Curriculum Vitae
Education
1978‑1982 Ph.D., Experimental Psychology, Yeshiva University, New York, N.Y.
1977‑1978 M.S., Developmental Psychology, Yeshiva University, New York, N.Y.
1969‑1974 B.A., Psychology, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
Professional Experience
1996-Present Forensic Consultant/Expert Witness, Pressman Sleep & Science
Forensics LLC
2014-2020 Staff, Sleep Disorders Center at the Lankenau Medical Center
Wynnewood, Pennsylvania - Sleep Disorders Center, Mainline
Health System Ambulatory, Medicine Center, Lawrence Park Shopping Center, Broomall, PA
1998-2013 Director, Sleep Medicine Services of Mainline Health System, Division
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine,
- Sleep Disorders Center at the Lankenau Medical Center and Institute
For Medical Research, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania
- Sleep Disorders Center, Mainline Health System Ambulatory
Medicine Center, Lawrence Park Shopping Center, Broomall, PA
1989‑1998 Associate Director, Sleep Disorders Center, Section of Sleep Medicine,
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, The Lankenau Hospital and Medical Research Center, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania
1986‑1989 Research Director, Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Neurology,
The Medical College of Pennsylvania at Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1981‑1986 Co‑Director, Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Neurology, The Medical College of Pennsylvania at Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric
Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1977‑1981 Investigator and Research Assistant, Sleep‑Wake Disorders
Center, Department of Neurology, Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, N.Y.
1980‑1981 Chief Technician, Clinical Evoked Response Lab, Department of Neurology, Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, N.Y.
1978‑1979 Chief Technician, Program for the Evaluation of Erectile Dysfunction, Sleep‑Wake Disorders Center, Dept. of Neurology, Montefiore Hospital, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, N.Y.
Faculty and Staff Appointments
1998-Present Clinical Professor of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas
Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
1989‑present Clinical Professor, Lankenau Institute For Medical Research,
Wynnewood, PA
1989‑Present Specified Health Professional (previously Allied Medical Staff), Section
of Sleep Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine and Department of Psychiatry, The Lankenau Hospital and Medical Research Ctr., Wynnewood, PA
-1998 Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas
Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
1986-1989 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, The Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1985‑1989 Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, The Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1981‑1985 Instructor, Department of Neurology, The Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Visiting / Adjunct Appointments
2010- Present Adjunct Professor, Villanova School of Law, Villanova, Pennsylvania
Course: “Law and Psychology “
2003 Visiting Professor, Department of Psychology, Villanova University,
Villanova, Pennsylvania Course: “Sleep and Dreams”
Professional Certifications
1982‑present Diplomat, American Board of Sleep Medicine (#61)
(Previously "Accredited Clinical Polysomnographer")
1989‑present Licensed Psychologist, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Society Memberships
Fellow, American Academy of Sleep Medicine (1982-present)
Sleep Research Society
Member, American Psychological Association
Division 38: Health Psychology
Division 41: American Psychology – Law Society
Editorial Activities
Peer Reviewer For The Following Journals:
Sleep Biological Psychiatry
American Journal of Psychiatry Journal of Abnormal Psychology
Psychophysiology Applied and Preventive Psychology
Clinical Psychology Reviews New England Journal of Medicine
American Journal of Respiratory and Journal of Sleep Research
Critical Care Medicine CNS Spectrum
Sleep Medicine Reviews Sleep Medicine
Brain Neurology
Journal of Clinical Psychiatry Journal of Forensic Sciences
JABFM (Journal of the American Neurology, Psychiatry and Brain
Board of Family Medicine) Research
Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology Behavioral Neurology
Neurotherapeutics International Journal of Law and
Stroke Psychiatry
Circulation
Other Professional Activities
a. The Clinical Use of the Multiple Sleep Latency Test, 1991-92
b. The Use of Portable Monitoring in the Assessment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea, 1992-94
c. Recording and Scoring Leg Movements, 1993
6. Consultant, Sleep Atlas Task Force, American Sleep Disorders Association, 1990-92
7. Member, Advisory Committee on “Other Sleep-related Medical Disorders”. To the Diagnostic Classification Steering Committee of the American Sleep Disorders Association, 1992
8. Faculty, National Sleep Medicine Course. American Sleep Disorders Association, 1993-19
-Lecturer in Analysis and Interpretation of Sleep Studies
-Basics of Rechtshaffen and Kales Sleep Scoring
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Doctoral Thesis
Pressman MR. Psychophysiological correlates of normal and pathological daytime sleepiness. Doctoral thesis, Yeshiva University, New York, N.Y. January 1982.
Publications
Books
Pressman MR, Orr WC (eds). Understanding Sleep: The Evaluation and Treatment of Sleep Disorders, Applications and Practice in Health Psychology, Volume 4, Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association, 1997: 1-566.
Pressman MR. Primer of Polysomnogram Interpretation. Boston: Butterworth/Heinemann, 2002: 1-212.
Pressman MR (ed.) Parasomnias, Sleep Medicine Clinics, Volume 6, Number 4, Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 2011.
Pressman MR. "Sleepwalking, Criminal Behavior, and Reliable Scientific Evidence:: A Guide for Expert Witnesses, American Psychological Association, May 2018
Articles, Reviews, Editorials
Pressman MR. Beta waves. Sleep Watchers, 1979;2(2):3-4.
Pressman MR. CVA in sleep. Sleep Watchers, 1979;2(3):6-7.
Pressman MR. Spielman AJ, Pollak CP, Weitzman ED. Long latency auditory evoked responses during sleep deprivation and in narcolepsy. Sleep 1982; 5:S147‑S156.
Pressman MR. Differential diagnosis of impotence. Physician & Patient, January 1984; 71-72.
Fry JM, Pressman MR. The differential diagnosis of disorders of excessive somnolence. Philadelphia Medicine 1984;80:57‑59.
Pressman MR, Spielman AJ, Korczyn A, Rubinstein A, Pollak CP, Weitzman ED. Patterns of daytime sleepiness in narcoleptics and normals: A pupillometric study. Electroencephalography Clinical Neurophysiology 1984; 57:129‑133.
Pressman MR (ed.) Sleep and sleep disorders. Clinical Psychology Reviews 1986;6:1‑140.
Pressman MR. Sleep and sleep disorders: An introduction. Clinical Psychology Reviews 1986;6:1‑9.
Fry JM, Pressman MR, DiPhillipo MA, Forst‑Paulus M. The treatment of narcolepsy with codeine. Sleep 1986; 9(1,part 2):269‑274.
Spielman AJ, Adler JM, Glovinsky PB, Pressman MR, Thorpy MJ, Ellman SJ, Ackerman KD. Dynamics of REM sleep in narcolepsy. Sleep 1986;9(1, part 2):175‑182.
Pressman MR, DiPhillipo MA, Fry JM. Senile miosis: The possible contribution of disordered sleep and daytime sleepiness. Journal of Gerontology 1986;41(5):629‑634.
Pressman MR, DiPhillipo MA, Kendrick J, Conroy K, Fry JM. Problems in the interpretation of nocturnal penile tumescence (NPT) studies: Disruption of sleep by occult sleep disorders. Journal of Urology 1986;136:595‑598.
Pressman MR, DiPhillipo MA, Forst‑Paulus M, Fry JM. The effects of low dose naloxone on subjective alertness and pupil diameter in normals and narcoleptics. Clinical Neuropharmacology 1986;9(5):464‑468.
Pressman MR, Fry JM. What is normal sleep in the elderly? In: Kaye DM, Posner J (eds.) Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, W.B. Saunders, and Philadelphia 4(1):71‑82, 1988.
Pressman MR. Interpreting the polysomnogram: 10 questions to consider concerning nocturnal REM sleep latency. APSS Newsletter 1989; 4(3):9-15.
Pressman MR, Fry JM. Relationship of autonomic nervous system activity to daytime sleepiness and prior sleep. Sleep 1989;12(3):239‑245.
Fry JM, DiPhillipo MA, Pressman MR. Periodic leg movements in sleep following treatment of obstructive sleep apnea with nasal continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP). Chest 1989;96(1):89‑91.
Pressman MR, Fry JM, DiPhillipo MA, Durante RD. Avoiding false positive findings in the measurement of nocturnal penile tumescence (NPT): A case report. Urology 1989;39(5):297‑300.
Pressman MR. Interpreting the PSG: Prior sleep, medication and the MSLT. APSS Newsletter 1990; 5(1):13-17.
Pressman MR. (Editorial) Whatever happened to insomnia (and insomnia research?) Am. J. Psychiatry 1991;148:4.
Bonnet M, Carley D, Carskadon M, Easton P, Guilleminault C, Harper R, Hayes B, Hirshkowitz M, Periklis K, Keenan S, Pressman M, Roehrs T, Smith J, Walsh J, Weber S, Westbrook P (Atlas Task Force). EEG arousals: Scoring rules and examples. Sleep 1992;15 (2):173-184.
