Milton K. Erman, MD

Program Chair
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, California
Research Scientist
The Scripps Research Institute
La Jolla, California

Milton K. Erman, MD is clinical professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine, and a research scientist in the Department of Neuropharmacology at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, Calif. As president of Pacific Sleep Medicine Services, Dr. Erman operates sleep disorders centers throughout southern California.

After receiving his undergraduate degree from Columbia College and his medical degree from New York University, both in New York City, Dr. Erman completed residency training in psychiatry and a fellowship in consultation/liaison psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

Dr. Erman is a member of several professional organizations, including the American Psychiatric Association, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and the California Psychiatric Association. He is a fellow of both the American Psychiatric Association and the American Board of Sleep Medicine. Dr. Erman has served on the board of directors of the National Sleep Foundation, The American Sleep Disorders Association, and as secretary/treasurer and national chairman of the accreditation committee for the American Sleep Disorders Association.

He is the author of more than 140 publications dealing primarily with sleep disorders medicine, and with interactions between psychiatric illness and sleep. His work is published in journals such as The American Journal of Psychiatry, Drug Therapy, The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, Human Psychopharmacology, Sleep Medicine, Chest, Biological Psychiatry, and Sleep.