Contributor

Joseph Ojile, M.D., F.C.C.P., D.ABSM

Doctor of sleep medicine, founder and medical director of Clayton Sleep Institute in St. Louis, Missouri

Dr. Joseph Ojile is the founder and medical director of Clayton Sleep Institute (CSI), a sleep medicine clinical and research organization that includes branded and non-branded sleep clinics, an insomnia center and a research center. He is President of the Clayton Sleep Research Foundation, which produces the annual national conference, Updates in Sleep Medicine. He serves as Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine for Saint Louis University School of Medicine. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Sleep Foundation (NSF) and will assume his role as Chairman-elect of NSF on July 1, 2017. Dr. Ojile serves on the Council of Directors of the True Health Coalition GLiMMER Initiative and on the Editorial Board of Sleep Review magazine. Ojile has managed clinical research studies that focus on sleep disorders, diabetes and pulmonary disease and regularly lectures at both national and international conferences on issues related to sleep disorders and pulmonary disease. He has been published in multiple scholarly journals on a variety of sleep medicine topics. Ojile is a member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, a fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians, a member of the American Thoracic Society and a member of the American Society of Internal Medicine. Ojile is certified by the National Board of Medical Examiners, the American Board of Internal Medicine, the American Board of Pulmonary Diseases and the American Board of Sleep Medicine. Ojile earned a Bachelor of Arts in Biology degree from St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas and a Doctor of Medicine degree from the Saint Louis University School of Medicine.