Please join us in congratulating Dr. Katharina Graw-Panzer on her appointment as Medical Director of the Pediatric Sleep Center at Weill Cornell Medicine, effective June 1, 2022. As Medical Director, Dr. Graw-Panzer will lead and direct the Pediatric Sleep Center’s clinical and research activities. She will work closely with the division administrator to expand patient access while reviewing and improving operational efficiency and financial sustainability.
The Pediatric Sleep Center includes a dedicated Pediatric Sleep lab on 61st street offering in and outpatient polysomnography. Outpatient consultations are provided for sleep disordered breathing, behavioral sleep disorders and CPAP adherence. Recently, Dr. Graw-Panzer expanded consultative services to NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist and opened the NYP Kids Multidisciplinary Sleep Center in collaboration with the Department of Pediatrics at Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
Dr. Graw-Panzer is an assistant professor of clinical pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine and an assistant attending pediatrician at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital. She is the Pulmonary Director of the Pediatric Aerodigestive Program and the Director of Pediatric Bronchoscopy, Pediatric Home Vent Program, and Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship Program. She is board certified in Pediatrics, Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine.
Dr. Graw-Panzer received her medical education at the University of Hamburg in Germany and completed her residency training in Pediatrics and fellowship in Pediatric Pulmonology at SUNY Downstate Medical Center.
Dr. Graw-Panzer’s research experience includes the effect of obstructive sleep apnea on learning and memory in children, the clinical manifestations of children with sickle cell disease, and periodic limb movements in sleep, as well as the examination of the health care utilization in children with long-term tracheostomy tubes who live at home. She has extensive experience and interest in the evaluation and treatment of children with upper and lower airway dysfunction with complex medical disorders, dependence on technology and sleep disorders.