Thorpy MJ, Mahowald M, Carskadon M, Buysse D, Mitler M, Pressman MR, Westbrook, P, Perez-Guerra, F, Reite M, Ferber R, Frederickson P, Hauri P, Smith P. Indications for the use of the multiple sleep latency test: A review. Sleep, 1992; 15(3):268-76.
Pressman MR. Periodic leg movements in sleep. In: Carskadon M, Rechtshaffen A, Richardson G, Roth T, Siegel J. (eds), Encyclopedia of Sleep and Dreams, MacMillan Publishing Company, 1993: 442-443.
Pressman MR. Pupillometry. In: Carskadon M, Rechtshaffen A, Richardson G, Roth T, Siegel J. (eds), Encyclopedia of Sleep and Dreams, MacMillan Publishing Company, 1993: 489-490.
Pressman MR. Evoked Potentials. In: Carskadon M, Rechtshaffen A, Richardson G, Roth T, Siegel J. (eds), Encyclopedia of Sleep and Dreams, MacMillan Publishing Company, 1993: 229-230.
Pressman MR. Galvanic Skin Responses. In: Carskadon M, Rechtshaffen A, Richardson G, Roth T, Siegel J. (eds), Encyclopedia of Sleep and Dreams, MacMillan Publishing Company, 1993: 260.
Pressman MR. Electrodermal Activity. In: Carskadon M, Rechtshaffen A, Richardson G, Roth T, Siegel J. (eds), Encyclopedia of Sleep and Dreams, MacMillan Publishing Company, 1993: 204-206.
Pressman MR. Brain Mapping. In: Carskadon M, Rechtshaffen A, Richardson G, Roth T, Siegel J. (eds), Encyclopedia of Sleep and Dreams, MacMillan Publishing Company, 1993: 84-85.
Pressman MR, Benz RL, Schleifer CR, Peterson DD. Sleep disordered breathing in end stage renal disease: Acute beneficial effects of treatment with nasal continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP), Kidney International, 1993; 43(5):1134-1139.
Pressman MR. Computers, R & K and sleep staging. APSS Newsletter, 1993; 8(3):39-40.
Pressman MR. Apnea and hypopnea definitions: Do they really matter and what's really important? APSS Newsletter, 8(4):29-31, 1993.
Bonnet M, Carley D, Carskadon M, Easton P, Guilleminault C, Harper R, Hayes B, Hirshkowitz M, Periklis K, Keenan S, Pressman M, Roehrs T, Smith J, Walsh J, Weber S, Westbrook P (Atlas Task Force). Recording and scoring leg movements. Sleep 1993;16:749-759.
Pressman MR. At home in the sleep laboratory. ASDA News 1994;1(1):19.
Ferber R, Millman R, Coppala, Fleetham J, Murray CF, Iber C, McCall V, Nino-Murcia G, Pressman MR, Sanders M, Strohl K, Votteri B, Williams A. Portable recording in the assessment of obstructive sleep apnea. Sleep 1994;17(4):378-392.
Pressman MR. Clinical Corner: Adventures in NCPAP compliance. ASDA News 1994;1(2):21,27.
Pressman MR. Clinical Corner: How bad is 5/hr. of sleep? ASDA Newsletter; 1994;1(3):19.
Pressman MR, Peterson DD, Meyer T, Harkin JP, Gurijala L. Ramp abuse: A novel form of patient noncompliance to administration of nasal continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP) for treatment of obstructive sleep apnea. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 1995;151:1632-1634.
Pressman MR. Clinical Corner: A growing awareness of sleep apnea. ASDA News 1995; 2(2):23.
Pressman MR, Meyer TJ, Kendrick-Mohamed J, Figueroa WG, Greenspon LW, Peterson DD. Night terrors in an adult precipitated by sleep apnea. Sleep, 1995;18(9):773-775.
Pressman MR, Schetman W, Figueroa WG, Van Uitert B, Caplan H, Peterson DD. Transient ischemic attacks (TIA) and minor stroke during sleep: Relationship to obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSA). Stroke, 1995;26:2361-2365.
Pressman MR. Clinical Corner: Why do they call it a K-complex, anyway? ASDA News, 1996: 2(3):13,29.
Pressman MR, Figueroa WG, Kendrick-Mohamed J, Greenspon LW, Peterson DD. Nocturia: Common and rarely recognized symptom of sleep apnea and other occult sleep disorders. Archives of Internal Medicine, 1996;156:545-550.
Pressman MR. The roots of denial. ASDA News, 1996, 3(1):17, 20.
Pressman MR. Normal Sleep: Quality and Architecture. Up To Date In Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, 4(3), 1996.
Pressman MR. Sleep deprivation and daytime sleepiness. Up To Date In Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, 4(3), 1996.
Pressman MR, Orr WC. Introduction. In: Pressman MR, Orr WC (eds). ). Understanding Sleep: The Evaluation and Treatment of Sleep Disorders, Applications and Practice in Health Psychology, Volume 4, American Psychological Association, 1997: 1-8.
Pressman MR, Gollomp S, Benz RL, Peterson DD. Sleep and sleep disorders in noncardiopulmonary medical disorders. In: Pressman MR, Orr WC (eds). ). Understanding Sleep: The Evaluation and Treatment of Sleep Disorders, Applications and Practice in Health Psychology, Volume 4, American Psychological Association, 1997: 371-384.
Pressman MR, Meyer TM, Peterson DD, Greenspon. LW, Figueroa WF. Effects of hospitalization, surgery and anesthesia on sleep and biological rhythms. In: Pressman MR, Orr WC (eds). ). Understanding Sleep: The Evaluation and Treatment of Sleep Disorders, Applications and Practice in Health Psychology, Volume 4, American Psychological Association, 1997: 385-400.
Meyer TM, Pressman MR, Benditt J, McCool FD, Millman RP, Natarajan R, Hill NS. Air leaking through the mask during nocturnal nasal ventilation: Effect on sleep quality. Sleep 1997;20(7):561-569.
Lazowick, D, Meyer TJ, Pressman MR, Peterson DD. Orbital herniation associated with noninvasive positive pressure ventilation. Chest, 1998; 113(3):841-843.
Benz RL, Pressman MR, Hovick, E., Peterson DD. A preliminary study of the effects of correction of anemia with recombinant human erythropoietin therapy on sleep, sleep disorders and daytime sleepiness in hemodialysis patients (The SLEEPO Study), American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 1999; 34(6):1089-1095.
Benz RL, Pressman MR, Hovick, E., Peterson DD. Potential novel predictors of increased mortality in end stage renal disease patients with sleep disorders, American Journal of Kidney Disease, 2000, 35(6), 1052-1060.
Benz RL, Pressman MR. Sleep disorders. In: Daugirdas JT, Blake PG, Ing TS (eds.) Handbook of Dialysis (3rd Edition), Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2001: 652-655.
Sharma VK, Galli W, Pressman MR, Stevenson R, Meyer TJ,. Peterson DD,. Zachariah JS, Mercogliano G, Haber A, Greenspon LW. Unexpected risks during administration of Conscious Sedation: Previously undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Annals of Internal Medicine, 2003; 139(8), 707-708.
Pressman MR. Hypersynchronous Delta Sleep EEG Activity And Sudden Arousals from Slow Wave Sleep In Adults Without a History of Parasomnias: Clinical and Forensic implications, Sleep, 2004; 27(4): 706-10.
Pressman MR, Mahowald MW, Schenck CH. Sleep terrors/sleepwalking-Not REM Behavior Disorder. Sleep, 2005; 28(2):278-279.
Pressman MR. Factors that predispose, prime and precipitate NREM parasomnias in adults: Clinical and forensic Implications. Sleep Medicine Reviews 2007; 11(1):5-30.
Pressman MR, Mahowald MW, Schenck CH, Cramer Borneman MA. Sleep science in the courtroom? Comment on cited paper (letter to the editor). Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 2007, 14(2): 108-111.
Pressman MR, Mahowald MW, Schenck CH, Cramer Borneman MA. Sleep science in the courtroom? Further comment (letter to the editor). Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 2007, 14(2): 114-115.
Silber MH, Ancoli-Israel S, Bonnet MH, Chokroverty S, Grigg-Damberger MM, Hirshkowitz M, Kapen S, Keenan SA, Kryger MH, Penzel T, Pressman MR, Iber C. The visual scoring of sleep in adults. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 3(2): 133-146.
Pressman MR, Mahowald MW, Schenck CH, Cramer Bornemann MA. Alcohol-Induced Sleepwalking or Confusional Arousals as a Defense to Criminal Behavior: Review of Scientific Evidence, Methods and Forensic Considerations, Journal of Sleep Research 2007,16(2):198-212.
Pressman MR, Mahowald MW, Cramer Bornemann. Reply to Ebrahim and Fenwick (Letter to Editor). Sleep Medicine Reviews, 2007,11(3), 244-247.
