Brian Harris, MDAuthor · Physician · Scientist

Curriculum Vitae

Brian Harris, MD

Physician · Scientist · Board-certified in Sleep Medicine, Anesthesiology, and Addiction Medicine

I am a physician board-certified in Sleep Medicine, Anesthesiology, and Addiction Medicine. Over the past twenty years my clinical work has spanned perioperative medicine, addiction treatment, and sleep physiology. Taken together, these three specialties are really one subject approached from different doors: the machinery of arousal and awareness, and what happens when it is perturbed.

My current work is split between EusomniaMD, a concierge sleep practice handling complex and refractory cases, and Lucid Bridge, which develops clinical safety and ethical boundary frameworks for AI in dementia care.

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Professional record

Curriculum Vitae

One record with three emphases. Each subsection leads with the experience and training most relevant to that specialty.

Sleep Medicine

Board-certified sleep medicine physician with extensive experience in managing sleep disorders, including insomnia, obstructive sleep apnea, and comorbid conditions. Particular expertise in complex insomnia, pharmacological management, deprescribing, and cognitive-behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I).

Clinical experience

Founder and Medical Director
January 2025 to present
EusomniaMD · Menlo Park, CA
  • Clinical evaluation and individualized treatment planning for refractory insomnia, sleep apnea, and sleep-related cognitive disorders.
  • Collaboration with senior-care providers to evaluate facility sleep hygiene and implement deprescribing protocols to reduce polypharmacy.
  • Developing evidence-based, technology-enabled care delivery models for sleep medicine.
  • Clinical specialization: complex sleep disorders with psychiatric comorbidities.
Physician, Sleep Medicine
December 2022 to January 2025
Regional Pulmonary and Medical Associates · Redwood City, CA
  • Clinical management of an 800+ patient panel with complex sleep pathology, including insomnia, obstructive sleep apnea, restless legs syndrome, and parasomnias.
  • Evaluated sleep disorders, interpreted diagnostic testing (200+ polysomnography and home sleep studies monthly), and managed therapeutic planning.
  • Emphasized behavioral and pharmacologic strategies, including CBT-I-informed care and medication deprescribing where clinically appropriate.
  • Collaborative care with primary care and specialty providers.

Training

Fellowship, Sleep Medicine
July 2021 to August 2022
UCLA Medical Center · Los Angeles, CA
  • Advanced training in insomnia management, sleep pharmacology, deprescribing protocols, and comprehensive sleep-disordered breathing therapies.
  • Research focus: telehealth delivery models and treatment outcomes.

Clinical focus

  • Complex insomnia with psychiatric comorbidities
  • CBT-I
  • Sleep pharmacology and deprescribing
  • Sleep-disordered breathing
  • Telehealth delivery models
  • Technology-enabled care delivery

Anesthesiology

Anesthesiologist with nearly a decade of staff practice delivering comprehensive perioperative care in diverse clinical settings. Expertise spans general anesthesia, trauma, pain management, and patient safety initiatives, with a track record of programs that improve operational efficiency and patient satisfaction.

Clinical experience

Staff Anesthesiologist
June 2010 to October 2019
Northstar Anesthesia / Sanford Health / Sutter
  • Perioperative care, regional anesthesia, and critical care management across major surgical specialties.
  • High-volume practice of about 1,698 cases a year: neuroanesthesia 433, cardiothoracic and vascular 140, obstetrics and gynecology 56, pediatrics 42, orthopedics 56, general surgery 915, endoscopy and other 56.
  • Co-created and led a new acute inpatient pain service at Sanford Hospital, increasing patient satisfaction scores by 15%.
  • Partnered with the Patient Safety Committee at Franciscan Munster, reducing joint infection rates by 12% through enhanced perioperative protocols.
  • Led a case transition efficiency project at Sutter Tracy Community Hospital, achieving a 17% reduction in OR turnover times.
  • Developed institutional protocols for perioperative management of sleep apnea.

