LeRoy Essig, MD

Assistant Professor

201 Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute

473 West 12th Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210
Phone: (614) 247-7707

Clinical Interests
Sleep medicine

Dive & altitude medicine

ICU airway management

Research Interests
Sleep apnea in athletes

ICU airway management

NetWellness

Dr. Essig is a NetWellness expert in sleep disorders.  NetWellness is an unbiased, non-profit consumer health information service delivered on the Web through the collaborative efforts of the University of Cincinnati, The Ohio State University, and Case Western Reserve University.  Since 1995, NetWellness’ mission has been to provide the highest quality health information and education to meet the growing trend of the public to use the Internet for medical and health information.  Health care professionals, including physicians, nurses, dietitians, pharmacists, dentists, genetic counselors, optometrists, psychologists, psychiatrists, physical therapists, speech and hearing therapists, occupational therapists, athletic trainers, and social workers answer consumer questions and provide current health information.

Presentations

International Meetings

Respiratory Failure and Refractory  Hypoxemia Due to Activated Charcoal Aspiration:  Treatment With Bronchoscopic Surfactant Administration.  ACCP Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, 2005

National Meetings

Chronic Eosinophilic Pneumonia, Chest Imaging for the Clinician and Radiologist, ACCP/Fleischner Society, 2005

Local Meetings

Chest X-ray Interpretation, Intern Lecture Series, OSU Department of Internal Medicine, 7/12/04

Chest X-ray Interpretation, Intern Lecture Series, OSU Department of Internal Medicine, 7/25/05

Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Resident Didactic Session, OSU Department of Internal Medicine, 8/2/05

Pleural Disease Update, VA Medical Center, Chillicothe, OH, 9/14/05           

The Lung at Altitude and Depth, Fellow Didactic Session, OSU Division of Pulmonary/CCM, 11/18/05

Publications

1.  Essig, LW.  Sleep Apnea.  In: The 5-Minute Neurology Consult (editors: Joanne Lynn, MD, Rae-Grant Alexander, MD, and Herbert Newton, MD).  Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2004.

2.  Essig LW, Allen JN.  Respiratory Failure and Refractory Hypoxemia due to Activated Charcoal Aspiration:  Treatment with Bronchoscopic Surfactant Administration.  Chest 2005; 128:479S.

3.  Essig LW, Magalang UJ.  Obstructive Sleep Apnea:  Recognition and Diagnosis.  Accepted to CMAJ, 2005.

Awards

Robert J.  Fass Outstanding Clinical Fellow Award, 2004, OSU Department of Internal Medicine

Robert J.  Fass Outstanding Clinical Fellow Award, 2005, OSU Department of Internal Medicine

Committees

2005-present: Pulmonary Function Lab Oversight Committee

2005-present: OSU East ICU Oversight Committee

2005-present: OSU Main Hospital ICU Oversight Committee