GERARD JOSEPH MESKILL, M.D.
2201 West Holcombe Boulevard #325A
Houston, Texas 77030
CURRENT POSITIONS
August 2015-Present Partner, Comprehensive Sleep Medicine Associates, Houston and Sugar Land, Texas
July 2013-Present Neurologist and Sleep Disorders Specialist, Comprehensive Sleep Medicine Associates, Houston and Sugar Land, Texas
August 2014-Present Director, A.W.A.K.E. Greater Houston sleep education program
APPOINTMENTS
April 2016-Present Board Member, Sleep Education Consortium, Houston, Texas
March 2015-Present Faculty, Sleep Education Consortium Panel, Houston, Texas
CERTIFICATIONS
2015 Diplomate: Sleep Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
2013 Diplomate: American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (adult neurology)
POST-GRADUATE MEDICAL TRAINING
2012-2013 Sleep Medicine Fellow: Stanford University School of Medicine, Redwood City, California
2011-2012 Chief Resident, Adult Neurology: Hofstra North Shore/LIJ School of Medicine, Manhasset, New York
2009-2012 Adult Neurology Resident: Hofstra North Shore/LIJ School of Medicine, Manhasset, New York
2008-2009 Internal Medicine Intern: New York Medical College/Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, New York
EDUCATION
2004-2008 M.D. Degree: State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate College of Medicine, Brooklyn, New York
1999-2003 B.A. Psychology: University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana
1995-1999 H.S. Diploma: Chaminade High School, Mineola, New York
HONORS AND AWARDS
2015 H-Texas Magazine – Houston’s Top Doctors
2008 American Academy of Neurology Medical Student Prize for Excellence in Neurology
2003 Graduated cum laude from the University of Notre Dame
2002 Alpha Epsilon Delta inductee (national premedical honor society)
1999 Appointment to the United States Naval Academy
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
2011-Present American Academy of Sleep Medicine
2009-2013 American Academy of Neurology
MEDICAL PRESENTATIONS
1. Meskill G: Presentation, “Pharmacology in the Treatment of Insomnia.” North Texas Nurse Practitioners Annual Continuing Education Conference, Dallas, Texas, April 2017.
2. Meskill G: Presentation, “Pharmacology in the Treatment of Restless Legs Syndrome.” North Texas Nurse Practitioners Annual Continuing Education Conference, Dallas, Texas, April 2017.
3. Meskill G: Presentation, “Living the Dream: Narcolepsy and Other Disorders of REM Sleep.” North Texas Nurse Practitioners Annual Continuing Education Conference, Dallas, Texas, April 2017.
4. Meskill G: Presentation, “Let Me Sleep on It: How We Decide Which Sleep Test to Use.” North Texas Nurse Practitioners Annual Continuing Education Conference, Dallas, Texas, April 2017.
5. Meskill G: Presentation, “Sleep Health Status in the U.S. Responsibilities of the Healthcare Community to Respond.” Sleep Education Consortium, Houston, Texas, April 2016.
6. Meskill G: Presentation, “Things That Go Bump in the Night: Parasomnia and its Association with Other Conditions.” Sleep Education Consortium, Houston, Texas, April 2016.
7. Simmons JH, Meskill GJ. “Some Common Sleep Disorders That Can Affect Work and Job Performance.” UBS lunch education lecture. Houston, Texas, March 2016.
8. Chambers, J, Simmons, JH, Meskill G. “Houston and Beyond – Sleep Disorders.” Houston and Beyond, 1070 AM (Houston, TX) radio show. November 22, 2015.
9. Meskill G: Presentation, “Nuances of Polysomnography in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea.” A.W.A.K.E. Greater Houston Sleep Disorders Support Group, Sugar Land, Texas, May 2015.
10. Meskill G: Presentation, “Things That Go Bump in the Night: Parasomnia and its Association with Other Conditions.” Sleep Education Consortium, Houston, Texas, March 2015.
