Teams – MedXCloud

Meet Our Team

The medXcloud team is a multidisciplinary group of academic researchers, industry experts, and collaborators united through an academic-industry partnership to drive innovation and improve patient outcomes in sleep and respiratory medicine through real-world data insights.

Academic Researchers

Atul Malhotra, MD

Professor Atul Malhotra is a board-certified pulmonologist, intensivist and Research Chief of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine. He is active clinically in pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine. In the sleep clinic, he provides a full spectrum of diagnostic and therapeutic services to patients with sleep-related disorders, including sleep apnea, insomnia, restless leg syndrome, narcolepsy and sleep disorders associated with medical or psychiatric conditions. He has a special interest in the treatment of sleep apnea.

Dr. Malhotra is the recent president of the American Thoracic Society. He has taught and presented his research on sleep-related disorders locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. He has published more than 300 original manuscripts in leading journals. He currently serves as Vice Chair of Medicine for Research and has authored over 900 peer-reviewed publications, including more than 550 original research articles.

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Atul Malhotra, MD

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Vice Chair of Medicine for Research, University of California, San Diego (UCSD)

Atul Malhotra, MD

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Jean-Louis Pepin, MD

Jean-Louis Pépin, MD, PhD, is a professor of Clinical Physiology at University Grenoble-Alpes, FRANCE. He directs a translational research team (INSERM U1300) examining cardiometabolic consequences of intermittent hypoxia (IH) at molecular and cellular levels and in rodent models exposed to IH. He has led clinical trials and real-world evidence observational studies evaluating CPAP and lifestyle interventions with a specific interest for new management pathways including digital medicine and artificial intelligence.

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Jean-Louis Pepin, MD

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Director of the INSERM U1300 Translational Research Team, Université Grenoble-Alpes, France

Jean-Louis Pepin, MD

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Peter Cistulli, MD, PhD

Professor Peter Cistulli is an active clinician researcher with 34 years’ experience in the fields of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine. He is Professor of Sleep Medicine and holds the Resmed Chair within the Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Sydney. He leads the Sleep Research Theme within the multidisciplinary Charles Perkins Centre and holds a prestigious research fellowship from National Health and Medical Research Centre of Australia. He is also Clinical Director of the Sleep Medicine Program at Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia.

His thematic research has focussed on the causes of sleep related breathing disorders and their treatment. He has published over 325 papers and has received more than $26M in competitive research funding. He has received numerous national and international awards for his academic contributions to the sleep field, including election as Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health Sciences. He is a former President of the Australasian Sleep Association and a former board member of the Sleep Health Foundation.

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Peter Cistulli, MD, PhD

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Professor of Sleep Medicine (Resmed Chair), Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney

Peter Cistulli, MD, PhD

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Industry Researchers

Carlos M. Nunez, MD

Dr. Carlos M. Nunez was appointed Resmed’s Chief Medical Officer in January 2017. In his current position, he leads the company’s medical affairs and government affairs departments. He is responsible for maintaining Resmed’s place on the cutting edge of clinical research and medical science through evidence generation, early-stage technology development, and advanced data analytics, including machine learning and AI.

Prior to joining Resmed, he was Senior Vice President of Medical Affairs at Becton, Dickinson and Company, leading the Office of Science, Medicine and Technology for its largest division. Before that, he was Chief Medical Officer at CareFusion, where he built and led a global team that provided company-wide medical oversight. From 2000 to 2011, Carlos was Chief Physician Executive at Picis, Inc., an industry-leading medical informatics company that became part of the Optum division of UnitedHealth Group. At Picis/Optum, Carlos provided medical leadership and clinical direction for corporate strategy, marketing, product development, sales, implementation and customer relations for global markets.

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Carlos M. Nunez, MD

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Chief Medical Officer, Resmed

Carlos M. Nunez, MD

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Jeff Armitstead, PhD

Dr. Jeff Armitstead is Vice President of the Clinical Science & Development team within Medical Affairs at Resmed. Jeff holds a PhD and engineering degree from the University of NSW and the Queensland University of Technology and is an Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Sydney. Jeff also has training in business strategy from the Drucker school of management. Jeff has over 20 years experience in medical devices and the biomedical engineering field, both in industry and academia. Jeff is published internationally and is the principal or contributing author of many patents.

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Jeff Armitstead, PhD

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Vice President of the Clinical Science & Development Team, Resmed

Jeff Armitstead, PhD

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Kimberly L. Sterling, PharmD, MS

Dr. Kimberly L. Sterling is Vice President of the Health Research team within Medical Affairs at Resmed. Kimberly serves as a key leader within the Medical Affairs organization, responsible for the development of scientific evidence that demonstrates the value of Resmed health technologies for sleep and respiratory care.

Prior to joining Resmed in 2019, Kimberly held a variety of positions at Eli Lilly & Company and Sanofi, focused on HEOR strategy & implementation, scientific communication to payers and engagement with health technology assessment organizations. She has 20 years of HEOR experience within the pharmaceutical and medical device industries. Kimberly received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Butler University then went on to receive her Master of Science degree in Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy at the University of Southern California. In addition to her current sleep and respiratory medicine research at Resmed, she has published HEOR studies for multiple other diseases including bipolar disorder, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and autoimmune diseases in peer-reviewed journals.

Meet Our Team

Academic Researchers

Industry Researchers

Elroy Boers, PhD

Fatima H. Sert Kuniyoshi, PhD

Kate Cole, MS

Leanne Kaye, PhD

Naomi Alpert, MS

Will McConnell, PhD

Collaborators

Adam Benjafield, PhD

Chi-Hang Lee, MD

Dayna A. Johnson, PhD

Emerson M. Wickwire, PhD

Holger Woehrle, MD

Jadwiga A. Wedzicha, MD, PhD

Jonathan P. Piccini, MD

Liesl Cooper, MD

Luciano Drager, MD

Meredith Barrett, PhD

Paul E. Peppard, PhD

Raphael Heinzer, MD

Rakesh Bhattacharjee, MD

Sirimon Reutrakul, MD

Tetyana Kendzerska, MD

Virend K. Somers, MD, PhD