Brian Harris, MD

Clinical history

• Owner & Principal Physician January 2025 – 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.
• Physician, Sleep Medicine December 2022 – January 2025 Regional Pulmonary and Medical Associates · Redwood City, CA
  • Evaluated sleep disorders, interpreted diagnostic testing (polysomnography, home sleep testing), and managed therapeutic planning.
  • Emphasized behavioral and pharmacologic strategies, including CBT-I-informed care and medication deprescribing where clinically appropriate.
• Physician, Addiction Medicine July 2021 – August 2022 The Moment Health · Santa Monica, CA
  • Outpatient care and detoxification support for substance use disorders.
  • Applied clinical pharmacology to overlapping sleep disturbance, physical dependence, and pain management.
• Instructor & Examiner January 2020 – January 2023 Ultimate Board Preparation
  • Prepared over 250 board-eligible anesthesiologists for applied oral examinations through mock cases and clinical decision coaching.
• Staff Anesthesiologist June 2010 – October 2019 Northstar Anesthesia / Sanford Health / Sutter
  • Perioperative care, regional anesthesia, and critical care management across major surgical specialties.
  • Contributed to department-level process improvements in acute pain services and perioperative clinical workflows.

Publications & presentations

Book chapters — Oxford University Press

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

Peer-reviewed & national meeting presentations

• Gomez, 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.
• Murray, 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.
• Bhattacharyya, 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.
• Moshtagh 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.
• Harris, 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.)
• Harris, 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.

Projects & 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.

• Institute for AI Ethics in Human Cognition

  A research and advocacy vehicle developing safety frameworks, non-agentic architectures, and policy guidance to protect cognitively vulnerable populations.

• 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.