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Tarja
Saaresranta
Professor, Pulmonary Diseases and Clinical Allergology
MD, PhD, Professor
sleep-disordered breathing, sleep in middle-aged women, chronic respiratory failure, telemonitoring

Contact

+358 29 450 4571
+358 46 921 6342
Lemminkäisenkatu 3 b
20014
Turku

Areas of expertise

sleep-disordered breathing
chronic respiratory failure

Biography

Current positions

  • Professor of Pulmonary Diseases (50%)

Chief Specialist (50%), Division of Medicine, Dept of Pulmonary Diseases, Turku University Hospital
Coordinating Director (20%), Sleep and Breathing Centre, Turku University Hospital

  • ​​​​​​​Education and degrees awarded

• Specialist in Respiratory Allergology, University of Turku, Finland, 2005
• Degree in Administration and Leadership in Health Care, University of Turku, Finland, 2005
• Registered Educator in Sleep Medicine, Finnish Sleep Research Society, 2005
• Special Competence in Sleep Medicine, Finnish Medical Association, 2001
• PhD, Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, University of Turku, Finland, 2000
• Pulmonary Medicine Specialist, University of Turku, Finland, 1993
• Medical Degree, University of Turku, Turku, Finland, 1986
• Title of docent: Pulmonary Medicine, University of Turku, Finland, 2005


Teaching

sleep disorders

sleep-disorderd breathing

chronic respiratory failure

Research

Main research interests:

sleep-disordered breathing; sleep in menopausal women; treatment of chronic respiratory failure


Publications

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Sleep during menopausal transition: A six-year follow-up (2017)

Sleep
Laura Lampio, Päivi Polo-Kantola, Sari-Leena Himanen, Samu Kurki, Eero Huupponen, Janne Engblom, Olli J. Heinonen, Olli Polo, Tarja Saaresranta
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Clinical Phenotypes and Comorbidity in European Sleep Apnoea Patients (2016)

PLoS ONE
Saaresranta T, Hedner J, Bonsignore MR, Riha RL, McNicholas WT, Penzel T, Anttalainen U, Kvamme JA, Pretl M, Sliwinski P, Verbraecken J, Grote L; ESADA Study Group
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))