Pressman MR. Response to Rosalind Cartwright’s Letter to Editor. Sleep Medicine Reviews 2007, 11(4): 329-333.
Pressman MR. Disorders of arousal and violence: Role of physical provocation and proximity Sleep, 2007; 30(8): 1038-1047.
Pressman MR. Response to Rosalind Cartwright’s Letter. Sleep Medicine Reviews 2008; 12:80-82.
Pressman MR. Sleep and quality of life in NREM Parasomnias. In: Verster JC (ed) Sleep and Quality of Life in Medical Illness, Totowa, New Jersey, Humana Publishing, 2008; 127-130.
Pressman MR. Sleepwalking. In: Winkleman JW, Henderson JH, Kotagal S, LeeChiong TL, Lichstein KL, Murray BJ, Schenck (eds. Case Book of Sleep Medicine – A learning companion to the International Classification of Sleep Disorders, 2nd ed. Westchester, Illinois: American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 2008: 241-243.
Pressman MR. Sleepwalking and /or alcohol intoxication? In: Winkleman JW, Henderson JH, Kotagal S, LeeChiong TL, Lichstein KL, Murray BJ, Schenck (eds. Case Book of Sleep Medicine – A learning companion to the International Classification of Sleep Disorders, 2nd ed. Westchester, Illinois: American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 2008: 244-247.
Pressman MR. Why has sleepwalking research been “sleepwalking (Editorial) ”? Neurology, 2008;70: 2274–2275
Pressman MR. Diagnostic Tools for Parasomnias. In: Kushida C (ed) Handbook of Sleep Disorders, 2nd edition, Taylor and Francis, 39:507-515, 2008
Pressman MR, Mahowald MW, Schenck CH, Cramer Bornneman MA. No scientific evidence that alcohol causes sleepwalking (Letter to Editor). Journal of Sleep Research 2008; 17: 473-474.
Pressman MR, Mahowald MW, Schenck CH, Cramer Bornemann MA, Zadra A, Pillon M, Montplasir J, Grunstein R, Buchanan P, Tachibana N. Sleep-related automatism and the law (Letter to Editor), Medicine, Science and Law, 2009 49(2): 1-5.
Pressman MR. Sleepwalking Déjà Vu: A commentary on Oudiette et al. “Dreamlike mentations during sleepwalking and sleep terror in adults”. Sleep, 2009;32(12):1542-3
Dogu O, Pressman MR. Identification of Sleepwalking Gene(s), Not Yet, But Maybe Soon, Neurology 2011;76(1):12-3.
Pressman MR, Cramer Bornemann M, Mahowald M. Data does not support conclusion regarding waking activity and Sleepwalking / RBD. Comment on Ouidette et al. Evidence for the Re-Enactment of a Recently Learned Behavior during Sleepwalking., PLoS One. 2011 Mar 21;6(3):e18056
Pressman MR. Sleep and Drug Impaired Driving Overlap Syndrome. In Pressman MR (ed.) Sleep Medicine Clinics, 2011 6(4): 441-446.
Pressman MR. Preface: Common Misconceptions About Sleepwalking. In Pressman MR (ed.) Sleep Medicine Clinics, 2011 6(4): xiii-xvii.
Pressman MR. Sleep Driving and Z-Drugs: Sleepwalking Variant or Sedative-Induced Impaired Driving, Sleep Medicine Reviews, 2011 15:285-292.
Benz RL, Pressman MR, Wu X. Periodic Limb Movements in Sleep Revealed by Treatment of Sleep Apnea with Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in the Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease Population, Clinical Nephrology 2011 76(6): 470-474.
Benz RL, Pressman MR, Iqbal M. Sleep Disorders in Chronic Kidney Disease, 23. In Göoz, M. (ed.) Chronic Kidney Disease 23:385-400; 2011. Intex Open Access, ISBN 978-953-51-0171-0.
Pressman MR. Alcohol Does Not Increase SWS (Letter to the Editor). 2012 2012 Feb 10. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01746.x. [Epub ahead of print]
Pressman MR. How is Slow Wave Sleep Related to Hypertension? (Letter to the Editor). Hypertension, 2012; 59: e10.
Pressman M.R. (2013) Classification of Parasomnias and Diagnostic Criteria. In: Kushida C. (ed.) The Encyclopedia of Sleep, vol. 4, pp. 194-198. Waltham, MA: Academic Press.
Pressman MR, Mahowald MW, Schenck CH, Cramer Bornemann MA, Banerjee D, Buchanan P, Zadra A. Alcohol, sleepwalking and violence: lack of reliable scientific evidence. (Letter to the Editor) Brain; 2013; 136(Pt 2):e229.
Pressman MR. Chapter 36; Complex Behaviors (including violence) in Sleep. In: Chokroverty S, Montagna P, Allen R, Walters A (eds) Sleep and Movement Disorders 2nd Edition, Oxford University Press, 2113; 512-521.
Pressman MR. Nocturnal wandering is not always sleepwalking. (Letter to the editor) Neurology. 2013 Jan 8;80(2):226. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000426160.29253.8a.
Pressman MR, Caudill D. Alcohol-Induced Blackout as a criminal defense or mitigating factor: An Evidence based review and admissibility as scientific evidence, Journal of Forensic Science, 2013: 58(4):932-40.
Pressman MR. Sleepwalking, amnesia, comorbid conditions and triggers: effects of recall and other methodological biases. SLEEP 2013;36(11):1757-1758.
Pressman MR; Mahowald M; Schenck C; Bornemann MC; Banerjee D; Howell M; Buchanan P; Avidan A. Spectral EEG analysis and sleepwalking defense: unreliable scientific evidence. J Clin Sleep Med 2014;10(1):111-112.
Watson C, Pressman M, Weiss K. Sleep disorders and criminal responsibility. Weiss KJ, Watson C (eds). Psychiatric Expert Testimony: Emerging Applications. New York: Oxford University Press 2015:102-121.
Pressman MR, Bornemann MC. The ICSD-3 NREM Parasomnia section is evidence based resulting from International collaboration, consensus and best practices, 2015 J Clinical Sleep Medicine, 11(2):187-8.
Pressman MR. Sleepwalking into a paradigm shift? Sleep Medicine, 2014; 15(12): 141-2.
Pressman MR, Mahowald MW, Schenck CH, Cramer Bornemann MA, Grunstein R, Montplasir J, Zadra A. Alcohol and Sleep Review: Flawed Design, Methods and Statistics Cannot Support Conclusions, Alcoholism: Experimental and Clinical Research, 2015.
Pressman MR, Broughton R. NREM Arousals Parasomnias. In: Chokroverty S and Billiard M, eds. Sleep Medicine: A comprehensive guide to its development, clinical milestones and advances in treatment, 2015, Chapter 44, pp. 375-390.
Pressman M. Forensic Sleep Medicine: Sleepwalking, Automatisms, Scientific Evidence and the Law. In: Sadoff R (ed) Forensic Psychiatry: Past, Present and Future Directions, Oxford University Press, 2015: 221-230.
Benz RL, Pressman MR, Masood I. (2012). Sleep Disorders Associated with Chronic Kidney Disease, Chronic Kidney Disease, Prof. Monika Göőz (Ed.), InTech, DOI: 10.5772/26908. Available from: http://www.intechopen.com/books/chronic-kidney-disease/sleep-disorders-associated-with-chronic-kidney-disease
Pressman MR. Classification of parasomnias and diagnostic criteria. Reference Module in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology NRSM 01241, Elsevier
Caudill D, Pressman MR. Somniloquy as evidence: The recurring appearance of outdated “sleep talk” expertise. Criminal Law Bulletin, 2018.
Pressman M.R. The neurophysiological and neurochemical effects of alcohol on the brain are inconsistent with current evidence based models of
Sleepwalking. Sleep Medicine Reviews 43 (2019) 92-95
Abstracts
Spielman AJ, Pressman MR, Rubenstein M, Lambstein S., Roffwarg H, Pollack CP, Weitzman ED. REM deprivation of narcoleptics. Sleep Research 1979;8:216.
Pressman MR, Spielman AJ, Korcyzn A, Pollack CP, Rubenstein A, Weitzman ED. Pupillary rhythms in normals and narcoleptics throughout the course of a day. Sleep Research 1980;9:218.
Pollak CP, Pressman MR, Appel D, Spielman AJ, Weitzman ED. Sleep apnea in elderly insomniacs. Sleep Research 1981;10:222.
Pressman MR, Spielman AJ, Pollak CP, Weitzman ED. Changes in amplitude of long latency auditory evoked responses during wakefulness herald sleep onset REM periods during naps in narcoleptics. Sleep Research 1982;11:164.
Pressman MR, Spielman AJ, Pollak CP, Weitzman ED. Psychophysiological measures of daytime sleepiness in sleep deprivation and narcolepsy. Sleep Research 1982;11:165.
Wasserman MD, Pressman MR, Pollak CP, Spielman AJ, DeRosario L, Weitzman ED. Nocturnal penile tumescence: Is it really a REM phenomenon? Sleep Research 1982;11:44.
