Krishna M. Sundar

Krishna M. Sundar, MD

Languages spoken: Hindi, English

Academic Information

Departments Adjunct - Internal Medicine

Divisions: Rheumatology

Board Certification

  • American Board of Sleep Medicine

Dr. Sundar is currently the Medical Director of the Sleep-Wake Center, University of Utah. He is American Board-Certified in Sleep Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care Medicine, and Internal Medicine.

Following his medical training in India, Dr. Sundar did his residency in Internal Medicine at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia University, New York followed by fellowship in Pulmonary, Critical Care Medicine and Sleep Medicine at the University of Utah. Thereafter, Dr. Sundar worked with the Utah Valley Pulmonary group, Provo, Utah for nearly a decade where he developed an interstitial lung disease program and directed pulmonary and critical care research for the IHC Urban South Region. In 2012, he joined the University of Utah full-time and helped expand the sleep medicine program and fellowship. In addition, he has developed a multi-disciplinary sleep apnea clinic in conjunction with ENT, a follow up program for patients stable on CPAP and a multidisciplinary cough clinic with speech behavioral therapy at the University of Utah.

Dr. Sundar has extensive experience with all aspects of pulmonary and sleep medicine. He has done a number of presentations in national and international forums on various topics in Pulmonary and Sleep medicine. One of his main goals as the Sleep Center physician is to educate patients and providers in realizing the full potential of sleep in maintaining health and improving outcomes from chronic illnesses. He has consistently been named Castle Connolly's Region's Top Doctors in Pulmonary Disease from 2013-2017 and featured in Top 10% of America's most honored professionals in the 2016 American Registry.