Teaching

Instructor and Examiner
January 2020 to January 2023
Ultimate Board Preparation
  • Prepared over 250 board-eligible anesthesiologists for applied oral examinations through mock cases and clinical decision coaching.
  • Curriculum development focusing on sleep-related anesthetic considerations.
Clinical Instructor and Director of Medical Education, Department of Anesthesia
October 2010 to July 2014
University of North Dakota School of Medicine
  • Curriculum development for anesthesiology resident training and competency-based assessment tools.
  • Medical student and resident education, including perioperative management of sleep-disordered breathing.

Training

Residency, Anesthesiology
June 2006 to July 2010
UC San Diego Medical Center · San Diego, CA
  • Resident Council Committee member.
  • Clinical research in perioperative management of sleep-disordered breathing.
Transitional Internship
June 2005 to July 2006
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center · San Jose, CA
  • Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee member; Intensive Care Committee resident board member.

Addiction Medicine

Addiction medicine physician who delivers treatment for substance use disorders while integrating sleep medicine expertise for patients with comorbid conditions. Lecturer for the ASAM CO*RE curriculum and faculty for the California Society of Addiction Medicine Board Review Course.

Clinical experience

Physician, Addiction Medicine
July 2021 to October 2025
The Moment Health · Santa Monica, CA
  • Outpatient care and detoxification support for substance use disorders, including IOP and PHP services.
  • Applied clinical pharmacology to overlapping sleep disturbance, physical dependence, and pain management.
  • Completed 1,920 hours in the Practice Pathway for Addiction Medicine.

Education and teaching

Educational Consultant
2020 to present
Illinois Society of Addiction Medicine
  • Lecturer for ASAM CO*RE curriculum implementation.
  • REMS education program development.
Faculty, CSAM Board Review Course
August 2025
California Society of Addiction Medicine Annual Conference · Garden Grove, CA
  • Legal Aspects of Addiction Medicine.
  • Basic Sciences and Addiction.

Clinical focus

  • Addiction medicine with sleep disorder comorbidity
  • Sleep disorders in addiction recovery populations
  • Physical dependence and deprescribing
  • Pain and sleep in substance use disorders

Education, honors, and service

Education

Doctor of Medicine
August 2001 to May 2005
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine · Chicago, IL
  • Co-Chair, Curriculum Review Committee; Admissions Committee student board member.
  • International medical education exchange: Keio University, Tokyo.
Bachelor of Science, cum laude
August 1996 to May 2000
Duke University · Durham, NC
  • Dual major in Biology and Political Science.
  • Harvey W. Smith Undergraduate Fellowship in Biological Sciences.

Honors

  • Keio-Northwestern Exchange Program Scholarship
  • Adolph Lange Merit Scholarship
  • David Monash Fund Grant
  • Dr. J. Brown Grant
  • Robert C. Byrd Scholarship
  • Scaife Scholarship
  • Eagle Scout

Professional societies

  • American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM)
  • American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)
  • American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM)
  • Illinois Society of Addiction Medicine

Committee service

  • Pharmaceutical and Therapeutics Committee, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
  • Patient Safety Committee, Franciscan Health
  • Medical staff committees, multiple institutions

Scholarship

Publications and presentations

Peer-reviewed journal article

  1. 2025Gomez, A., Sarmiento, K. F., Smith, C., Mitchell, M., Lee, D., Totten, A., Sanders, E., Ryden, A. M., Seo, J., Bhattacharyya, S., Harris, B., Mempin, R., et al. "Effectiveness of Mailed versus In-Person PAP Initiation in the Veterans Affairs' TeleSleep Program." Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 2025. PMID 40172543

Book chapters, Oxford University Press

  1. 2023Harris, B. "Anesthetic Implications of Addiction." In Advanced Anesthesia Review, pp. 110-113. Oxford University Press, 2023.
  2. 2023Harris, B. "Pseudocholinesterase Deficiency." In Advanced Anesthesia Review, pp. 101-102. Oxford University Press, 2023.

Invited faculty presentations

  1. 2025Harris, B. "Legal Aspects of Addiction Medicine." CSAM Board Review Course, California Society of Addiction Medicine Annual Conference, Garden Grove, CA, August 2025.
  2. 2025Harris, B. "Basic Sciences and Addiction." CSAM Board Review Course, California Society of Addiction Medicine Annual Conference, Garden Grove, CA, August 2025.