Fry JM, Pressman MR. The treatment of narcolepsy with codeine. Neurology 1983;33(suppl.2):176.
Pressman MR, DiPhillipo MA, Swedlund AC, Fry JM. Physiological correlates of spontaneous and contagious yawning in humans. APSS abstract book, 4th International Congress of Sleep Research, July 1983, Bologna, Italy.
Adler JM, Spielman AJ, Pressman MR, Ackerman KD, Pollak C, Weitzman ED, Rhonda J, Synder M, McGregor P. REM deprivation in narcoleptics and normal controls. Sleep Research 1983;12:218.
Fry JM, Pressman MR, DiPhillipo MA. A polysomnographic study of restless legs syndrome. Sleep Research 1984;13:93.
Pressman MR, DiPhillipo MA, Fry JM. Pupillary miosis in the elderly: The contribution of disordered sleep and daytime sleepiness. Sleep Research 1985;14:77.
Fry JM, Pressman MR. Postponement of night terrors to end of sleep period with a short‑acting benzodiazepine. Sleep Research 1985;14:31.
Holzer BC, Pressman MR, Fry JM. REM sleep and slow wave sleep rebound with nasal CPAP treatment of sleep apnea. Sleep Research 1985;14:165.
Fry JM, Forst‑Paulus M, Pressman MR. Initial experience with sleep restriction therapy for insomnia. Sleep Research 1985;12:155.
Pressman MR, DiPhillipo MA, Fry JM. Sleep disorders and the interpretation of nocturnal penile tumescence studies. Sleep Research 1985;14:22.
Brown LW, Pressman MR, Fry JM. Sleep disorders and the child neurologist: Experience in a sleep disorders center. Ann Neurol 1986;20:430-31.
Fry JM, Piccarielo M, Manzone T, Pressman MR. Obesity and oxygen saturation in sleep apnea syndrome. Sleep Research 1987;16:332.
DiPhillipo MA, Pressman MR, Fry JM. Treatment of obstructive sleep apnea in 100 patients by nasal continuous positive airway pressure. Sleep Research 1987;16:326.
Fry JM, Pressman MR, DiPhillipo MA. Alpha‑Delta sleep and disorders of excessive somnolence (DOES). Sleep Research 1987;16:333.
DiPhillipo MA, Pressman MR, Fry JM. Disruption of sleep by previously occult periodic leg movements in sleep following successful treatment of sleep apnea syndrome with nasal CPAP. Sleep Research 1987;16:325.
Pressman MR, Fry JM. Computed EEG topography of human sleep spindles. Sleep Research 1987;16:27.
Pressman MR, Fry JM. Autonomic nervous system and alertness: Relationship of prior night's sleep to pupil light reflex. Sleep Research 1988;17:25.
DiPhillipo MA, Fry JM, Pressman MR. Objective measurement of daytime sleepiness following treatment of obstructive sleep apnea with nasal CPAP. Sleep Research 1988;17:167.
Durante RT, Pressman MR, DiPhillipo MA, Fry JM. Changes in nocturnal penile tumescence (NPT) during nasal CPAP treatment for obstructive sleep apnea. Sleep Research 1988;17:172.
Hertz G, Spielman AJ, Hakarem G, Pressman MR. Pupillometry and MSLT: Effects of napping on pupil indicators of sleepiness. Sleep Research 1988;17:22.
Pressman MR, Fry JM. Relationship of prior night's sleep to waking autonomic nervous system activity measured by pupil light reflex. Sleep Research 1989;18:36.
Pressman MR, Greenspon AJ, Greenspon LW, Figueroa WG, Peterson DD. 1,665 episodes of sinus arrest and AV block in a single night of sleep in a nonapneic, otherwise healthy 21 yrs. old athlete, Sleep Research 1992;21:40.
Pressman MR, Benz RL, Peterson DD, Schleifer, CL. Successful NCPAP treatment of central and mixed sleep apnea in end stage renal disease, Sleep Research 1992;21:250.
Peterson DD, Pressman MR, Figueroa WG, Greenspon LW, Smith B, Jakubowski G, Kendrick-Mohammed J. Extensive slow wave sleep (SWS) rebound at the end of hospitalization, Sleep Research 1992;21:122.
Benz RL, Pressman MR, Schleifer CR, Peterson DD. Sleep Disorders Profiles in Chronic Renal Failure (CRF) patients: Successful intervention with Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (NCPAP). Oral presentation to the National Kidney Foundation, March 1993.
Benz RL, Pressman MR, Schleifer CR, Peterson DD. Successful continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP) therapy in sleep disorders of chronic renal failure (CRF) patients. Oral presentation at the 39th ASAIO annual meeting, May 1993.
Benz RL, Pressman MR, Schleifer CR, Peterson DD. Diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders in chronic renal failure (CRF) patients. Poster presentation at International Congress of Nephrology, Jerusalem, Israel, June, 1993.
Pressman MR, Marinchak RA, Kowey PR, Peterson DD. Polysomnographic and electrocardiographic findings in a sudden unexplained nocturnal death syndrome (SUNDS) survivor. Sleep Research 1993;23:313.
Pressman MR, Figueroa WG, Kendrick-Mohamed J, Smith BM, Jakubowski G, Greenspon LW, Peterson DD. Causes of night waking in adults: Pressure to urinate or sleep disorders? Sleep Research 1993;23:252.
Pressman MR, Benz RL, Smith BS, Figueroa WG, Greenspon, Meyer TM, Peterson DD. Prevalence of repetitive sleep apneas of end stage renal failure is significantly less in REM sleep compared to NREM sleep. Sleep Research 1994;24:
Pressman MR, Cecere J, Smith B, Peterson DD. Unexpected absence of "First Night Effect" in many patients undergoing clinical polysomnography: Comparison of patient estimation of laboratory and usual home sleep and alertness. Sleep Research 1995;25:
Pressman MR, Benz RL, Peterson DD. Periodic leg movements in sleep index (PLMSI) predicts mortality in end stage renal disease patients. Sleep Research 1995;25:
Pressman MR, Benz RL, Peterson DD. High incidence of sleep disorders in end stage renal disease patients. Sleep Research 1995;25:
Benz RL, Pressman MR, Hovick ET, Peterson DD. Relationship between anemia of chronic renal failure (ACRF) and sleep, sleep disorders and daytime alertness: Benefits of normalizing hematocrit (The SLEEPO Trial). American Society of Nephrology.
Benz RL, Pressman MR, Hovick ET, Peterson DD. Predictors of mortality in ESRD patients with sleep disorders (EPWSD). American Society of Nephrology.
Pressman MR. Hypersynchronous Delta (HSD) Activity and Sudden Arousals from Slow Wave Sleep (SWS) in Adults without NREM Parasomnias, Sleep, 23:A316, 2000.
Pressman MR, Stevenson R, Peterson DD. Paradoxical First Night Effect In The Clinical Sleep Laboratory: A Diagnostic Marker For An Environmental Sleep Disorder, Sleep, 23:A224, 2000.
Galli W, Sharma V, Pressman MR, Stevenson R, Meyer T, Peterson D, Zachariah J, Mercogliano G, Haber A, Greenspon L. Conscious sedation (CS) unmasking obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 163(5):A182, 2001
Sharma VK, Greenspon LW, Pressman MR, Haber AD. Effect of beta-blockers on sleep apnea induced bradyarrhythmias. Accepted for presentation, Chest 2002 Annual Meeting.
Benz RL, Pressman MR, Chemiti G. Nutritional Profiles Correlate With Periodic Leg Movements In Sleep in Hemodialysis Patients (HD Pts) . Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2002 13:585A:PC0571.
Chemiti G, Benz RL, Pressman MR. How Do Body Mass Index (BMI) and Albumin Correlate with Increased Frequency of Central Sleep Apnea (CSA) in Hemodialysis (HD) Patients. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2002 13:585A:PC0572.
Talib M, Pressman MR, Greenspon LW, Haber AD, Peterson DD. Inpatient ambulatory sleep apnea screening: Results and comparison to follow-up outpatient polysomnography. Accepted for presentation, American College of Chest Physicians Annual Meeting, 2002.
Benz BL, Pressman MR, Brown J. Does membrane Flux (F) or dialysis eKT/V (K) affect ESRD-related sleep disorders in Hemodialysis (HD) patients? An ancillary study of the HEMO trial. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2002 13:20A:F-FC095 2002.
Benz RL, Pressman MR, Chemiti G. Nutritional profiles correlate with periodic limb movements in sleep (PLMS) in hemodialysis (HD) patients. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2002 13:585A: SU-PO571.
Education
1978‑1982 Ph.D., Experimental Psychology, Yeshiva University, New York, N.Y.
1977‑1978 M.S., Developmental Psychology, Yeshiva University, New York, N.Y.