11. Meskill G: Presentation, “Insomnia: Sleep Disorders Confused for Insomnia or That Make Insomnia Worse.” A.W.A.K.E. Greater Houston Sleep Disorders Support Group, Sugar Land, Texas, February 2015.
12. Meskill G: Presentation, “Sleep Deprivation, Shift Work, and Shift Work Disorder.” Texas Children’s Hospital Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, January 2015.
13. Meskill G: Presentation, “Use of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure to Treat Obstructive Sleep Apnea and the Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome.” A.W.A.K.E. Greater Houston Sleep Disorders Support Group, Sugar Land, Texas, August 2014.
14. Meskill G: Presentation, “Basics of Polysomnography.” Local dentists’ monthly journal club, Katy, Texas, May 2014.
15. Meskill G: Presentation, “When Sleep Won’t Come – A Talk About Insomnia.” Stanford A.W.A.K.E. Support Group, Stanford Hospital and Clinics Department of Sleep Medicine, Redwood City, California, January 2013.
16. Meskill G: Presentation, “Kleine-Levin Syndrome.” Stanford Hospital and Clinics Department of Sleep Medicine, Redwood City, California, January 2013.
17. Meskill G: Presentation, “Case Conference.” Stanford Hospital and Clinics Department of Sleep Medicine, Redwood City, California, November 2012.
18. Belisova Z, Meskill G, Osias J, and Fleming M: Presentation, “Neurologic Manifestations of HIV.” Hofstra North Shore/Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, New Hyde Park, New York, May 2012.
19. Meskill G: Journal Article Presentation, “High- and Low-Risk Profiles for the Development of Multiple Sclerosis Within 10 Years After Optic Neuritis: Experience of the Optic Neuritis Treatment Trial.” Hofstra North Shore/Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, New Hyde Park, New York, March 2012.
20. Belisova Z, Meskill G, Osias J, and Fleming M: Presentation, “The Facial Nerve and the Blink Reflex.” Hofstra North Shore/Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, New Hyde Park, New York, March 2012.
21. Meskill G: Presentation, “Visual Pathways.” Hofstra North Shore/Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, New Hyde Park, New York, August 2011.
22. Meskill G: Presentation, “Anti-Epileptic Drugs.” Hofstra North Shore/Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, Manhasset, New York, April 2011.
23. Meskill G: Presentation, “Anti-Epileptic Drugs for Board Review.” Hofstra North Shore/Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, Manhasset, New York, April 2011.
24. Meskill G, Oller-Cramsie M: North Shore/Long Island Jewish Adult Neurology Grand Rounds Presentation, “Morbidity and Mortality Conference.” Hofstra North Shore/Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, Manhasset, New York, January 2011.
25. Meskill G: Presentation, “Psychopharmacology.” Hofstra North Shore/Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, New Hyde Park, New York, November 2010.
26. Meskill G, Natanzon C: North Shore/Long Island Jewish Adult Neurology Grand Rounds Presentation, “Morbidity and Mortality Conference.” Hofstra North Shore/Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, Manhasset, New York, November 2010.
27. Meskill G: Presentation, “Psychiatry for the Neurology Boards.” Hofstra North Shore/Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, Manhasset, New York, May 2010.
28. Meskill G: Presentation, “Electromyography Board Review.” Hofstra North Shore/Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, Manhasset, New York, April 2010.
29. Meskill G: North Shore/Long Island Jewish Adult Neurology Grand Rounds Presentation, “Clinical Case Presentation.” Hofstra North Shore/Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, Manhasset, New York, April 2010.
30. Meskill G: Presentation, “Pediatric Brain Tumors.” Hofstra North Shore/Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, New Hyde Park, New York, January 2010.
31. Meskill G: Presentation, “Lesions of the Peripheral Nervous System.” Hofstra North Shore/Long Island Jewish School of Medicine, New Hyde Park, New York, October 2009.
