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Krishna M. Sundar, MD

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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

Sleep-Wake Center

801-581-2016

Fax: (801) 587-3349

375 Chipeta Way
Salt Lake City, UT  84108
Suite 200A

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South Jordan Health Center

801-213-4500

5126 West Daybreak Parkway
South Jordan, UT  84009
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Specialties

  • Pulmonary
  • Critical Care
  • Sleep Medicine

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Internal Medicine - 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.

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Likelihood of recommending care provider

4.5/ 5

Care provider's explanation of condition/problem

4.6/ 5

Care provider's effort to include me in decisions

4.5/ 5

Wait time at clinic

4.5/ 5

Care provider's concern for questions & worries

4.6/ 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 March 19, 2022
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

5 out of 5 stars

Good

UofU Patient March 09, 2022
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

3 out of 5 stars

Good

UofU Patient March 01, 2022
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

5 out of 5 stars

Good very kind

UofU Patient January 29, 2022
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

4 out of 5 stars

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

5 out of 5 stars

Extremely detailed, including photos, and view of my CT and scope scans regarding my condition.

UofU Patient October 17, 2021
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

5 out of 5 stars

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

5 out of 5 stars

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

5 out of 5 stars

I've always liked Dr Sundar. Much respect

UofU Patient July 09, 2021
IMAGING AND NEUROSCIENCES CENTER

5 out of 5 stars

Excellent care

UofU Patient June 22, 2021
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

5 out of 5 stars

good

UofU Patient May 04, 2021
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

5 out of 5 stars

Dr. Sundar and his staff are all excellent. Wonderful bedside manner.

UofU Patient March 10, 2021
IMAGING AND NEUROSCIENCES CENTER

4 out of 5 stars

provider didn't waste any time the questions

UofU Patient March 07, 2021
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

5 out of 5 stars

Dr. Sundar always accepts my input regarding my condition. He is very responsive and accessible.

UofU Patient February 03, 2021
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

3 out of 5 stars

good

UofU Patient January 27, 2021
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

3 out of 5 stars

Doctor's language was insensitive and sometimes insulting.

UofU Patient January 20, 2021
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

2 out of 5 stars

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.

UofU Patient October 27, 2020
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

4 out of 5 stars

I really like Dr. Sundar. He has been my doctor for several years now.

UofU Patient September 28, 2020
IMAGING AND NEUROSCIENCES CENTER

5 out of 5 stars

all good

UofU Patient September 22, 2020
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

4 out of 5 stars

Dr. Jasper was an excellent listener, and Coordinating Nurse (ooops senior-moment, was it Kimberly?) was very personable and efficient. Dr. Sundar seemed to have confidence in my plan to start back on CPAP at low pressure to insure mucous membranes do not burn again.

UofU Patient August 17, 2020
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

5 out of 5 stars

At this time I have no comments

UofU Patient August 01, 2020
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

4 out of 5 stars

good

UofU Patient July 14, 2020
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

2 out of 5 stars

My concerns (physical problems caused by use of the CPAP equipment) were not mentioned in the follow-up notes, and no solutions were offered.

UofU Patient July 02, 2020
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

5 out of 5 stars

Dr. S is also top notch! very sincere and kind professional who provided great support and solutions to my problems

UofU Patient June 08, 2020
UH HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

4 out of 5 stars

As it was a virtual visit, I think they did the best they could. I was a little lost but then they explained what they wanted to do and why.

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

  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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  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.
  5. Sundar KM, Daly SE (3/11/2014). A longitudinal study of CPAP therapy for patients with chronic cough and OSA. Cough, 9, 19.
  6. Sundar KM, Daly SE (3/11/2014). Chronic cough and OSA: an underappreciated relationship. Lung.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. McAdams-Jones D, Sundar K (2012). Jump into action against aspiration pneumonia. Am Nurse Today, 7(8).
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. Daly SE, Sundar KM (2011). Cough. Fam Pract.
  13. Sundar K, Kanner R (2010). Aspiration pneumonia. Point of Care monograph.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. Sundar KM, Harris DL (2007). Initial presentation of IPF as an “acute exacerbation". Respir Med.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. 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.

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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

Treating Obstructive Sleep Apnea with the Aura6000® System

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