Accredited BSM Training Programs

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) accredits behavioral sleep medicine (BSM) training programs.
These programs promote excellence in the treatment of sleep disorders through behavioral and cognitive methods. They also provide the training required to sit for the Behavioral Sleep Medicine Exam.

Training consists of 1,000 hours of supervised, clinical BSM training, or 500 hours of BSM training and 500 hours in general behavioral medicine. The training period cannot exceed four years.

The following behavioral sleep medicine training programs have earned accreditation from the AASM. Contact these programs directly to find out about their requirements for enrollment:

 University of Alabama

Department of Psychology                                Box 870348   Tuscaloosa, AL 35487

Program Director: Kenneth Lichstein, PhD           Phone: (205) 348-4962           Email: lichstein@ua.edu

Stanford University School of Medicine

Stanford Sleep Disorders Clinic                        401 Quarry Road, Suite 3301  Stanford, CA 94305-5547

Program Director: Rachel Manber, PhD         Phone: 650-724-2377         E-mail: rmanber@stanford.edu

 

Rush University Medical Center

Sleep Disorders Center                                 Rush University Medical Center                        1653 West Congress Parkway Chicago, IL 60612-3833

Program Director: Jason Ong, PhD         Phone: 312-942-5440         E-mail: jason_ong@rush.edu

Johns Hopkins University

Behavioral Sleep Medicine  Postdoctoral Fellowship  600 N. Wolfe Street/Meyer 1-108                   Baltimore, MD 21287-7613

Program Director: Michael T. Smith, PhD, CBSM            Phone: 410-614-3396            Email: msmith62@jhmi.edu

University of Michigan

University of Michigan Sleep Disorders Center  1500 East Medical Center Dr. Med Inn C728  Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5845

Program Directors: J. Todd Arnedt, Ph.D.     and Deirdre A. Conroy, Ph.D.    Phone: 734-764-1234    Fax: 734-764-1229    Email: tarnedt@med.umich.edu

University of Rochester

Sleep and Neurophysiology                               Research Laboratory University of Rochester 300 Crittenden Blvd Rochester, NY 14642

Program Director: Wilfred Pigeon, PhD        Phone: 585-275-3374        E-mail: wilfred_pigeon@urmc.rochester.edu

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania/Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia

Penn Sleep Centers 3624 Market Street Philadelphia, PA 19104

Program Directors: Jodi Mindell, PhD, Philip Gehrman, PhD          Phone: 215-746-3578          E-mail: gehrman@mail.med.upenn.edu

University of North Texas

Department of Psychology                                 PO Box 311280 Denton, TX 76203-1280

Program Director: Daniel J. Taylor, PhD         Phone: 940-565-4682         E-mail: djtaylor@unt.edu

Wilford Hall Medical Center

San Antonio Military Medical Center Dept. of Behavioral Medicine 59 MHS/SGOWMP 2200 Bergquist Dr. Ste 1 Lackland AFB, TX 78236

Program Director: Lt. Col. Ann S. Hryshko-Mullen, PhD, ABPP                         Phone: 210-292-5968                         Email: ann.hryshko-mullen@lackland.af.mil

Accredited centers can serve as the clinic site for an accredited training program for BSM. Contact the AASM for more information.