MEDICAL PUBLICATIONS
1. Meskill GJ, Simmons JH, Legan A, Weiss T, Bastida A, Peters BR. Are We Underselling Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) Compliance and Confounding Sleep Research? Large Multi-Center Analysis Shows PAP Compliance Data That Is Much Higher Than Previously Reported. Poster session presented at: 31st annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies; 2017 June 5; Boston, MA.
2. Simmons, JH, Meskill GJ. Routine Utilization Of Esophageal Pressure Monitoring (Pes) Can Be Done Reliably With Good Patient Acceptance And Can Enhance The Quality Of In-Lab NPSG Sleep Testing. Poster session presented at: 31st annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies; 2017 June 5; Boston, MA.
3. Meskill GJ, Guilleminault C. Sleep and Stroke. In: Miglis MG, ed. Sleep and Neurologic Disease. San Diego: Academic Press, 2017: 115-127.
4. Meskill G. CPAP Doesn’t Prevent Cardiovascular Events in Sleep Apnea, According to the NEJM, But Can That Be True? The Huffington Post, September 2, 2016.
5. Meskill GJ, Simmons JH. Analysis of Polysomnogram Data Demonstrates that Home Sleep Testing has Poor Diagnostic Sensitivity in Certain Patient Populations. Poster session presented at: 30th annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies; 2016 June 11-15; Denver, CO.
6. Simmons JH, Meskill GJ, White M, Ty S. Outcome Data Support the 2012 AASM Scoring Criteria of Hypopneas in the Absence of SaO2 Desaturation (Rule 1A). It is Unjustified to Withhold Treatment from Patients Who Do Not Desaturate. Poster session presented at: 30th annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies; 2016 June 11-15; Denver, CO.
7. Meskill G. Medicare Regulations Are Driving a Wedge Between Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients and Their Providers. The Huffington Post, January 11, 2016.
8. Arora N, Meskill G, Guilleminault C. The role of flow limitation as an important diagnostic tool and clinical finding in mild sleep-disordered breathing. Sleep Science 2015 (8), 134-42.
9. Meskill GJ, Simmons JH. The use of DaTscan in idiopathic REM Sleep Behavior Disorder (iRBD) as a screening tool to identify patients at risk for developing parkinsonism syndromes (PS). Poster session presented at: 29th annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies; 2015 June 6-10; Seattle, WA.
10. Simmons JH, Meskill GJ. Enhanced detail of NPSG testing supports the new scoring rules for hypopneas that do not require SaO2 desaturation if EEG arousals are present. Poster session presented at: 29th annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies; 2015 June 6-10; Seattle, WA.
11. Meskill G. Chronic Pain and Poor Sleep: A Vicious Cycle. Community Pain Center. May 11, 2015.
12. Meskill G. Stealthy Insomnia Cause? Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome Subtly Disturbs Breathing in Sleep. The Huffington Post, February 13, 2015.
13. Meskill G. Is Fibromyalgia a Myth? No, But it Just Might Be a Sleep Disorder. The Huffington Post, February 9, 2014.
14. Meskill G. Nocturnal Teeth Grinding May Suggest a Sleep Disorder. The Huffington Post, October 24, 2013.
15. Meskill G. Episodic Excessive Sleepiness in Teens May Represent Kleine-Levin Syndrome. The Huffington Post, April 9, 2013.
RESEARCH
2014-Present Principal Investigator: enrolling patients with idiopathic REM Sleep Behavior Disorder to investigate if DaT SPECT imaging shows a pattern consistent with what is found in patients with Parkinson’s disease (abstract presented at Sleep 2015)
2011-2013 Research Associate, Feinstein Institute for Medical Research and Stanford Hospital and Clinics: assisted with enrollment of patients with idiopathic REM Sleep Behavior Disorder for a prospective study looking at the role of FDG PET imaging to establish if there is an imaging pattern similar to what is found in Parkinson’s disease