Christian Guilleminault

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Doctor Christian Guilleminault is a physician and researcher in the field of sleep medicine. Dr. Guilleminault, a French citizen, was persuaded to join the faculty at Stanford University. He has been closely involved with many developments in sleep medicine from the 1970s until the present day. Guilleminault has authored over four hundred articles in peer reviewed medical journals. He has won many awards for excellent quality of his reasearch in the field of sleep medicine.

Working in collaboration with Dr.William C. Dement, Guilleminault established the Apnea/Hyponea Index (AHI) which is still in use today to diagnose sleep apnea and measure the degree of its severity.