1969‑1974 B.A., Psychology, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
Professional Experience
1996-Present Forensic Consultant/Expert Witness, Pressman Sleep & Science
Forensics LLC
2014-2020 Staff, Sleep Disorders Center at the Lankenau Medical Center
Wynnewood, Pennsylvania - Sleep Disorders Center, Mainline
Health System Ambulatory, Medicine Center, Lawrence Park Shopping Center, Broomall, PA
1998-2013 Director, Sleep Medicine Services of Mainline Health System, Division
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine,
- Sleep Disorders Center at the Lankenau Medical Center and Institute
For Medical Research, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania
- Sleep Disorders Center, Mainline Health System Ambulatory
Medicine Center, Lawrence Park Shopping Center, Broomall, PA
1989‑1998 Associate Director, Sleep Disorders Center, Section of Sleep Medicine,
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, The Lankenau Hospital and Medical Research Center, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania
1986‑1989 Research Director, Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Neurology,
The Medical College of Pennsylvania at Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1981‑1986 Co‑Director, Sleep Disorders Center, Department of Neurology, The Medical College of Pennsylvania at Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric
Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1977‑1981 Investigator and Research Assistant, Sleep‑Wake Disorders
Center, Department of Neurology, Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, N.Y.
1980‑1981 Chief Technician, Clinical Evoked Response Lab, Department of Neurology, Montefiore Hospital and Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, N.Y.
1978‑1979 Chief Technician, Program for the Evaluation of Erectile Dysfunction, Sleep‑Wake Disorders Center, Dept. of Neurology, Montefiore Hospital, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, N.Y.
Faculty and Staff Appointments
1998-Present Clinical Professor of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas
Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
1989‑present Clinical Professor, Lankenau Institute For Medical Research,
Wynnewood, PA
1989‑Present Specified Health Professional (previously Allied Medical Staff), Section
of Sleep Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine and Department of Psychiatry, The Lankenau Hospital and Medical Research Ctr., Wynnewood, PA
-1998 Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas
Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
1986-1989 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, The Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1985‑1989 Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology, The Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1981‑1985 Instructor, Department of Neurology, The Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Visiting / Adjunct Appointments
2010- Present Adjunct Professor, Villanova School of Law, Villanova, Pennsylvania
Course: “Law and Psychology “
2003 Visiting Professor, Department of Psychology, Villanova University,
Villanova, Pennsylvania Course: “Sleep and Dreams”
Professional Certifications
1982‑present Diplomat, American Board of Sleep Medicine (#61)
(Previously "Accredited Clinical Polysomnographer")
1989‑present Licensed Psychologist, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Society Memberships
Fellow, American Academy of Sleep Medicine (1982-present)
Sleep Research Society
Member, American Psychological Association
Division 38: Health Psychology
Division 41: American Psychology – Law Society
Editorial Activities
Peer Reviewer For The Following Journals:
Sleep Biological Psychiatry
American Journal of Psychiatry Journal of Abnormal Psychology
Psychophysiology Applied and Preventive Psychology
Clinical Psychology Reviews New England Journal of Medicine
American Journal of Respiratory and Journal of Sleep Research
Critical Care Medicine CNS Spectrum
Sleep Medicine Reviews Sleep Medicine
Brain Neurology
Journal of Clinical Psychiatry Journal of Forensic Sciences
JABFM (Journal of the American Neurology, Psychiatry and Brain
Board of Family Medicine) Research
Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology Behavioral Neurology
Neurotherapeutics International Journal of Law and
Stroke Psychiatry
Circulation
Other Professional Activities
- Member, Sleep Manual Committee, American Academy of Sleep Medicine 2018-
- Member, Parasomnias Workgroup, International Classification of Sleep Disorders (ICSD) Revision Task Force (2011-2014)
- Chairman, Parasomnia Section, American Academy of Sleep Medicine 2006-7
- Member, Visual Analysis Task Force, Sleep Manual Committee, American Academy of Sleep Medicine 2004-7
a. The Clinical Use of the Multiple Sleep Latency Test, 1991-92
b. The Use of Portable Monitoring in the Assessment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea, 1992-94
c. Recording and Scoring Leg Movements, 1993
6. Consultant, Sleep Atlas Task Force, American Sleep Disorders Association, 1990-92
7. Member, Advisory Committee on “Other Sleep-related Medical Disorders”. To the Diagnostic Classification Steering Committee of the American Sleep Disorders Association, 1992
8. Faculty, National Sleep Medicine Course. American Sleep Disorders Association, 1993-19
-Lecturer in Analysis and Interpretation of Sleep Studies
-Basics of Rechtshaffen and Kales Sleep Scoring
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Doctoral Thesis
Pressman MR. Psychophysiological correlates of normal and pathological daytime sleepiness. Doctoral thesis, Yeshiva University, New York, N.Y. January 1982.
Publications
Books
Pressman MR, Orr WC (eds). Understanding Sleep: The Evaluation and Treatment of Sleep Disorders, Applications and Practice in Health Psychology, Volume 4, Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association, 1997: 1-566.
Pressman MR. Primer of Polysomnogram Interpretation. Boston: Butterworth/Heinemann, 2002: 1-212.
Pressman MR (ed.) Parasomnias, Sleep Medicine Clinics, Volume 6, Number 4, Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders, 2011.
Pressman MR. "Sleepwalking, Criminal Behavior, and Reliable Scientific Evidence:: A Guide for Expert Witnesses, American Psychological Association, May 2018
Articles, Reviews, Editorials
Pressman MR. Beta waves. Sleep Watchers, 1979;2(2):3-4.
Pressman MR. CVA in sleep. Sleep Watchers, 1979;2(3):6-7.
Pressman MR. Spielman AJ, Pollak CP, Weitzman ED. Long latency auditory evoked responses during sleep deprivation and in narcolepsy. Sleep 1982; 5:S147‑S156.
Pressman MR. Differential diagnosis of impotence. Physician & Patient, January 1984; 71-72.
Fry JM, Pressman MR. The differential diagnosis of disorders of excessive somnolence. Philadelphia Medicine 1984;80:57‑59.
Pressman MR, Spielman AJ, Korczyn A, Rubinstein A, Pollak CP, Weitzman ED. Patterns of daytime sleepiness in narcoleptics and normals: A pupillometric study. Electroencephalography Clinical Neurophysiology 1984; 57:129‑133.
Pressman MR (ed.) Sleep and sleep disorders. Clinical Psychology Reviews 1986;6:1‑140.
Pressman MR. Sleep and sleep disorders: An introduction. Clinical Psychology Reviews 1986;6:1‑9.
Fry JM, Pressman MR, DiPhillipo MA, Forst‑Paulus M. The treatment of narcolepsy with codeine. Sleep 1986; 9(1,part 2):269‑274.
Spielman AJ, Adler JM, Glovinsky PB, Pressman MR, Thorpy MJ, Ellman SJ, Ackerman KD. Dynamics of REM sleep in narcolepsy. Sleep 1986;9(1, part 2):175‑182.
Pressman MR, DiPhillipo MA, Fry JM. Senile miosis: The possible contribution of disordered sleep and daytime sleepiness. Journal of Gerontology 1986;41(5):629‑634.
Pressman MR, DiPhillipo MA, Kendrick J, Conroy K, Fry JM. Problems in the interpretation of nocturnal penile tumescence (NPT) studies: Disruption of sleep by occult sleep disorders. Journal of Urology 1986;136:595‑598.
Pressman MR, DiPhillipo MA, Forst‑Paulus M, Fry JM. The effects of low dose naloxone on subjective alertness and pupil diameter in normals and narcoleptics. Clinical Neuropharmacology 1986;9(5):464‑468.
Pressman MR, Fry JM. What is normal sleep in the elderly? In: Kaye DM, Posner J (eds.) Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, W.B. Saunders, and Philadelphia 4(1):71‑82, 1988.
Pressman MR. Interpreting the polysomnogram: 10 questions to consider concerning nocturnal REM sleep latency. APSS Newsletter 1989; 4(3):9-15.
Pressman MR, Fry JM. Relationship of autonomic nervous system activity to daytime sleepiness and prior sleep. Sleep 1989;12(3):239‑245.
Fry JM, DiPhillipo MA, Pressman MR. Periodic leg movements in sleep following treatment of obstructive sleep apnea with nasal continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP). Chest 1989;96(1):89‑91.
Pressman MR, Fry JM, DiPhillipo MA, Durante RD. Avoiding false positive findings in the measurement of nocturnal penile tumescence (NPT): A case report. Urology 1989;39(5):297‑300.
Pressman MR. Interpreting the PSG: Prior sleep, medication and the MSLT. APSS Newsletter 1990; 5(1):13-17.
Pressman MR. (Editorial) Whatever happened to insomnia (and insomnia research?) Am. J. Psychiatry 1991;148:4.
