Patrick Strollo Jr. MD, FACP, FCCP, FAASM

vice chair of medicine for Veterans Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Medicine, and a professor of medicine and clinical and translational science at Pitt’s School of Medicine.

He is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in internal medicine, pulmonary diseases and sleep medicine.

An active researcher, he is principal investigator for VAPHS’s Million Veteran Program, program co-director for the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute’s (NHLBI) T32 Translational Research Training in Sleep Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, delegate representing the American Academy of Sleep Medicine to the American Medical Association House of Delegates, and former chair of the NHLBI Sleep Disorders Research Advisory Board. He is published in over 150 publications in sleep and pulmonary medicine, to include the New England Journal of Medicine and the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Dr. Strollo received his medical doctorate from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine and then trained in internal medicine and pulmonary/critical care at Wilford Hall U.S. Air Force (USAF) Medical Center. He served on active duty in the USAF for 16 years, rising to the rank of lieutenant colonel. During his time on active duty, he served as a consultant to the U.S. Air Force Surgeon General and was deployed as a pulmonary/critical care physician in support of Operation Desert Storm.