.com Twitter: @OkorieMD At the salon: Dr. Okorie briefly reviewed some principles of sleep, including why we sleep and consequences of poor sleep. She addressed insomnia and contributing factors to it. She reviewed some ideas about how to prevent and treat insomnia. She also included a discussion about some integrative medicine practices that support healthy sleep.
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