Bonnet M, Carley D, Carskadon M, Easton P, Guilleminault C, Harper R, Hayes B, Hirshkowitz M, Periklis K, Keenan S, Pressman M, Roehrs T, Smith J, Walsh J, Weber S, Westbrook P (Atlas Task Force). EEG arousals: Scoring rules and examples. Sleep 1992;15 (2):173-184.
Thorpy MJ, Mahowald M, Carskadon M, Buysse D, Mitler M, Pressman MR, Westbrook, P, Perez-Guerra, F, Reite M, Ferber R, Frederickson P, Hauri P, Smith P. Indications for the use of the multiple sleep latency test: A review. Sleep, 1992; 15(3):268-76.
Pressman MR. Periodic leg movements in sleep. In: Carskadon M, Rechtshaffen A, Richardson G, Roth T, Siegel J. (eds), Encyclopedia of Sleep and Dreams, MacMillan Publishing Company, 1993: 442-443.
Pressman MR. Pupillometry. In: Carskadon M, Rechtshaffen A, Richardson G, Roth T, Siegel J. (eds), Encyclopedia of Sleep and Dreams, MacMillan Publishing Company, 1993: 489-490.
Pressman MR. Evoked Potentials. In: Carskadon M, Rechtshaffen A, Richardson G, Roth T, Siegel J. (eds), Encyclopedia of Sleep and Dreams, MacMillan Publishing Company, 1993: 229-230.
Pressman MR. Galvanic Skin Responses. In: Carskadon M, Rechtshaffen A, Richardson G, Roth T, Siegel J. (eds), Encyclopedia of Sleep and Dreams, MacMillan Publishing Company, 1993: 260.
Pressman MR. Electrodermal Activity. In: Carskadon M, Rechtshaffen A, Richardson G, Roth T, Siegel J. (eds), Encyclopedia of Sleep and Dreams, MacMillan Publishing Company, 1993: 204-206.
Pressman MR. Brain Mapping. In: Carskadon M, Rechtshaffen A, Richardson G, Roth T, Siegel J. (eds), Encyclopedia of Sleep and Dreams, MacMillan Publishing Company, 1993: 84-85.
Pressman MR, Benz RL, Schleifer CR, Peterson DD. Sleep disordered breathing in end stage renal disease: Acute beneficial effects of treatment with nasal continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP), Kidney International, 1993; 43(5):1134-1139.
Pressman MR. Computers, R & K and sleep staging. APSS Newsletter, 1993; 8(3):39-40.
Pressman MR. Apnea and hypopnea definitions: Do they really matter and what's really important? APSS Newsletter, 8(4):29-31, 1993.
Bonnet M, Carley D, Carskadon M, Easton P, Guilleminault C, Harper R, Hayes B, Hirshkowitz M, Periklis K, Keenan S, Pressman M, Roehrs T, Smith J, Walsh J, Weber S, Westbrook P (Atlas Task Force). Recording and scoring leg movements. Sleep 1993;16:749-759.
Pressman MR. At home in the sleep laboratory. ASDA News 1994;1(1):19.
Ferber R, Millman R, Coppala, Fleetham J, Murray CF, Iber C, McCall V, Nino-Murcia G, Pressman MR, Sanders M, Strohl K, Votteri B, Williams A. Portable recording in the assessment of obstructive sleep apnea. Sleep 1994;17(4):378-392.
Pressman MR. Clinical Corner: Adventures in NCPAP compliance. ASDA News 1994;1(2):21,27.
Pressman MR. Clinical Corner: How bad is 5/hr. of sleep? ASDA Newsletter; 1994;1(3):19.
Pressman MR, Peterson DD, Meyer T, Harkin JP, Gurijala L. Ramp abuse: A novel form of patient noncompliance to administration of nasal continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP) for treatment of obstructive sleep apnea. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 1995;151:1632-1634.
Pressman MR. Clinical Corner: A growing awareness of sleep apnea. ASDA News 1995; 2(2):23.
Pressman MR, Meyer TJ, Kendrick-Mohamed J, Figueroa WG, Greenspon LW, Peterson DD. Night terrors in an adult precipitated by sleep apnea. Sleep, 1995;18(9):773-775.
Pressman MR, Schetman W, Figueroa WG, Van Uitert B, Caplan H, Peterson DD. Transient ischemic attacks (TIA) and minor stroke during sleep: Relationship to obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSA). Stroke, 1995;26:2361-2365.
Pressman MR. Clinical Corner: Why do they call it a K-complex, anyway? ASDA News, 1996: 2(3):13,29.
Pressman MR, Figueroa WG, Kendrick-Mohamed J, Greenspon LW, Peterson DD. Nocturia: Common and rarely recognized symptom of sleep apnea and other occult sleep disorders. Archives of Internal Medicine, 1996;156:545-550.
Pressman MR. The roots of denial. ASDA News, 1996, 3(1):17, 20.
Pressman MR. Normal Sleep: Quality and Architecture. Up To Date In Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, 4(3), 1996.
Pressman MR. Sleep deprivation and daytime sleepiness. Up To Date In Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, 4(3), 1996.
Pressman MR, Orr WC. Introduction. In: Pressman MR, Orr WC (eds). ). Understanding Sleep: The Evaluation and Treatment of Sleep Disorders, Applications and Practice in Health Psychology, Volume 4, American Psychological Association, 1997: 1-8.
Pressman MR, Gollomp S, Benz RL, Peterson DD. Sleep and sleep disorders in noncardiopulmonary medical disorders. In: Pressman MR, Orr WC (eds). ). Understanding Sleep: The Evaluation and Treatment of Sleep Disorders, Applications and Practice in Health Psychology, Volume 4, American Psychological Association, 1997: 371-384.
Pressman MR, Meyer TM, Peterson DD, Greenspon. LW, Figueroa WF. Effects of hospitalization, surgery and anesthesia on sleep and biological rhythms. In: Pressman MR, Orr WC (eds). ). Understanding Sleep: The Evaluation and Treatment of Sleep Disorders, Applications and Practice in Health Psychology, Volume 4, American Psychological Association, 1997: 385-400.
Meyer TM, Pressman MR, Benditt J, McCool FD, Millman RP, Natarajan R, Hill NS. Air leaking through the mask during nocturnal nasal ventilation: Effect on sleep quality. Sleep 1997;20(7):561-569.
Lazowick, D, Meyer TJ, Pressman MR, Peterson DD. Orbital herniation associated with noninvasive positive pressure ventilation. Chest, 1998; 113(3):841-843.
Benz RL, Pressman MR, Hovick, E., Peterson DD. A preliminary study of the effects of correction of anemia with recombinant human erythropoietin therapy on sleep, sleep disorders and daytime sleepiness in hemodialysis patients (The SLEEPO Study), American Journal of Kidney Diseases, 1999; 34(6):1089-1095.
Benz RL, Pressman MR, Hovick, E., Peterson DD. Potential novel predictors of increased mortality in end stage renal disease patients with sleep disorders, American Journal of Kidney Disease, 2000, 35(6), 1052-1060.
Benz RL, Pressman MR. Sleep disorders. In: Daugirdas JT, Blake PG, Ing TS (eds.) Handbook of Dialysis (3rd Edition), Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2001: 652-655.
Sharma VK, Galli W, Pressman MR, Stevenson R, Meyer TJ,. Peterson DD,. Zachariah JS, Mercogliano G, Haber A, Greenspon LW. Unexpected risks during administration of Conscious Sedation: Previously undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Annals of Internal Medicine, 2003; 139(8), 707-708.
Pressman MR. Hypersynchronous Delta Sleep EEG Activity And Sudden Arousals from Slow Wave Sleep In Adults Without a History of Parasomnias: Clinical and Forensic implications, Sleep, 2004; 27(4): 706-10.
Pressman MR, Mahowald MW, Schenck CH. Sleep terrors/sleepwalking-Not REM Behavior Disorder. Sleep, 2005; 28(2):278-279.
Pressman MR. Factors that predispose, prime and precipitate NREM parasomnias in adults: Clinical and forensic Implications. Sleep Medicine Reviews 2007; 11(1):5-30.
Pressman MR, Mahowald MW, Schenck CH, Cramer Borneman MA. Sleep science in the courtroom? Comment on cited paper (letter to the editor). Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 2007, 14(2): 108-111.
Pressman MR, Mahowald MW, Schenck CH, Cramer Borneman MA. Sleep science in the courtroom? Further comment (letter to the editor). Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, 2007, 14(2): 114-115.
Silber MH, Ancoli-Israel S, Bonnet MH, Chokroverty S, Grigg-Damberger MM, Hirshkowitz M, Kapen S, Keenan SA, Kryger MH, Penzel T, Pressman MR, Iber C. The visual scoring of sleep in adults. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 3(2): 133-146.
Pressman MR, Mahowald MW, Schenck CH, Cramer Bornemann MA. Alcohol-Induced Sleepwalking or Confusional Arousals as a Defense to Criminal Behavior: Review of Scientific Evidence, Methods and Forensic Considerations, Journal of Sleep Research 2007,16(2):198-212.
