Krishna M. Sundar,
MD
Languages Spoken: English, Hindi
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.
Clinical Locations
801-581-2016
Fax: (801) 587-3349
801-213-4500
Specialties
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Internal Medicine
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Professor (Clinical) |
| Academic Divisions | Pulmonary |
| Board Certification | American Board of Sleep Medicine |
Patient Rating
The Patient Rating score is an average of all responses to care provider related questions on our nationally-recognized Press Ganey Patient Satisfaction Survey.
Responses are measured on a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being the best score.
Likelihood of recommending care provider
4.6/ 5
Care provider's explanation of condition/problem
4.6/ 5
Care provider's effort to include me in decisions
4.6/ 5
Wait time at clinic
4.5/ 5
Care provider's concern for questions & worries
4.7/ 5
Patient Comments
Patient comments are gathered from our Press Ganey Patient Satisfaction Survery and displayed in their entirety. Patients are de-identified for confidentiality and patient privacy.
UofU Patient
September 11, 2022
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS
Dr Sundar is knowledgeable, kind, helpful.
UofU Patient
September 02, 2022
CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES CENTER
This was the best experience I have had at University of Utah health. The physician and team were highly professional, focused on my condition, understood my condition and used multiple disciplines to address it. If I could give more stars I would.
UofU Patient
July 06, 2022
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS
I was asked to do a sleep study, but not told what the results or treatment would be. I was just told that the doctor expected me to not pass and then we'd treat something else.
UofU Patient
June 29, 2022
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS
Dr. Sundar adjusted the time for my next visit based on when we thought I would receive my new or upgraded C-pap machine from the Phillips recall. He wanted to see me soon after the projected time to determine that the new machine is meeting my needs.
UofU Patient
June 05, 2022
CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES CENTER
Dr. Sundar gave me hope. He's compassionate, caring and helped me understand what my condition is and how we can control it.
UofU Patient
May 08, 2022
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS
I like Dr.Sundar and the care he gives me. He listens to me and includes me in decisions. He's a great doctor.
UofU Patient
May 08, 2022
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS
The fellow didn't look at me once. He only typed in the computer and asked questions. The actual doctor seemed preoccupied with something else and less concerned about why I was there. I didn't feel like I belonged in that clinic after my pcp referred me there. I felt like I just wasted their time.
UofU Patient
May 01, 2022
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS
Dr Sundar always recognizes when changes are needed and has the nicest, down to earth way of helping me to realize how I can be part of a solution to problems. He cares in a genuine way. I am a very grateful patient.
UofU Patient
May 01, 2022
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS
Dr. Sundar is always engaged regarding my concerns and health issues. He looks for the easiest, non-pharmaceutical solution to problems.
UofU Patient
March 19, 2022
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS
Good
UofU Patient
March 09, 2022
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS
Good
UofU Patient
March 01, 2022
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS
Good very kind
UofU Patient
January 29, 2022
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS
I found Dr. Brady (correct name?) and Dr. Sundar very helpful and pleasant to deal with; it's not their fault that the system is overloaded (see previous comment).
UofU Patient
October 18, 2021
CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES CENTER
Extremely detailed, including photos, and view of my CT and scope scans regarding my condition.
UofU Patient
October 17, 2021
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS
I was cut off before I could talk to Dr Sudar but he called me back later on the phone.
UofU Patient
October 10, 2021
CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCES CENTER
I think Sundar is UTD on the current research for my condition and that gives me confidence that I am in good hands.
UofU Patient
August 15, 2021
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS
I've always liked Dr Sundar. Much respect
UofU Patient
July 09, 2021
IMAGING AND NEUROSCIENCES CENTER
Excellent care
UofU Patient
June 22, 2021
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS
good
UofU Patient
May 04, 2021
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS
Dr. Sundar and his staff are all excellent. Wonderful bedside manner.
UofU Patient
March 10, 2021
IMAGING AND NEUROSCIENCES CENTER
provider didn't waste any time the questions
UofU Patient
March 07, 2021
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS
Dr. Sundar always accepts my input regarding my condition. He is very responsive and accessible.