Education History

Professional Medical University College Medical Science
 MBBS
Clerkship Safdarjung Hospital
 Clerkship
Professional Medical Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research
 MD
Residency Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research
 Resident
Internship St.Luke¿s-Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia University
 Intern
Residency St.Luke¿s-Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia University
 Resident
Fellowship University of Utah Medical Center
 Fellow
Fellowship University of Utah Medical Center
 Chief Fellow
Fellowship University of Utah Medical Center
 Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. He L, Chen J, Dinger B, Sanders K, Sundar K, Hoidal J, Fidone S (2003). Carotid body chemoreceptor activity in mice deficient in selected subunits of NADPH oxidase. Adv Exp Med Biol, 536, 41-6. (Read full article)
  2. Sundar K, Rosado-Santos H, Reimer L, Murray K, Michael (2001). Unusual presentation of thoracic Pneumocystis carinii infection in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Clinical infectious diseases, 32(3), 498-501. (Read full article)
  3. Sundar KM, Prchal J (2017). The Cornerstone of the Aberrant Pathophysiology of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Tissue Responses to Chronic Sustained Versus Intermittent Hypoxia. American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology, 56(4), 419-420. (Read full article)
  4. Sundar KM, Thaut P, Nielsen DB, Alward WT, Pearce M (2012). Clinical course of ICU patients with severe pandemic 2009 influenza A (H1N1) pneumonia: single center experience with proning and pressure release ventilation. Journal of intensive care medicine, 27(3), 184-90. (Read full article)
  5. Sundar KM, Carveth HJ, Gosselin MV, Beatty PG, Colby TV, Hoidal J (2001). Granulomatous pneumonitis following bone marrow transplantation. Bone marrow transplantation, 28(6), 627-30. (Read full article)
  6. Sundar KM, Nielsen D, Sperry (2012). Comparison of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) rates between different ICUs: Implications of a zero VAP rate. Journal of critical care, 27(1), 26-32. (Read full article)
  7. Daly SE, Sundar K (2011). Cough. Family practice,
  8. Sanders KA, Sundar KM, He L, Dinger B, Fidone S, Hoidal J (2002). Role of components of the phagocytic NADPH oxidase in oxygen sensing. Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md., 93(4), 1357-64. (Read full article)
  9. Sundar KM, Daly S (2014). Chronic cough and OSA: an underappreciated relationship. Lung,
  10. Sundar KM, Harris D (2007). Initial presentation of IPF as an ¿acute exacerbation". Respiratory medicine,
  11. He L, Chen J, Dinger B, Sanders K, Sundar K, Hoidal J, Fidone (2002). Characteristics of carotid body chemosensitivity in NADPH oxidase-deficient mice. American journal of physiology. Cell physiology, 282(1), C27-33. (Read full article)
  12. Sundar S, Stratman J, Sundar K (2017). Using A Disaster Preparedness Triangle Framework to Link Disaster Preparedness to Pandemic Outcomes. International journal of mass emergencies and disasters, 35(3), 154-68.
  13. Sundar KM, Daly SE, Pearce MJ, Alward W (2010). Chronic cough and obstructive sleep apnea in a community-based pulmonary practice. Cough (London, England), 6(1), 2. (Read full article)
  14. Sundar KM, Daly SE, Willis A (2013). A longitudinal study of CPAP therapy for patients with chronic cough and obstructive sleep apnoea. Cough (London, England), 9(1), 19. (Read full article)
  15. Scholand MB, Wolff R, Crossno PF, Sundar K, Winegar M, Whipple S, Carey P, Sunchild N, Coon (2014). Severity of cough in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is associated with MUC5 B genotype. Cough (London, England), 10, 3. (Read full article)
  16. Sundar KM, Daly S (2014). A longitudinal study of CPAP therapy for patients with chronic cough and OSA. Cough (London, England), 9, 19.
  17. Sundar KM, Ludwig KA, Alward WT, Pearce MJ, Bishop CT, Hammond RC, Hillyard DR, Freestone SW, Ozment A, Cahill B (2008). Clinical course and spectrum of intensive care unit patients reactivating herpes simplex-1 virus: a retrospective analysis. Indian journal of critical care medicine, 12(4), 145-52. (Read full article)
  18. Sundar KM, Sires (2014). 16. Sundar KM, Sires M. Sepsis induced immunosuppression: Implications for secondary infections and complications. Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine 2013;17:44-51. Indian journal of critical care medicine,
  19. McAdams-Jones D, Sundar (2012). Jump into action against aspiration pneumonia. American nurse today, 7(8),
  20. Sundar KM, Scholand MB, Willis A, Sundar (2015). Sleep apnea management in ¿possible IPF¿ and `Idiopathic NSIP¿. A case series. http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2167-0277.1000173. Journal of sleep disorders & therapy, 3, 4.
  21. Sundar K, Kanner (2010). Aspiration pneumonia. Point of Care monograph.
  22. Locke BW, Neill SE, Howe HE, Crotty MC, Kim J, Sundar K (2022). Electronic health record-derived outcomes in obstructive sleep apnea managed with positive airway pressure tracking systems. Journal of clinical sleep medicine, 18(3), 885-894. (Read full article)
  23. Roy N, Merrill RM, Pierce J, Sundar K (2021). Evidence of Possible Irritable Larynx Syndrome in Obstructive Sleep Apnea: An Epidemiologic Approach. Journal of voice, 35(6), 932.e29-932.e38. (Read full article)
  24. Sundar KM, Stark AC, Hu N, Barkmeier-Kraemer (2021). Is laryngeal hypersensitivity the basis of unexplained or refractory chronic cough?. ERJ open research, 7(1), (Read full article)
  25. Reynolds JE, Jetté ME, Wright ML, Sundar KM, Gillespie AI, Slovarp L (2022). Normative Values for the Leicester Cough Questionnaire in Healthy Individuals. The Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology, 34894221112517. (Read full article)
  26. Baron KG, Troxel WM, Galway S, Kharidia S, DeVettori G, Gilles A, Sundar KM, Watt M (2022). Couples-based interventions to promote PAP adherence among older adults: a qualitative study of patients, partners, and providers. Journal of clinical sleep medicine, 18(11), 2627-2634. (Read full article)
  27. Baron KG, Gilles A, Sundar KM, Baucom BRW, Duff K, Troxel (2022). Rationale and study protocol for We-PAP: a randomized pilot/feasibility trial of a couples-based intervention to promote PAP adherence and sleep health compared to an educational control. Pilot and feasibility studies, 8(1), 171. (Read full article)
  28. Baugh A, Buhr RG, Quibrera P, Barjaktarevic I, Barr RG, Bowler R, Han MK, Kaufman JD, Koch AL, Krishnan J, Labaki W, Martinez FJ, Mkorombindo T, Namen A, Ortega V, Paine R, Peters SP, Schotland H, Sundar K, Zeidler MR, Hansel NN, Woodruff PG, Thakur (2022). Risk of COPD exacerbation is increased by poor sleep quality and modified by social adversity. Sleep, 45(8), (Read full article)
  29. Garrison GW, Cho JL, Deng JC, Camac E, Oh S, Sundar K, Baptiste JV, Cheng GS, De Cardenas J, Fitzgerald C, Garfield J, Ha NT, Holden VK, O'Corragain O, Patel S, Wayne MT, McSparron JI, Wang T, Çoruh B, Hayes MM, Guzman E, Channick C (2021). ATS Core Curriculum 2021. Adult Pulmonary Medicine: Thoracic Oncology. ATS scholar, 2(3), 468-483. (Read full article)
  30. Zeidler MR, Martin JL, Kleerup EC, Schneider H, Mitchell MN, Hansel NN, Sundar K, Schotland H, Basner RC, Wells JM, Krishnan JA, Criner GJ, Cristenson S, Krachman S, Badr MS, SPIROMICS Research Grou (2018). Sleep disruption as a predictor of quality of life among patients in the subpopulations and intermediate outcome measures in COPD study (SPIROMICS). Sleep, 41(5), (Read full article)

Review

  1. Locke BW, Lee JJ, Sundar K (2022). OSA and Chronic Respiratory Disease: Mechanisms and Epidemiology. International journal of environmental research and public health, 19(9), (Read full article)
  2. Lee JJ, Sundar K (2021). Evaluation and Management of Adults with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome. Lung, 199(2), 87-101. (Read full article)
  3. Sundar KM, Sires (2013). Sepsis induced immunosuppression: Implications for secondary infections and complications. Indian journal of critical care medicine, 17(3), 162-9. (Read full article)
  4. Song J, Sundar K, Gangaraju R, Prchal J (2017). Regulation of erythropoiesis after normoxic return from chronic sustained and intermittent hypoxia. Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md., 123(6), 1671-1675. (Read full article)

Other

  1. Gangaraju R, Song J, Kim SJ, Tashi T, Reeves BN, Sundar KM, Thiagarajan P, Prchal J (2020). Thrombotic, inflammatory, and HIF-regulated genes and thrombosis risk in polycythemia vera and essential thrombocythemia. Blood advances, 4(6), 1115-1130. (Read full article)
  2. Shumway C, Curtin K, Taylor S, Sundar KM, Wirostko BM, Ritch (2021). Association between Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Exfoliation Syndrome: The Utah Project on Exfoliation Syndrome. Ophthalmology. Glaucoma, 4(3), 260-267. (Read full article)