Pressman MR, Mahowald MW, Cramer Bornemann. Reply to Ebrahim and Fenwick (Letter to Editor). Sleep Medicine Reviews, 2007,11(3), 244-247.
Pressman MR. Response to Rosalind Cartwright’s Letter to Editor. Sleep Medicine Reviews 2007, 11(4): 329-333.
Pressman MR. Disorders of arousal and violence: Role of physical provocation and proximity Sleep, 2007; 30(8): 1038-1047.
Pressman MR. Response to Rosalind Cartwright’s Letter. Sleep Medicine Reviews 2008; 12:80-82.
Pressman MR. Sleep and quality of life in NREM Parasomnias. In: Verster JC (ed) Sleep and Quality of Life in Medical Illness, Totowa, New Jersey, Humana Publishing, 2008; 127-130.
Pressman MR. Sleepwalking. In: Winkleman JW, Henderson JH, Kotagal S, LeeChiong TL, Lichstein KL, Murray BJ, Schenck (eds. Case Book of Sleep Medicine – A learning companion to the International Classification of Sleep Disorders, 2nd ed. Westchester, Illinois: American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 2008: 241-243.
Pressman MR. Sleepwalking and /or alcohol intoxication? In: Winkleman JW, Henderson JH, Kotagal S, LeeChiong TL, Lichstein KL, Murray BJ, Schenck (eds. Case Book of Sleep Medicine – A learning companion to the International Classification of Sleep Disorders, 2nd ed. Westchester, Illinois: American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 2008: 244-247.
Pressman MR. Why has sleepwalking research been “sleepwalking (Editorial) ”? Neurology, 2008;70: 2274–2275
Pressman MR. Diagnostic Tools for Parasomnias. In: Kushida C (ed) Handbook of Sleep Disorders, 2nd edition, Taylor and Francis, 39:507-515, 2008
Pressman MR, Mahowald MW, Schenck CH, Cramer Bornneman MA. No scientific evidence that alcohol causes sleepwalking (Letter to Editor). Journal of Sleep Research 2008; 17: 473-474.
Pressman MR, Mahowald MW, Schenck CH, Cramer Bornemann MA, Zadra A, Pillon M, Montplasir J, Grunstein R, Buchanan P, Tachibana N. Sleep-related automatism and the law (Letter to Editor), Medicine, Science and Law, 2009 49(2): 1-5.
Pressman MR. Sleepwalking Déjà Vu: A commentary on Oudiette et al. “Dreamlike mentations during sleepwalking and sleep terror in adults”. Sleep, 2009;32(12):1542-3
Dogu O, Pressman MR. Identification of Sleepwalking Gene(s), Not Yet, But Maybe Soon, Neurology 2011;76(1):12-3.
Pressman MR, Cramer Bornemann M, Mahowald M. Data does not support conclusion regarding waking activity and Sleepwalking / RBD. Comment on Ouidette et al. Evidence for the Re-Enactment of a Recently Learned Behavior during Sleepwalking., PLoS One. 2011 Mar 21;6(3):e18056
Pressman MR. Sleep and Drug Impaired Driving Overlap Syndrome. In Pressman MR (ed.) Sleep Medicine Clinics, 2011 6(4): 441-446.
Pressman MR. Preface: Common Misconceptions About Sleepwalking. In Pressman MR (ed.) Sleep Medicine Clinics, 2011 6(4): xiii-xvii.
Pressman MR. Sleep Driving and Z-Drugs: Sleepwalking Variant or Sedative-Induced Impaired Driving, Sleep Medicine Reviews, 2011 15:285-292.
Benz RL, Pressman MR, Wu X. Periodic Limb Movements in Sleep Revealed by Treatment of Sleep Apnea with Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in the Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease Population, Clinical Nephrology 2011 76(6): 470-474.
Benz RL, Pressman MR, Iqbal M. Sleep Disorders in Chronic Kidney Disease, 23. In Göoz, M. (ed.) Chronic Kidney Disease 23:385-400; 2011. Intex Open Access, ISBN 978-953-51-0171-0.
Pressman MR. Alcohol Does Not Increase SWS (Letter to the Editor). 2012 2012 Feb 10. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01746.x. [Epub ahead of print]
Pressman MR. How is Slow Wave Sleep Related to Hypertension? (Letter to the Editor). Hypertension, 2012; 59: e10.
Pressman M.R. (2013) Classification of Parasomnias and Diagnostic Criteria. In: Kushida C. (ed.) The Encyclopedia of Sleep, vol. 4, pp. 194-198. Waltham, MA: Academic Press.
Pressman MR, Mahowald MW, Schenck CH, Cramer Bornemann MA, Banerjee D, Buchanan P, Zadra A. Alcohol, sleepwalking and violence: lack of reliable scientific evidence. (Letter to the Editor) Brain; 2013; 136(Pt 2):e229.
Pressman MR. Chapter 36; Complex Behaviors (including violence) in Sleep. In: Chokroverty S, Montagna P, Allen R, Walters A (eds) Sleep and Movement Disorders 2nd Edition, Oxford University Press, 2113; 512-521.
Pressman MR. Nocturnal wandering is not always sleepwalking. (Letter to the editor) Neurology. 2013 Jan 8;80(2):226. doi: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000426160.29253.8a.
Pressman MR, Caudill D. Alcohol-Induced Blackout as a criminal defense or mitigating factor: An Evidence based review and admissibility as scientific evidence, Journal of Forensic Science, 2013: 58(4):932-40.
Pressman MR. Sleepwalking, amnesia, comorbid conditions and triggers: effects of recall and other methodological biases. SLEEP 2013;36(11):1757-1758.
Pressman MR; Mahowald M; Schenck C; Bornemann MC; Banerjee D; Howell M; Buchanan P; Avidan A. Spectral EEG analysis and sleepwalking defense: unreliable scientific evidence. J Clin Sleep Med 2014;10(1):111-112.
Watson C, Pressman M, Weiss K. Sleep disorders and criminal responsibility. Weiss KJ, Watson C (eds). Psychiatric Expert Testimony: Emerging Applications. New York: Oxford University Press 2015:102-121.
Pressman MR, Bornemann MC. The ICSD-3 NREM Parasomnia section is evidence based resulting from International collaboration, consensus and best practices, 2015 J Clinical Sleep Medicine, 11(2):187-8.
Pressman MR. Sleepwalking into a paradigm shift? Sleep Medicine, 2014; 15(12): 141-2.
Pressman MR, Mahowald MW, Schenck CH, Cramer Bornemann MA, Grunstein R, Montplasir J, Zadra A. Alcohol and Sleep Review: Flawed Design, Methods and Statistics Cannot Support Conclusions, Alcoholism: Experimental and Clinical Research, 2015.
Pressman MR, Broughton R. NREM Arousals Parasomnias. In: Chokroverty S and Billiard M, eds. Sleep Medicine: A comprehensive guide to its development, clinical milestones and advances in treatment, 2015, Chapter 44, pp. 375-390.
Pressman M. Forensic Sleep Medicine: Sleepwalking, Automatisms, Scientific Evidence and the Law. In: Sadoff R (ed) Forensic Psychiatry: Past, Present and Future Directions, Oxford University Press, 2015: 221-230.
Benz RL, Pressman MR, Masood I. (2012). Sleep Disorders Associated with Chronic Kidney Disease, Chronic Kidney Disease, Prof. Monika Göőz (Ed.), InTech, DOI: 10.5772/26908. Available from: http://www.intechopen.com/books/chronic-kidney-disease/sleep-disorders-associated-with-chronic-kidney-disease
Pressman MR. Classification of parasomnias and diagnostic criteria. Reference Module in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology NRSM 01241, Elsevier
Caudill D, Pressman MR. Somniloquy as evidence: The recurring appearance of outdated “sleep talk” expertise. Criminal Law Bulletin, 2018.
Pressman M.R. The neurophysiological and neurochemical effects of alcohol on the brain are inconsistent with current evidence based models of
Sleepwalking. Sleep Medicine Reviews 43 (2019) 92-95
Abstracts
Spielman AJ, Pressman MR, Rubenstein M, Lambstein S., Roffwarg H, Pollack CP, Weitzman ED. REM deprivation of narcoleptics. Sleep Research 1979;8:216.
Pressman MR, Spielman AJ, Korcyzn A, Pollack CP, Rubenstein A, Weitzman ED. Pupillary rhythms in normals and narcoleptics throughout the course of a day. Sleep Research 1980;9:218.
Pollak CP, Pressman MR, Appel D, Spielman AJ, Weitzman ED. Sleep apnea in elderly insomniacs. Sleep Research 1981;10:222.
Pressman MR, Spielman AJ, Pollak CP, Weitzman ED. Changes in amplitude of long latency auditory evoked responses during wakefulness herald sleep onset REM periods during naps in narcoleptics. Sleep Research 1982;11:164.
