Dr. Pegram helped initiate a sleep medicine review course for physicians that became the National Sleep Medicine course. He was the course director for 7 years and was a course instructor for 20 consecutive years. While at UAB, Dr. Pegram introduced first year medical students to sleep and sleep disorders, a commitment that lasted 30 years.

Dr. Pegram developed and taught a “hands on” course in sleep disorders for physicians and sleep technologists. This course ran 10 months per year for 16 years and trained over 500 physicians and 1000 technologists.

Dr. Pegram is well-known among sleep professionals for his contributions to the development and growth of the field of sleep medicine and for his commitment to the education of both professionals and the general public. For the past 30 years, he and Doekel have worked together to establish the Sleep Disorders Center of Alabama as the leading center for the diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders in this region. They devote 100% of their professional effort to the practice of sleep medicine and their 60+ years of experience makes them uniquely qualified as sleep specialists.

CONGRATULATIONS,
DR. PEGRAM

Dr. Pegram received the American Academy of Sleep Medicine Excellence in Education Award for his outstanding contributions in the teaching of Sleep Medicine on 06/11/2007.