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255 Millennium - A Marquis Who’s Who Magazine T he recipient of a PhD in psychology from the University of Colorado Boulder, Dr. Minard is a renowned psychologist devoted to the psychological study of sleep. He began his career as a teaching and research assistant at the University of Washington and the University of Colorado Boulder. He has also been an instructor of the SUNY Downstate Medical Center’s doctoral program, assistant professor at the University of Pittsburgh, and tenured associate professor at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, where he also served as a director of the Sleep and Vigilance Laboratory. Later on, he was a research chief at the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, where he participated in studies of the sleep of newborns of schizophrenic patients. Dr. Minard has visited sleep centers across the nation and presented papers both nationally and internationally. Co-producing the prominent film, “The Sleep of Babies: Spontaneous Cyclical Phenomena during Sleep” with Dr. Don Coleman, he has been reported upon extensively for his work and held lectures and workshops at the invitation of national narcoleptic organizations. He is currently writing a book titled, “Sleep, Dreams and Shaolin Zen.” PSYCHOLOGIST, EDUCATOR, CONSULTANT Portland, OR JAMES MINARD, PHD D r. Roger G. Mazlen received a BS in biology from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an MD from SUNY Downstate Medical Center. Completing an internship and residency in medicine at Maimonides Medical Center, he also completed a residency in medical ophthalmology at Mount Sinai Medical Center. Most recently, Dr. Mazlen was the senior attendant in the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at Mount Sinai Medical Center from 1972 to 2008. Between 1970 and 1978, he served Pfizer, Inc., as associate medical director and Ayerst Laboratories and Schering Corp. as assistant and associate director of clinical research. At Ayerst Laboratories, he conducted clinical research studies, leading to the approval of Inderal, the first beta-blocker to be used in medicine in the United States for the treatment of hypertension. It was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 1976. Dr. Mazlen was an adjunct professor of medicine at the New York Medical College, clinical assistant professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and research associate at the National Institutes of Health. He earned a Top Doctor Award for Internal Medicine from New York Magazine in 2017. PHARMACOLOGIST, INTERNIST Mount Sinai Medical Center Roslyn, NY ROGER G. MAZLEN, MD HEALTH AND WELLNESS Millennium Magazine Featured Listee