Andrew W Varga, MD, PhD

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PROFESSOR | Medicine, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
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Specialties
Sleep Medicine
Multi-Disciplinary Training Area
Disease Mechanisms and Therapeutics (DMT), Neuroscience [NEU]

MD, New York Medical College

Internship, Internal Medicine, St. Vincent's Hospital & Medical Center

Residency, Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Fellowship, Sleep Medicine, New York University School of Medicine

Certifications

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Publications

Selected Publications

White matter microstructure differences in obstructive sleep apnea severity groups assessed by diffusion tensor metrics and biophysical modeling. Luisa F. Figueredo, Jenny Chen, Naomi L. Gaggi, Xiaotong Song, Tovia Jacobs, Gabriela Silva-Albornoz, Shayna Pehel, Moses Gonzalez, Sandra Giménez Badia, Ivana Rosenzweig, Sharon L. Naismith, Jaime Ramos-Cejudo, Joshua Gills, Indu Ayappa, David M. Rapoport, Korey Kam, Anna E. Mullins, Ankit Parekh, Andrew W. Varga, Omonigho M. Bubu, Esther Blessing, Dmitry S. Novikov, Els Fieremans, Ricardo S. Osorio. Scientific Reports

Overnight sleep features and next-morning brain metabolism in older adults. Diego Z. Carvalho, Jindrich Adolf, Vaclav Kremen, Stuart J. McCarter, Erik K. St Louis, Scott A. Przybelski, Kan Liu, David T. Jones, Ronald C. Petersen, Clifford R. Jack, Val J. Lowe, Andrew W. Varga, Virend K. Somers, Jonathan Graff-Radford, Lea T. Grinberg, Bradley F. Boeve, Gregory A. Worrell, Prashanthi Vemuri. Sleep Medicine

Emerging directions in tauopathy research. Luc Buée, Kristin R. Wildsmith, Suvarna Alladi, Taylor Bertucci, Delphine Boche, Kathryn R. Bowles, Adam Boxer, Jennifer Brummet, Sarah L. DeVos, Kristophe Diaz, Anna Jane Dreyer, Karen Duff, Claudia Duran-Aniotz, Claire S. Durrant, Kurt Farrell, Igor C. Fontana, Nicolai Franzmeier, Bess Frost, Kanta Horie, Petr Kaňovský, Aimee W. Kao, Simin Mahinrad, Maura Malpetti, Huw R. Morris, Carla Palleis, Leonard Petrucelli, Jessica Rexach, Larisa Reyderman, Amy Rommel, James B. Rowe, Sandra M. Sanabria Bohórquez, Chihiro Sato, Michael Schöll, Anja Schneider, Rohan de Silva, Heather M. Snyder, Lawren VandeVrede, Andrew W. Varga, Jacob W. Vogel, Felix L. Yeh, Andrew S. Yoo, Maria C. Carrillo. Alzheimer's and Dementia

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Andrew Varga, MD, PhD
Sleep, Cognition and Risk for Alzheimer's Disease

Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.

Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Varga during 2025 and/or 2026. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.

Consulting or Other Professional Services Examples include, but are not limited to, committee participation, data safety monitoring board (DSMB) membership

  • Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.
  • Jazz Pharmaceuticals

Mount Sinai's faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.