Biography
Madeleine Grigg-Damberger, MD is a Professor of Neurology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico. She is currently Vice Chair of Neurology Faculty Development and Mentoring and Associate Director of the University of New Mexico Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratory and Associate Program Director of the Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship Training Program.
She received her medical degree from Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine 1978, did an internal medicine internship at Cook County (1978-1979), residency training in neurology at Boston University (1979-1982), and post-doctoral fellowship in EEG, Clinical Epilepsy, and Evoked Potentials, at the Children's Hospital Medical Center, Seizure Unit, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (1982-1983).
She is boarded in Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology, Sleep Medicine and Epilepsy. She helped developed the ABMS Sleep Medicine examination, served on task forces and committees to develop the AASM criteria for recording and scoring polysomnography in adults, children, and infants. She is an associate editor for the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine and the Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology. She writes peer-reviewed journal invited reviews on a wide range of topics related to sleep medicine. She is often invited to organize and lecture at national (and even international) courses in sleep medicine, neurology, child neurology and clinical neurophysiology. She has received numerous teaching awards, most recently the 2020 AASM Excellence in Education Award.
Recent published research by Dr. Grigg-Damberger collaborating with others explores prevalence and associations between subjective and objective hypersomnia in adults with epilepsy and reduced glymphatic flow during sleep in people with Parkinson’s disease. Recent invited reviews focus on Epilepsy in Alzheimer’s disease, Ways to Die Suddenly in Sleep, Role of sleep in SUDEP and Role of Sleep in Brain Health.
Areas of Specialty
Neurology, Epilepsy, Clinical Neurophysiology, Sleep Medicine
Achievements & Awards
1) Excellence in EEG and Epilepsy Education, University of New Mexico Epilepsy Fellowship Training Program, voted by Epilepsy Fellow, 2024
2) Excellence in Education, American Academy of Sleep Medicine, August 2020
3) Best Editorial Excellence for Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, June 2018.
4) Outstanding Achievement Award: Excellence in Classroom Teaching, Department of Neurology, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, June 8, 2018.
5) Best Adult Resident Academic Faculty Teacher, Neurology, University of New Mexico, June 2017.
6) Educational Excellence in Teaching (Apple for Teaching) Award, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Academic 2015-2016, October 13, 2016.
7) Academic Teacher of the Year, University of New Mexico Neurology Residents, June 2015.
8) Teacher of the Year, University of New Mexico Neurology residents, June 2010.
9) Chief of Staff Recognition Award for our Epilepsy Program (and I, then its director) for Helping New Mexicans with Epilepsy, University of New Mexico Medical Center, August 19, 2007.
10) Teacher of the Year, University of New Mexico Neurology residents, June 2006.
11) Teacher of the Year, University of New Mexico Neurology residents, June 2004.
12) Award given by University of New Mexico Neurology Residents for being their Resident Friend, Teacher and Advocate. June 2002.
13) Faculty Excellence Award, Residency/Fellowship, University of New Mexico, 2000.
14) Golden Apple Award (Teacher of the Year), 1992 Department of Neurology, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL.
15) Award for Excellence in Teaching and Incomparable Humanistic Attitude toward Patients, 1997, Neurology Residents and Faculty, Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL.
16) Best Doctors of Albuquerque, 2008-9, 2009-10, 2010-11, 2011-2, 2015-present, including 2023.
Key Publications
Book Chapter
Grigg-Damberger, Madeleine, . Polysomnographic Artifacts. In: Tatum WO (editor). Artifacts. Springer Publishing Company
Gender
Female
Languages
- English
Research and Scholarship
1) Kamondi A, Grigg-Damberger M, Löscher W, Tanila H, Horvath AA Epilepsy and epileptiform activity in late-onset Alzheimer disease: clinical and pathophysiological advances, gaps and conundrums. Nat Rev Neurol. 2024 Mar;20(3):162-182. doi: 10.1038/s41582-024-00932-4. Epub 2024 Feb 14.PMID: 38356056 Review.
2) Grigg-Damberger M, Lopez S. Chapter 18: The Nocturnal Polysomnogram: Approaches to Recording, Scoring and Interpretation in Infants and Children, pages 215-258. In: Pediatric Sleep Medicine: Mechanisms and Comprehensive Guide to Clinical Evaluation and Management, First Edition, 2021. Editors: David Gozal and Leila Kheirandish-Gozal (Editor). Springer Nature, Switzerland, ISBN-13: 978-3030655730, ISBN-10: 3030655733
3) Grigg-Damberger M, Lopez S. Chapter 18: The Nocturnal Polysomnogram: Approaches to Recording, Scoring and Interpretation in Infants and Children, pages 215-258. In: Pediatric Sleep Medicine: Mechanisms and Comprehensive Guide to Clinical Evaluation and Management, First Edition, 2021. Editors: David Gozal and Leila Kheirandish-Gozal (Editor). Springer Nature, Switzerland, ISBN-13: 978-3030655730, ISBN-10: 3030655733
4) Gorantla S, Foldvary-Schaefer N, Andrews N, Wang L, Grigg-Damberger M. High
prevalence of pathological alertness and wakefulness on maintenance of
wakefulness test in adults with focal-onset epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav. 2021
Dec;125:108400. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2021.108400. Epub 2021 Nov 17. PMID:
5) Grigg-Damberger MD and Foldvary-Schaefer N. Sudden Death Sleeping: Ways, Whys and Enigmas Thomas R (ed). Medical Clinics of North America, Special issue on sleep disorders. Accepted for publication.