Pressman MR, Spielman AJ, Pollak CP, Weitzman ED. Psychophysiological measures of daytime sleepiness in sleep deprivation and narcolepsy. Sleep Research 1982;11:165.
Wasserman MD, Pressman MR, Pollak CP, Spielman AJ, DeRosario L, Weitzman ED. Nocturnal penile tumescence: Is it really a REM phenomenon? Sleep Research 1982;11:44.
Fry JM, Pressman MR. The treatment of narcolepsy with codeine. Neurology 1983;33(suppl.2):176.
Pressman MR, DiPhillipo MA, Swedlund AC, Fry JM. Physiological correlates of spontaneous and contagious yawning in humans. APSS abstract book, 4th International Congress of Sleep Research, July 1983, Bologna, Italy.
Adler JM, Spielman AJ, Pressman MR, Ackerman KD, Pollak C, Weitzman ED, Rhonda J, Synder M, McGregor P. REM deprivation in narcoleptics and normal controls. Sleep Research 1983;12:218.
Fry JM, Pressman MR, DiPhillipo MA. A polysomnographic study of restless legs syndrome. Sleep Research 1984;13:93.
Pressman MR, DiPhillipo MA, Fry JM. Pupillary miosis in the elderly: The contribution of disordered sleep and daytime sleepiness. Sleep Research 1985;14:77.
Fry JM, Pressman MR. Postponement of night terrors to end of sleep period with a short‑acting benzodiazepine. Sleep Research 1985;14:31.
Holzer BC, Pressman MR, Fry JM. REM sleep and slow wave sleep rebound with nasal CPAP treatment of sleep apnea. Sleep Research 1985;14:165.
Fry JM, Forst‑Paulus M, Pressman MR. Initial experience with sleep restriction therapy for insomnia. Sleep Research 1985;12:155.
Pressman MR, DiPhillipo MA, Fry JM. Sleep disorders and the interpretation of nocturnal penile tumescence studies. Sleep Research 1985;14:22.
Brown LW, Pressman MR, Fry JM. Sleep disorders and the child neurologist: Experience in a sleep disorders center. Ann Neurol 1986;20:430-31.
Fry JM, Piccarielo M, Manzone T, Pressman MR. Obesity and oxygen saturation in sleep apnea syndrome. Sleep Research 1987;16:332.
DiPhillipo MA, Pressman MR, Fry JM. Treatment of obstructive sleep apnea in 100 patients by nasal continuous positive airway pressure. Sleep Research 1987;16:326.
Fry JM, Pressman MR, DiPhillipo MA. Alpha‑Delta sleep and disorders of excessive somnolence (DOES). Sleep Research 1987;16:333.
DiPhillipo MA, Pressman MR, Fry JM. Disruption of sleep by previously occult periodic leg movements in sleep following successful treatment of sleep apnea syndrome with nasal CPAP. Sleep Research 1987;16:325.
Pressman MR, Fry JM. Computed EEG topography of human sleep spindles. Sleep Research 1987;16:27.
Pressman MR, Fry JM. Autonomic nervous system and alertness: Relationship of prior night's sleep to pupil light reflex. Sleep Research 1988;17:25.
DiPhillipo MA, Fry JM, Pressman MR. Objective measurement of daytime sleepiness following treatment of obstructive sleep apnea with nasal CPAP. Sleep Research 1988;17:167.
Durante RT, Pressman MR, DiPhillipo MA, Fry JM. Changes in nocturnal penile tumescence (NPT) during nasal CPAP treatment for obstructive sleep apnea. Sleep Research 1988;17:172.
Hertz G, Spielman AJ, Hakarem G, Pressman MR. Pupillometry and MSLT: Effects of napping on pupil indicators of sleepiness. Sleep Research 1988;17:22.
Pressman MR, Fry JM. Relationship of prior night's sleep to waking autonomic nervous system activity measured by pupil light reflex. Sleep Research 1989;18:36.
Pressman MR, Greenspon AJ, Greenspon LW, Figueroa WG, Peterson DD. 1,665 episodes of sinus arrest and AV block in a single night of sleep in a nonapneic, otherwise healthy 21 yrs. old athlete, Sleep Research 1992;21:40.
Pressman MR, Benz RL, Peterson DD, Schleifer, CL. Successful NCPAP treatment of central and mixed sleep apnea in end stage renal disease, Sleep Research 1992;21:250.
Peterson DD, Pressman MR, Figueroa WG, Greenspon LW, Smith B, Jakubowski G, Kendrick-Mohammed J. Extensive slow wave sleep (SWS) rebound at the end of hospitalization, Sleep Research 1992;21:122.
Benz RL, Pressman MR, Schleifer CR, Peterson DD. Sleep Disorders Profiles in Chronic Renal Failure (CRF) patients: Successful intervention with Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (NCPAP). Oral presentation to the National Kidney Foundation, March 1993.
Benz RL, Pressman MR, Schleifer CR, Peterson DD. Successful continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP) therapy in sleep disorders of chronic renal failure (CRF) patients. Oral presentation at the 39th ASAIO annual meeting, May 1993.
Benz RL, Pressman MR, Schleifer CR, Peterson DD. Diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders in chronic renal failure (CRF) patients. Poster presentation at International Congress of Nephrology, Jerusalem, Israel, June, 1993.
Pressman MR, Marinchak RA, Kowey PR, Peterson DD. Polysomnographic and electrocardiographic findings in a sudden unexplained nocturnal death syndrome (SUNDS) survivor. Sleep Research 1993;23:313.
Pressman MR, Figueroa WG, Kendrick-Mohamed J, Smith BM, Jakubowski G, Greenspon LW, Peterson DD. Causes of night waking in adults: Pressure to urinate or sleep disorders? Sleep Research 1993;23:252.
Pressman MR, Benz RL, Smith BS, Figueroa WG, Greenspon, Meyer TM, Peterson DD. Prevalence of repetitive sleep apneas of end stage renal failure is significantly less in REM sleep compared to NREM sleep. Sleep Research 1994;24:
Pressman MR, Cecere J, Smith B, Peterson DD. Unexpected absence of "First Night Effect" in many patients undergoing clinical polysomnography: Comparison of patient estimation of laboratory and usual home sleep and alertness. Sleep Research 1995;25:
Pressman MR, Benz RL, Peterson DD. Periodic leg movements in sleep index (PLMSI) predicts mortality in end stage renal disease patients. Sleep Research 1995;25:
Pressman MR, Benz RL, Peterson DD. High incidence of sleep disorders in end stage renal disease patients. Sleep Research 1995;25:
Benz RL, Pressman MR, Hovick ET, Peterson DD. Relationship between anemia of chronic renal failure (ACRF) and sleep, sleep disorders and daytime alertness: Benefits of normalizing hematocrit (The SLEEPO Trial). American Society of Nephrology.
Benz RL, Pressman MR, Hovick ET, Peterson DD. Predictors of mortality in ESRD patients with sleep disorders (EPWSD). American Society of Nephrology.
Pressman MR. Hypersynchronous Delta (HSD) Activity and Sudden Arousals from Slow Wave Sleep (SWS) in Adults without NREM Parasomnias, Sleep, 23:A316, 2000.
Pressman MR, Stevenson R, Peterson DD. Paradoxical First Night Effect In The Clinical Sleep Laboratory: A Diagnostic Marker For An Environmental Sleep Disorder, Sleep, 23:A224, 2000.
Galli W, Sharma V, Pressman MR, Stevenson R, Meyer T, Peterson D, Zachariah J, Mercogliano G, Haber A, Greenspon L. Conscious sedation (CS) unmasking obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 163(5):A182, 2001
Sharma VK, Greenspon LW, Pressman MR, Haber AD. Effect of beta-blockers on sleep apnea induced bradyarrhythmias. Accepted for presentation, Chest 2002 Annual Meeting.
Benz RL, Pressman MR, Chemiti G. Nutritional Profiles Correlate With Periodic Leg Movements In Sleep in Hemodialysis Patients (HD Pts) . Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2002 13:585A:PC0571.
Chemiti G, Benz RL, Pressman MR. How Do Body Mass Index (BMI) and Albumin Correlate with Increased Frequency of Central Sleep Apnea (CSA) in Hemodialysis (HD) Patients. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2002 13:585A:PC0572.
Talib M, Pressman MR, Greenspon LW, Haber AD, Peterson DD. Inpatient ambulatory sleep apnea screening: Results and comparison to follow-up outpatient polysomnography. Accepted for presentation, American College of Chest Physicians Annual Meeting, 2002.
Benz BL, Pressman MR, Brown J. Does membrane Flux (F) or dialysis eKT/V (K) affect ESRD-related sleep disorders in Hemodialysis (HD) patients? An ancillary study of the HEMO trial. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2002 13:20A:F-FC095 2002.
Benz RL, Pressman MR, Chemiti G. Nutritional profiles correlate with periodic limb movements in sleep (PLMS) in hemodialysis (HD) patients. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2002 13:585A: SU-PO571.