Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • M.D., University of Michigan at Ann Arbor 2006
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  Duke Appointment History

  • Assistant Professor in Neurology, Neurology, General & Community Neurology, Neurology 2013 - 2017
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  Leadership & Clinical Positions at Duke

  • Duke Neurology Director of Diversity and Inclusion
    
    Duke Neurology Sleep Medicine Fellowship Associate Program Director
    
    Duke Neurology Residency Associate Program Director
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Spector, Andrew R., and Kenyon M. Railey. “Reducing Reliance on Test Scores Reduces Racial Bias in Neurology Residency Recruitment..” Journal of the National Medical Association, March 29, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnma.2019.03.004.
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    • Loochtan, Aaron I., Andrew R. Spector, Saurabh R. Sinha, and David P. Lerner. “Emergency Neurology Oral Cases for Trainee Assessment and Education..” The Neurologist 24, no. 2 (March 2019): 53–55. https://doi.org/10.1097/nrl.0000000000000217.
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    • Earl, D. E., S. S. Lakhani, D. B. Loriaux, and A. R. Spector. “Predictors of moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnea: identification of sex differences.” Sleep and Breathing, January 1, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11325-019-01790-x.
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    • Spector, A. R. “Reader response: Residency training: The review committee for neurology: Revisions to the common program requirements.” Neurology 91, no. 9 (August 28, 2018). https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000006071.
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    • Searcy, Sammy, Oluwaseun O. Akinduro, Andrew Spector, Jang W. Yoon, Benjamin L. Brown, and William D. Freeman. “Heart-Shaped Bilateral Medullary Pyramidal Infarction as a Pathognomonic Finding of Anterior Spinal Artery Occlusion..” Neurocritical Care 28, no. 3 (June 2018): 388–94. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12028-017-0406-7.
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    • Spector*, Andrew R., Daniel Loriaux*, Diana Alexandru, and Sanford H. Auerbach. “The Influence of the Menstrual Phases on Polysomnography.” Cureus, November 9, 2016. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.871.
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    • Sobol, Danielle L., and Andrew R. Spector. “Levothyroxine improves subjective sleepiness in a euthyroid patient with narcolepsy without cataplexy..” Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine : Jcsm : Official Publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine 10, no. 11 (November 15, 2014): 1231–32. https://doi.org/10.5664/jcsm.4210.
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    • Westwood, Andrew J., Andrew R. Spector, and Sanford H. Auerbach. “CPAP treats muscle cramps in patients with obstructive sleep apnea..” Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine : Jcsm : Official Publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine 10, no. 6 (June 15, 2014): 691–92. https://doi.org/10.5664/jcsm.3806.
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    • Spector, Andrew R., Brittany N. Dugger, Zbigniew K. Wszolek, Ryan J. Uitti, Paul Fredrickson, Joseph Kaplan, Bradley F. Boeve, Dennis W. Dickson, Audrey Strongosky, and Siong-Chi Lin. “Anatomy of disturbed sleep in pallido-ponto-nigral degeneration..” Annals of Neurology 69, no. 6 (June 2011): 1014–25. https://doi.org/10.1002/ana.22340.
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    • Tatum, William O., and Andrew Spector. “Physiologic pseudoseizures: an EEG case report of mistake in identity..” Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology : Official Publication of the American Electroencephalographic Society 28, no. 3 (June 2011): 308–10. https://doi.org/10.1097/wnp.0b013e31821c3dce.
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    • Shih, Jerry J., Andrew R. Spector, Firas A. Taha, and Rose M. Mills. “Clinically significant bradyarrhythmias in video-EEG patients..” Seizure 20, no. 3 (April 2011): 225–30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seizure.2010.11.023.
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    • Spector, Andrew R., William D. Freeman, and William P. Cheshire. “The stroke that struck back: an unusual alien hand presentation..” Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases : The Official Journal of National Stroke Association 18, no. 1 (January 2009): 72–73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2008.08.003.
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    • Spector, Andrew, Hilary Alpert, and Maher Karam-Hage. “Smoking cessation delivered by medical students is helpful to homeless population..” Academic Psychiatry : The Journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry 31, no. 5 (September 2007): 402–5. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ap.31.5.402.
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    • Alpert, Jonathan E., Timothy Petersen, Pamela A. Roffi, George I. Papakostas, Rachel Freed, Megan M. Smith, Andrew R. Spector, Andrew A. Nierenberg, Jerrold F. Rosenbaum, and Maurizio Fava. “Behavioral and emotional disturbances in the offspring of depressed parents with anger attacks..” Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics 72, no. 2 (March 2003): 102–6. https://doi.org/10.1159/000068682.
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    • Papakostas, George I., Timothy Petersen, David Mischoulon, Megan E. Hughes, Andrew R. Spector, Jonathan E. Alpert, Maurizio Fava, and Andrew A. Nierenberg. “Functioning and interpersonal relationships as predictors of response in treatment-resistant depression..” Comprehensive Psychiatry 44, no. 1 (January 2003): 44–50. https://doi.org/10.1053/comp.2003.50012.
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  • Conference Papers

    • Devinney, M. J., P. J. Smith, A. R. Spector, Y. Cheong, V. A. Wickenheisser, J. N. Browndyke, M. Cooter, J. P. Mathew, and M. Berger. “The Association of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Risk with Postoperative Cognitive Decline.” In Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 67:S178–S178. WILEY, 2019.
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    • Earl, D. E., D. B. Loriaux, S. Lakhani, and A. R. Spector. “PHYSICAL TRAITS ARE MORE PREDICTIVE THAN SYMPTOMS OF MODERATE-TO-SEVERE SLEEP APNEA IN MEN.” In Sleep, 41:A187–A187. OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, 2018.
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