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About Dr David Cunnington

Specialist sleep physician delivering a high standard of clinical care to clients with complex sleep problems and promoting sleep health through research, education and advocacy.

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Special interests

All aspects of sleep including snoring and sleep apnoea, insomnia, restless legs and complex interactions between sleep and physical and mental health.

Qualifications

  • MBBS - University of Melbourne 1991
  • MMedSci(Clin Epi) - University of Newcastle 2004
  • MAppMgt(Health) - University of Newcastle 2009
  • Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians 1999
  • Fellow, American Academy of Sleep Medicine 2005
  • Certified International Sleep Medicine Specialist, American Board of Sleep Medicine 2005
  • Certified International Behavioral Sleep Medicine Specialist, American Board of Sleep Medicine 2006
  • Registered Polysomnographic Technologist, Board of Registered Polysomnography Technologists 2010
  • Registered Sleep Technologist, American Board of Sleep Medicine 2011

Awards and Publications

  1. Cunnington D, Junge J, Fernando A. Insomnia. Prevalence, consequences and effective treatment. Medical Journal of Australia 2013; 199: S36-40 
  2. Cunnington D. Benzodiazepine hypnotics: do they work for insomnia?. British Medical Journal 2013. (BMJ 2012;346:e8699 doi: 10.1136/bmj.e8699)
  3. Dang D, Cunnington D, Swieca J.  Devastating impulse control disorders during dopaminergic therapy of the restless legs syndrome. Clinical Neuropharmacology 2011; 34(2): 66-70
  4. Dang D, Cunnington D, Excessive daytime somnolence in spinocerebellar ataxia type 1. J Neural Sci 2010; 290(1-2): 146-7
  5. Cunnington, D, Garg H, Teichtahl H, Accuracy of an ambulatory device for the diagnosis of sleep disordered breathing. Indian Journal of Sleep Medicine 2009; 4(4): 143-148
  6. Dang D, Cunnington D.  Sleep apnoea: Impact on safety and psychosocial functions.  Indian Journal of Sleep Medicine 2009; 4(3): 95-99
  7. Stevenson, IH, H Teichtahl, D Cunnington, S Ciavarella, I Gordon, J Kalman, Prevalence of sleep disordered breathing in paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation patients with normal left ventricular function.  Eur Heart J 2008;29(13):1662-9
  8. Gilmartin, GS., Tamsier, R., Anand, A., Cunnington, D., Weiss, JW.  Evidence of impaired hypoxic vasodilation after intermediate duration hypoxic exposure in humans.  Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2006, 291(5): p. H2173-80
  9. Stevenson, IH, D Cunnington, H Teichtahl, HG Mond, Pacemaker diagnosis of sleep disordered breathing. Pacing Clin Electrophysiol, 2006. 29(10):p. 1033-5
  10. Cunnington, D.  Sleep, medicine and psychiatry. Physical and Mental Illness: The Interface (Book Chapter) 2008. 

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Practice location

Hospital affiliations

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The Melbourne Clinic (Richmond, VIC)

Private • Healthscope Ltd

130 Church Street, Richmond VIC 3121
(03) 94 ...

St Vincent's Private Hospital East Melbourne (East Melbourne, VIC)

Private • St Vincent's Health Australia

159 Grey Street, East Melbourne VIC 3002
03 9928 ...

Questions and Answers

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Q. What is the best treatment of Insomnia?

I suffer from insomnia and it is really impacting my emotional state as I am always tired and in bad moods. I am finding it difficult to perform at work. How can i treat this?

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The first step in treating insomnia is to work with a health professional to identify contributing factors to poor sleep. These can be medical conditions, physical and mental or lifestyle factors, and ...

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Registration numbers and professional memberships

APHRA no: MED0001148508;  Sleep Health Foundation; Australasian Sleep Association; Australasian Sleep Technologists; Association Amercian Academy of Sleep Medicine; World Association of Sleep Medicine; European Sleep Research Society; Indian Sleep Disorders Association; South East Asian Academy of Sleep Medicine; Narcolepsy Network; Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation.

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