Peer-reviewed and national meeting presentations

  1. 2023Gomez, A., Sarmiento, K. F., Ryden, A. M., Mitchell, M. N., Lee, D., Smith, C., Seo, J., Bhattacharyya, S., Harris, B., Mempin, R., Moghtaderi, I., Jawed, Y., Martin, J. L., & Zeidler, M. R. "Efficacy of In-Person vs. Telehealth Positive Airway Pressure Set-Up in Veterans." Oral and poster presentation, SLEEP 2023, Indianapolis, IN, June 2023.
  2. 2023Murray, B. R., Seo, J., Bhattacharyya, S., Mempin, R., Harris, B., Smith, C., Mitchell, M. N., Lee, D., Moghtaderi, I., Martin, J. L., Gomez, A., Ryden, A. M., Sarmiento, K., & Zeidler, M. R. "Comparison of In-Person versus Telehealth Positive Airway Pressure Set-Up for Rural Veterans." Oral presentation, SLEEP 2023, Indianapolis, IN, June 2023.
  3. 2022Bhattacharyya, S., Eng, K., Harris, B., & Zeidler, M. "Psychosis Associated with Sodium Oxybate." Poster presentation, American Academy of Sleep Medicine Annual Meeting (AASM 2022), Charlotte, NC, June 2022.
  4. 2022Moshtagh Sisan, M., Sarrami, K., Patel, J., Harris, B., & Avidan, A. "Melatonin-Induced Autoimmune Hepatitis in the Setting of REM Sleep Behavior Disorder Management." Poster presentation, American Academy of Sleep Medicine Annual Meeting (AASM 2022), Charlotte, NC, June 2022.
  5. 2006Harris, B., & Lane, J. "Taser Dart Penetration of the Inner Table of the Parietal Bone: A Case Study." Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Annual Residents' Case Presentation Competition, San Jose, CA, June 2006. (First Place.)
  6. 2006Harris, B. "Cerebrovascular Accident and the Use of Intravenous Thrombolytic Pharmacotherapy: A Cross-Cultural Perspective." Grand rounds poster presentation, Department of Radiology, Keio University Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, February 2006.

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Credentials and licensure

Every current specialty board certification appears on one American Board of Medical Specialties profile. Each card links to its primary source.

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Board verification: certificationmatters.org (ABMS profile, Brian D. Harris, Menlo Park, CA). License verification: search.dca.ca.gov (A 100114).

Board certification

Sleep Medicine

Current

American Board of Anesthesiology, certified 2023.
American Board of Internal Medicine, certified 2023, most recent 2026.

ABA directory: First Brian, Last Harris, State CA. ABIM: Last Harris, First Brian, State CA.

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Anesthesiology

Current

American Board of Anesthesiology, certified 2013, renewed 2023.

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Addiction Medicine

Current

American Board of Preventive Medicine, certified 2025.

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Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

Pending

American Board of Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (ABAIM), Advanced level, expected December 2026. An educational certification; not an ABMS member board.

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Licensure and registration

California Medical License

Current

Physician and Surgeon A 100114. License Renewed & Current, expires November 30, 2028. No public record actions.

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DEA Registration

Active

Active DEA registration at EusomniaMD, Menlo Park, CA, schedules 2 through 5. Verification available on request.

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Life support

ACLS and PALS Provider

Current

American Heart Association. ACLS issued February 2025; PALS issued February 2025. Renew by 02/2027.

AHA eCard codes available on request.

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Initiatives

Projects and initiatives

EusomniaMD

A concierge sleep medicine practice and clinical knowledge library focused on complex, refractory sleep disorders that do not resolve under standard protocols.

Lucid Bridge

A clinical initiative designing ethical, caregiver-supervised AI workflows to extend family presence and support daily routines for people living with dementia.

CARE-SAT

An eight-week feasibility study evaluating whether a safety-moderated, caregiver-in-the-loop companion can extend caregiver capacity without deception.

Domain Hunter

A high-performance command-line utility and TUI wizard in Python for parallelized domain-name verification using RDAP and registrar APIs.

Writing and other work

Fiction, essays, and personal writing live on this site: two novels, short fiction, and standalone nonfiction. Kept apart from the professional record, which is this page.

Novels, essays, and stories