Dr Anup Desai - MBBS (Syd) FRACP PhD Sleep Medicine (Syd)

Dr Anup Desai - MBBS (Syd) FRACP PhD Sleep Medicine (Syd)

Sleep and Respiratory Physician, Medical Director, Sydney Sleep Centre

Dr Anup Desai is a Specialist Sleep and Respiratory Physician. As well as his Specialist Sleep and Respiratory Physician qualifications, he has a PhD (Syd) in Sleep Medicine. He sees all Sleep and Respiratory conditions, and has a particular interest in non-respiratory sleep disorders, such as insomnia, parasomnias, restless legs, narcolepsy and unexplained sleepiness/tiredness.

He has extensive experience in issues related to obstructive sleep apnoea and driving and has helped to draft regulatory guidelines in this area. His focus is on a broad and realistic approach to each patient's sleep disorder. For instance, when treating obstructive sleep apnoea, treatment advice will consider CPAP, dental splint management, ENT procedures, managing nasal disease, weight loss and possibly positional therapy.

Dr Desai has built up a strong multi-disciplinary team around him at Sydney Sleep Centre (including CPAP therapists, a Sleep specialised dentist, a Sleep Psychologist and Dietician) and has close relationships with other local experts, such as ENT surgeons.

Detailed CV

Dr Anup Desai graduated from the University of Sydney in Medicine and underwent Physician training at The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney. Towards the end of his Specialist training he commenced a PhD in Sleep Medicine at the University of Sydney. He was awarded several grants and prizes for his period of research (The Harry Windsor Postgraduate Research Scholarship; CONROD Fellowship, Royal Australasian College of Physicians; project grants from the Motor Accidents Authority of NSW, NSW Roads and Traffic Authority and St Vincents Hospital). As he finished his PhD degree, he was awarded the Allen and Hanburys Overseas Travelling Fellowship from the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand to study in the UK (Oxford and London).

In 2003, he worked as a post doctoral Research Fellow at the Sleep Investigation Unit of St Thomas' Hospital, London. During his experience abroad, he also worked as a Consultant Physician in the Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine in Birmingham Heartlands Hospital where his main role was to set up a large public hospital sleep laboratory, the largest in Birmingham at the time.

After returning to Sydney in 2004, Dr Desai commenced work at the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research and as an Associate Physician at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. He continued these roles for several years while also establishing a private consulting practice in Camperdown.

In 2008, he was awarded a Senior Staff Specialist role at The Prince of Wales Public Hospital in Randwick, Sydney. At that stage he established a private clinical practice in Randwick at The Prince of Wales Private Hospital. He continues his Prince of Wales Public Hospital role today, as well as his two private clinical practices in Sydney CBD (Sydney Sleep Centre) and Randwick. His other major roles at present include Conjoint Senior lecturer, UNSW; Medical Assessor NSW Motor Accidents Authority; Medical Review Panel NSW Motor Accidents Authority and NSW WorkCover Trained Assessor of Permanent Impairment.