Dr. Ruth M. Benca is a board-certified neurologist and psychiatrist. She is widely published in her field and an internationally recognized authority on the relationship between sleep and psychiatric disorders.  Benca has served as principal investigator for a number of basic and clinical research studies funded by agencies including the National Institutes of Health and the Department

of Defense. She has served as President of the Sleep Research Society and on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.