Shepard, John W.Buysse, Daniel J.Chesson, Andrew L.Dement, William C.Goldberg, RochelleGuilleminault, ChristianHarris, Cameron D.Iber, ConradMignot, EmmanuelMitler, Merrill M.Moore, Kent E.Phillips, Barbara A.Quan, StuartRosenberg, Richard S.Roth, ThomasSchmidt, Helmut S.Silber, Michael H.Walsh, James K.White, David2022-07-212005-01-15Shepard, John W., Daniel J. Buysse, Andrew L. Chesson, William C. Dement, Rochelle Goldberg, Christian Guilleminault, Cameron D. Harris et al. "History of the Development of Sleep Medicine in the United States." Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine 1, no. 1 (2005): 61-82. DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.262981550-93891550-9397https://nrs.harvard.edu/URN-3:HUL.INSTREPOS:37372773Sleep Medicine has only recently been recognized as a specialty of medicine. Its development is based on an increasing amount of knowledge concerning the physiology of sleep, circadian biology and the pathophysiology of sleep disorders. This review chronicles the major advances in sleep science over the past 70 years and the development of the primary organizations responsible for the emergence of Sleep Medicine as a specialty, sleep disorders as a public health concern and sleep science as an important area of research.en-USResearch Subject Categories::MEDICINE::Dermatology and venerology,clinical genetics, internal medicine::Internal medicine::NeurologyResearch Subject Categories::MEDICINE::Physiology and pharmacology::Physiology::Clinical neurophysiologyJournal Article2018-02-2320052022-07-2110.5664/jcsm.26298