Andrew W Varga, MD
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ASSOCIATE 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

Obstructive sleep apnea severity, Alzheimer's disease plasma markers, and CSF brain amyloidosis and tau pathology. Omonigho Michael Bubu, Anna E. Mullins, Shreshtha Shah, Joshua L. Gills, Korey Kam, Ankit Parekh, Ogie Q. Umasabor-Bubu, Arlener D. Turner, Mark Bernard, Anthony Briggs, Jaime Ramos-Cejudo, Elena Valkanova, Alfred K. Mbah, Purbanka Pahari, Ludovic Debure, Mobeena Ghuman, Allal Boutajangout, Natasha J. Williams, Jeongyeon Hwang, Masrai K. Williams, David M. Rapoport, Indu Ayappa, Mony de Léon, Girardin Jean-Louis, Andrew W. Varga, Ricardo S. Osorio. Alzheimer's and Dementia

Response to Li and Wang: Slow oscillations and spatial memory: Reflecting on the limited behavioral effects of slow wave sleep-specific CPAP withdrawal. Anna E. Mullins, Ankit Parekh, Korey Kam, Daphne I. Valencia, Reagan Schoenholz, Ahmad Fakhoury, Bresne Castillo, Zachary J. Roberts, Sajila Wickramaratne, Thomas M. Tolbert, Jeongyeon Hwang, Esther M. Blessing, Omonigho M. Bubu, David M. Rapoport, Indu Ayappa, Ricardo S. Osorio, Andrew W. Varga. Sleep

Associations of Chronic Insomnia, Longitudinal Cognitive Outcomes, Amyloid-PET, and White Matter Changes in Cognitively Normal Older Adults. Diego Z. Carvalho, Bhanu Prakash Kolla, Stuart J. McCarter, Erik K. St. Louis, Mary M. Machulda, Scott A. Przybelski, Angela J. Fought, Val J. Lowe, Virend K. Somers, Bradley F. Boeve, Ronald C. Petersen, Clifford R. Jack, Jonathan Graff-Radford, Andrew William Varga, Prashanthi Vemuri. Neurology

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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.