UofU Patient
February 03, 2021
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS
good
UofU Patient
January 27, 2021
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS
Doctor's language was insensitive and sometimes insulting.
UofU Patient
January 20, 2021
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS
Took the concept of poor listener to a whole new art for. Then based the rest of the visit on what he thought he heard which in nd itselt e was totally illogical.
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.
Academic Locations
Board Certification and Academic Information
| Academic Departments | Internal Medicine
-
Professor (Clinical) |
| Academic Divisions | Pulmonary |
| Board Certification | American Board of Sleep Medicine |
Research Interests
- Sleep Apnea Outcomes on Chronic Disease
- Effects of Chronic Hypoxia
- Relationship Between Cough and Sleep Disordered Breathing
Education History
| Fellowship | University of Utah Medical Center Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine Fellow, 2001 |
| Fellowship | University of Utah Medical Center Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine Chief Fellow, 1998 |
| Fellowship | University of Utah Medical Center Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine Fellow, 1997 |
| Residency | St.Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia University Internal Medicine Resident, 1996 |
| Internship | St.Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia University Internal Medicine Intern, 1994 |
| Professional Medical | Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Medicine M.D., 1993 |
| Residency | Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research Internal Medicine, specialty rotations in Cardiology, Pulmonology, Neurology, Gastroenterolgy, Nephrology, ICU, Endocrinology and Rheumatology Resident, 1993 |
| Professional Medical | University College Medical Science Medicine M.B.B.S., 1990 |
| Clerkship | Safdarjung Hospital Medicine, Surgery, Gynaecology, Orthopaedics, Opthalmology, ENT, Preventive Medicine Clerkship, 1989 |
Selected Publications - Journal Articles
Journal Article
- Reynolds JE, Jett ME, Wright ML, Sundar KM, Gillespie AI, Slovarp LJ (2022). Normative Values for the Leicester Cough Questionnaire in Healthy Individuals. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol, 34894221112517.
- Locke BW, Neill SE, Howe HE, Crotty MC, Kim J, Sundar KM (2023). Electronic health record-derived outcomes in obstructive sleep apnea managed with positive airway pressure tracking systems. J Clin Sleep Med, 18(3), 885-894.
- Roy N, Merrill RM, Pierce J, Sundar KM (2020). Evidence of Possible Irritable Larynx Syndrome in Obstructive Sleep Apnea: An Epidemiologic Approach. J Voice, 35(6), 932.e29-932.e38.
- Sundar KM, Stark AC, Hu N, Barkmeier-Kraemer J (2021). Is laryngeal hypersensitivity the basis of unexplained or refractory chronic cough? ERJ Open Res, 7(1).
- Sundar S, Stratman J, Sundar KM (2017). Using A Disaster Preparedness Triangle Framework to Link Disaster Preparedness to Pandemic Outcomes. Int J Mass Emerg Disasters, 35(3), 154-68.
- Sundar KM, Prchal JT (2017). The Cornerstone of the Aberrant Pathophysiology of Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Tissue Responses to Chronic Sustained Versus Intermittent Hypoxia. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol, 56(4), 419-420.
- Sundar KM, Scholand MB, Willis A, Sundar S (2015). Sleep apnea management in “possible IPF” and ‘Idiopathic NSIP”. A case series. http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2167-0277.1000173. J Sleep Disord Ther, 3, 4.
- Sundar KM, Sires M (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 J Crit Care Med.
- Sundar KM, Daly SE (3/11/2014). A longitudinal study of CPAP therapy for patients with chronic cough and OSA. Cough, 9, 19.
- Sundar KM, Daly SE (3/11/2014). Chronic cough and OSA: an underappreciated relationship. Lung.
- Scholand MB, Wolff R, Crossno PF, Sundar K, Winegar M, Whipple S, Carey P, Sunchild N, Coon H (2014). Severity of cough in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is associated with MUC5 B genotype. Cough, 10, 3.
- Sundar KM, Daly SE, Willis AM (2013). A longitudinal study of CPAP therapy for patients with chronic cough and obstructive sleep apnoea. Cough, 9(1), 19.
