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Medical Staff

David Higgins

BSc, MB, BCh, MRCP(I), FRCP(C), ABSM

Medical Director

Dr. David Higgins is an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at McMaster University, and Chief of Staff at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton. Dr. Higgins has expertise in sleep medicine, in which he takes a lead role for St. Joseph's Healthcare and its King Campus. Dr. Higgins develped his interest in sleep medicine in community practice in 1988. He has continued his work in this field in the Sleep Clinic at the Firestone Institute.

 

A.C. Peter Powles

MB, ChB, FRACP, FRCP(C), ABSM

Sleep Consultant

Dr. Powles' expertise in sleep medicine began in the 1970's. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Sleep Medicine and a Fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Dr. Powles is a Professor Emeritus, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario. Currently, he holds a position as a sleep disorders consultant at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton.

 

Parameswaran Nair

MBBS, MNAMS, MD, PhD, FRCP, FCCP

Sleep Consultant

Dr. Nair is an Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Respirology, McMaster University, and an Associate Staff Respirologist, Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health, St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton Ontario. Dr. Nair developed his interest in sleep medicine while establishing a sleep disorders investigation unit in a district general hospital in England.

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