Donald E. Watenpaugh, Ph.D.

Location: 1521 Cooper Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76104

Office Phone/Fax: (817) 332-7322, Fax (817) 336-2159

Email: doctors@sleepconsultants.com

Present Position: Director, Sleep Consultants, Inc.

EDUCATION

1995 Ph.D., physiology; minor: ecology; University of California, Davis, CA

1989 M.A., physiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas

1984 M.S., biology, North Texas State University (now University of North Texas), Denton, Texas

1982 B.S., biology; minor: chemistry; North Texas State University (now University of North Texas), Denton, Texas

CERTIFICATION

2005 American Board of Sleep Medicine, # 3237.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

July 2005-present	Director, Sleep Consultants, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas
July 2004-June 2005	Associate Director, Sleep Consultants, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas
March 2001-July 2004	Research Scientist, Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory, Groton, CT, as employed through an Interagency Personnel Agreement with the Research Foundation, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY
March 1999-Feb. 2001	Research Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Physiology, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas
Dec. 1997-Dec. 2000	Clinical Sleep Study Data Analyst, Sleep Consultants, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas
Oct. 1996-Feb. 1999	Research Associate, Department of Integrative Physiology, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas
June-Sep. 1996	Guest Scientist, Danish Aerospace Medical Centre of Research A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark
1989-1996	Manager, Space Physiology Laboratory, Life Science Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA [Contracted through the University of California, San Diego (1994-1996), and Bionetics Corporation (1989-1994)]
1987-1989	Research Associate, Space Medicine Laboratory, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
1987	Lecturer, Allied Health Sciences Physiology Course, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
1985-1986	Teaching Assistant (Mammalian Physiology), Department of Physiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas
1982-1984	Teaching Assistant (Human Biology and Zoology), Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
1981-1982	Research Technician, Institute of Applied Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas

ADJUNCT FACULTY APPOINTMENTS

2005-present Department of Integrative Physiology, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas

2005-present Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas, Arlington, Texas

2005-present Biomedical Engineering Joint Graduate Studies Committee, University of Texas, Arlington, and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas

SOCIETIES AND COUNCILS

American Academy of Sleep Medicine

American Physiological Society

American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology (Charter Member)

American College of Sports Medicine

International Society for Gravitational Physiology (Charter Member)

Gerson Lehrman Group Healthcare Council

J.K.G. Silvey Society

Sleep Research Society

GRANTS AND CONSULTANTSHIPS (role in project)

Exercise within a lower body negative pressure chamber to load cardiovascular and musculoskeletal systems in microgravity (co-investigator), National Aeronautics and Space Administration, PI: AR Hargens, UC San Diego, $350,000/yr, 1991-present

Cardiovascular responses to lower body positive pressure and negative pressure breathing at rest and during dynamic exercise (co-investigator), Office of Naval Research, PI: D Fothergill, Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory, $150,000/yr, 2002-2004

Testing and evaluation of a low cost retractable needle safety syringe for naval healthcare (principal investigator), Congressionally-mandated project in collaboration with Safety Medical International, Inc., $1,000,000/yr, 2002-2004.

Submariner bone turnover and vitamin D supplementation (co-investigator), Office of Naval Research, PI: E Harris, Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory, $150,000/yr, 2002-2003

Determination of supplies and equipment required for successful submarine disaster survival and escape (co-investigator), Naval Sea Systems Command, PI: W Horn, Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory, $70,000/yr, 2001-2002

Assessment of chest compression efficacy for CPR in weightlessness (co-investigator), National Aeronautics and Space Administration, PI: G Pantalos, University of Louisville, 2000-2002

Vestibular modulation of autonomic responses to orthostasis (co-investigator), National Aeronautics and Space Administration, PI: M Smith, UNT Health Science Center, $175,000/yr, 2000-2002

Peripheral cardiovascular reflexes in humans during space flight (co-investigator), European Space Agency, PI: A Gabrielsen, DAMEC Research, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1997-2000

Sympathetic control during sleep apnea (principal investigator), Research Fellowship, National Institutes of Health, $32,000/yr, 1998-2000

Virtual environments for simulation of altered gravity (co-investigator), National Aeronautics and Space Administration, PI: R Welch, NASA Ames Research Center, $40,000/yr, 1996-1999

Active warming of patients during general anesthesia (co-investigator), Co-PI’s: D Grahn and J Brock-Utne, Stanford University, 1994-1997

Intervertebral disc and back pain studies using spinal traction and compression during magnetic resonance imaging (co-investigator), National Aeronautics and Space Administration, PI: AR Hargens, NASA Ames Research Center, $50,000/yr, 1993-1996

A non-invasive acoustic diagnostic device to measure intracranial pressure (consultant), R Koch, Scientific-Atlanta, Inc., 1994-1995

STELLAR Program for public school teacher research training and curriculum development (consultant/mentor), NASA Ames Research Center, 1994-1995 (summer program)

Biology & Space Exploration Video Series: The Cardiovascular System in Space (consultant), NASA Ames Research Center, producers: S Rapa and AR Hargens, 1994-1995

Cranial mechano-acoustical method for measurement of intracranial pressure (co-investigator), National Aeronautics and Space Administration, PI: AR Hargens, NASA Ames Research Center, $50,000, 1994

Inelastic legging for venous insufficiency (consultant), F Shaw, Shaw Therapeutics, 1993

Comprehensive (whole-body) compact resistance exercise device for Earth and space use (consultant), D Keiser, Keiser Sports Health Equipment, 1992-1994

