Shelgikar named president of AASM board

Shelgikar named president of AASM board 

DARIEN, Ill. – Dr. Anita Shelgikar has been named the 40th president of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine board of directors. Shelgikar took the helm of the nation’s leading sleep medicine professional society during SLEEP 2025, the annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies, held in Seattle. During her one-year term, Shelgikar will lead the organization of 9,500 members, including physicians, scientists and other health care professionals. She will help AASM achieve strategic goals related to public awareness, technology integration, practice success and advocacy to improve patient outcomes. “Leading the AASM during this transformative period, I am committed to fostering innovation, enhancing interdisciplinary collaboration and advocating for research that will redefine patient care in sleep medicine,” said Shelgikar. As a longstanding member of the AASM, Shelgikar has served on several committees such as the Sleep Medicine Fellowship Directors Council Steering Committee, Fellowship Models Exploratory Committee, Education Committee, and the Innovative Fellowship Model Implementation Presidential Committee. She was elected to the board of directors in 2018, served as secretary/treasurer and recently completed a three-year term as president of the AASM Foundation board of directors. “There are millions of individuals who are impacted by sleep disorders and millions more who struggle to get the healthy sleep they need,” said Shelgikar. “I am proud to lead the AASM in the ongoing effort to advance sleep medicine research and sleep disorders treatment to improve quality of life for our patients.”