- McAdams-Jones D, Sundar K (2012). Jump into action against aspiration pneumonia. Am Nurse Today, 7(8).
- Sundar KM, Thaut P, Nielsen DB, Alward WT, Pearce MJ (2012). Clinical course of ICU patients with severe pandemic 2009 influenza A (H1N1) pneumonia: single center experience with proning and pressure release ventilation. J Intensive Care Med, 27(3), 184-90.
- Sundar KM, Nielsen D, Sperry P (2012). Comparison of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) rates between different ICUs: Implications of a zero VAP rate. J Crit Care, 27(1), 26-32.
- Daly SE, Sundar KM (2011). Cough. Fam Pract.
- Sundar K, Kanner R (2010). Aspiration pneumonia. Point of Care monograph.
- Sundar KM, Daly SE, Pearce MJ, Alward WT (2010). Chronic cough and obstructive sleep apnea in a community-based pulmonary practice. Cough, 6(1), 2.
- Sundar KM, Ludwig KA, Alward WT, Pearce MJ, Bishop CT, Hammond RC, Hillyard DR, Freestone SW, Ozment A, Cahill BC (2008). Clinical course and spectrum of intensive care unit patients reactivating herpes simplex-1 virus: a retrospective analysis. Indian J Crit Care Med, 12(4), 145-52.
- Sundar KM, Harris DL (2007). Initial presentation of IPF as an “acute exacerbation". Respir Med.
- 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.
- Sanders KA, Sundar KM, He L, Dinger B, Fidone S, Hoidal JR (2002). Role of components of the phagocytic NADPH oxidase in oxygen sensing. J Appl Physiol (1985), 93(4), 1357-64.
- He L, Chen J, Dinger B, Sanders K, Sundar K, Hoidal J, Fidone S (2002). Characteristics of carotid body chemosensitivity in NADPH oxidase-deficient mice. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol, 282(1), C27-33.
- Sundar KM, Carveth HJ, Gosselin MV, Beatty PG, Colby TV, Hoidal JR (2001). Granulomatous pneumonitis following bone marrow transplantation. Bone Marrow Transplant, 28(6), 627-30.
- Sundar K, Rosado-Santos H, Reimer L, Murray K, Michael J (2001). Unusual presentation of thoracic Pneumocystis carinii infection in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Clin Infect Dis, 32(3), 498-501.
Review
- Locke BW, Lee JJ, Sundar KM (2022). OSA and Chronic Respiratory Disease: Mechanisms and Epidemiology. [Review]. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 19(9).
- Lee JJ, Sundar KM (2021). Evaluation and Management of Adults with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome. [Review]. Lung, 199(2), 87-101.
- Sundar KM, Sires M (2013). Sepsis induced immunosuppression: Implications for secondary infections and complications. [Review]. Indian J Crit Care Med, 17(3), 162-9.
Other
- Shumway C, Curtin K, Taylor S, Sundar KM, Wirostko BM, Ritch R (2020). Association between Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Exfoliation Syndrome: The Utah Project on Exfoliation Syndrome. Ophthalmol Glaucoma (4(3), pp. 260-267). United States.
- Gangaraju R, Song J, Kim SJ, Tashi T, Reeves BN, Sundar KM, Thiagarajan P, Prchal JT (2019). Thrombotic, inflammatory, and HIF-regulated genes and thrombosis risk in polycythemia vera and essential thrombocythemia. Blood Adv (4(6), pp. 1115-1130). United States.
Global Impact
Education History
| Professional Medical | Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Medicine M.D. |
| Residency | Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research Internal Medicine, specialty rotations in Cardiology, Pulmonology, Neurology, Gastroenterolgy, Nephrology, ICU, Endocrinology and Rheumatology Resident |
| Professional Medical | University College Medical Science Medicine M.B.B.S. |
| Clerkship | Safdarjung Hospital Medicine, Surgery, Gynaecology, Orthopaedics, Opthalmology, ENT, Preventive Medicine Clerkship |