Cardiovascular adaptation to zero gravity (Experiment 294, Spacelab Life Sciences Shuttle flights 1 and 2) (co-investigator), National Aeronautics and Space Administration, PI: CG Blomqvist, UT Southwestern, 1989-1994

AWARDS

Pickwick Postdoctoral Fellow, National Sleep Foundation, 1997-1999

NASA Tech Brief Award, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Headquarters, 1996

Patent Award, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Ames Commercial Technology Office, 1995

Women’s Mentor Award, NASA Ames Research Center Advisory Committee for Women, and Federally Employed Women, 1995

First Place, Student Awards, Animal Physiology, American Society for Gravitational and Space Biology Annual Meeting, 1994

Procter and Gamble Graduate Student Award, Experimental Biology meeting, 1994

Group Achievement Award, Spacelab Life Sciences-2 Payload Team, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1994

Phi Sigma National Biological Honor Society, University of California, Davis Chapter, 1993

Graduate Student Researchers Program Grant, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1987-1988

Murray Savings Corporation Scholar, Physiology Graduate Program, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 1984

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Traineeship, Department of Biological Sciences, North Texas State University, 1982-1984

Tri-Beta National Biological Honor Society, North Texas State University Chapter, 1981

REVIEW SERVICE

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

American Journal of Physiology

Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine

Journal of Applied Physiology

Kidney International

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

SLEEP

BOARD MEMBERSHIPS

Member, board of directors and finance committee, Challenger Learning Center of Southeastern Connecticut, 2003-2004.

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS

Integrative physiology; environmental physiology; exercise; gravitational physiology; sleep physiology; comparative physiology; sublethal effects of environmental contaminants; systems-level ecology

INVITED LECTURES, PRESENTATIONS AND CONFERENCES

“Psychiatric and sleep disorders: interactions and opportunities”, Society of Psychiatric Physicians, North Texas Chapter, Fort Worth, Texas, 2006.

“Environmental physiology and biomedical engineering: expanding human capability undersea and in space”, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas, Arlington, Texas, 2006.

“Obstructive sleep apnea: causes, consequences, and treatment”, Sleep Patient Education Program, Sleep Consultants, Inc. and Baylor All Saints Hospital, Fort Worth, Texas; and Respiratory Therapy Continuing Education, Arlington Memorial Hospital, Arlington, Texas, 2005.

“Causes and consequences of sympathoexcitation from sleep apnea”, Pickwick Datablitz, National Sleep Foundation, Washington, DC, 2005.

“Artificial gravity: centrifugation vs. LBNP”, Symposium honoring Dr. Gunnar Blomqvist, Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, 2004.

“Restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder”, Sleep Patient Education Program, Sleep Consultants, Inc. and Harris Hospital, Fort Worth, Texas, 2004.

“Environmental challenges to breathing easy in the Navy’s many workplaces”, National Respiratory Care Week seminar, Baylor All Saints Medical Center, Fort Worth, Texas, 2004.

“Brief daily post-exercise orthostatic stress protects orthostatic tolerance during bed rest”, Center for Circadian and Sleep Disorders Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 2001, and the annual meeting of the Japanese Physiological Society, Sapporo, Japan, 2004.

“Degassed liquids to prevent/treat decompression sickness”, Perfluorocarbons in Decompression Sickness Workshop, Naval Medical Research Center, Bethesda, MD, 2003

Flying After Diving Workshop, Divers Alert Network and Duke University Medical Center, Raleigh-Durham, NC, 2002

“Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory: Capabilities and interests relevant to staying awake and sustaining performance”, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Continuous Assisted Performance Teaming Workshop, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2001

“Fluid volume control during space flight”, Journal of Experimental Biology Conference: Physiological Limits to Human Performance, Flagstaff, AZ, 2000.

“Sleep disordered breathing and blood pressure control”, Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory, Groton, CT, 2000, and the John B. Pierce Laboratory, Yale University, 2002

“Effects of microgravity on the cardiovascular system in humans: recent results and interpretations”, 19^th Annual International Gravitational Physiology Meeting, Rome, Italy, 1998

“Lower body negative pressure exercise to simulate gravity”, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas; Innovision A/S, Odense, Denmark; Danish Aerospace Medical Centre of Research A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark; and German Institute for Air- and Space Flight, Cologne, Germany, 1996

“The cardiovascular system in microgravity”, Danish Aerospace Medical Centre of Research A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1996; and University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, 1998

“LBDP exercise for space flight and rehabilitation”, Department of Orthopaedics, University of California, San Diego, CA, 1994

Jupiter Horizon Mission Methodology Conference, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, 1994

“Body segment circumference measurements for monitoring fluid shifts with simulated microgravity”, Annual Meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1991

“Role of atrial natriuretic peptide in systemic responses to acute isotonic volume expansion”, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas; and Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 1989

MEDIA INVOLVEMENT

“Scientific American Frontiers” with Alan Alda, NASA-developed exercise technologies to maintain conditioning in microgravity, Public Broadcasting Service, 1998

“Destination: Mars”, Lower body negative pressure exercise to maintain conditioning in microgravity, Chedd-Angier Productions, Discovery Channel, 1997

“The Next Step” with Richard Hart, NASA-developed exercise technologies to maintain conditioning in microgravity, Discovery Channel, 1996

"Quantum: The Science Series", Space Biology and Medicine, Australian Broadcasting System, Ros Lawson, Producer, 1992

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