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BodiMetrics is pleased to announce that Meir Kryger, MD FRCPC will be a scientific advisor. He is a professor of medicine at Yale School of Medicine who has been treating patients with sleep disorders for over 40 years. He described the first case of sleep apnea in North America. He is chief editor of the most widely used textbook used in sleep medicine, The Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine, now in its sixth edition, and the Atlas of Clinical Sleep Medicine. He has published more than 200 peer reviewed articles and book chapters. His latest books for the public include Sleep in Art, The Man Who Couldn’t Stay Awake and The Mystery of Sleep. The latter was featured in an article in The New Yorker. He has served as president of both the Canadian Sleep Society and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and has served as Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Sleep Foundation. He has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Canadian Sleep Society and the National Sleep Foundation, and the Mary Carskadon Outstanding Educator Award and the Distinguished Achievement Award from the American Thoracic Society . He has been on the BBC radio program more than 20 times and has appeared on programs on CNN, Good Morning America, and has been interviewed by many print media including NY Times and Readers Digest. He was the main speaker of the Sleep Revolution event sponsored by Arianna Huffington held at Yale in April 2016.