Lyle D. Victor, MD, MBA, Medical Director Sleep Apnea Specialty Centers of Michigan and Oakwood Heritage Sleep Disorders Center

Undergraduate education	BS Zoology Michigan State University
Medical Training	MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, City University of New York
Graduate Training	Internal Medicine, Children’s Hospital of San Francisco Pulmonary Medicine Henry Ford Hospital Detroit Michigan Sleep Disorders Medicine; Stanford University MBA University of Michigan, Dearborn (with distinction)
Experience	Practicing Medicine for 33 years, 25 of which have been at Oakwood Hospital   Practicing sleep disorders medicine for 15 years and board Certified in sleep disorders for past 10 years
Certifications	1971; Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners   1975; Diplomate, American Board of Family Practice   1978; Diplomate, American Board of Internal Medicine   1980; Diplomate, Subspecialty Board Pulmonary Disease   1991; Diplomate, American Board of Sleep Disorders Medicine   1980; Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians   1985; Fellow, American College of Physicians   1991; Fellow, American Board of Sleep Disorders Medicine
Publications (Books edited)	An Atlas of Critical Care Chest Roentgenography Lyle D. Victor, M.D., Aspen Systems, Baltimore, Maryland, 1985.   Manual of Critical Care Procedures Lyle D. Victor, M.D., Aspen Systems, Baltimore, Maryland, 1989.   Clinical Pulmonary Medicine Lyle D. Victor, M.D., Ed., Little Brown, 1992 Residency Handbook Lyle D. Victor, M.D., Parthenon Publishing, New York, New York, October 1994.
Published articles	Conway WA, Victor LD, Magilligan Jr. DJ, Fujita S, Zorick FJ and Roth TR, Adverse Effects of Tracheotomy for Sleep Apnea, JAMA Vol. 246 (4), 1981   Victor LD, Chmielinski MA, Pulmonary Function and Exercise Stress Testing, Hospital Practice, July, 1982.   Victor LD, Talamonti WJ, Asbestos Lung Disease, Hospital Practice, April, 1986   Victor LD, Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Primary Care, American Family Physician, Vol. 60 (8), November, 1999 www.aafp.org/afp/991115ap/2279.html   Victor LD, Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea, American Family Physician Feb, 2004 www.aafp.org/afp/20040201/561.html
Honors and Awards	1982 Mensa Society   1992, 2000 Listed among "Detroit's Best Physicians" Monthly Detroit Magazine   2003 Leadership Award, Oakwood Hospital Department of Medical education
Administrative and elected Positions	1989- present; Director, Transitional year Residency Program, Oakwood Hospital, Dearborn, Michigan   1981-present; Medical Director, Respiratory Care and Pulmonary Function Laboratory, Oakwood Hospital, Dearborn, Michigan   1989-1998 Medical Director, Oakwood Hospital Down River Sleep Disorders Center   1998-present Medical Director Oakwood Heritage Sleep Disorders Center   2003-present; Medical Director, Sleep Apnea Specialty Centers of Michigan   1996-1997-President, Michigan Sleep Disorders Association.
Clinical interests	Diagnosis and management of obstructive sleep apnea
Philosophy	We live in a sea of apnea; the sleep center can be a life saver.