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Alexander Golbin, M.D., Ph.D.

Alexander Golbin, M.D., Ph.D. is the Medical Director of Sleep and Behavior Medicine Institute (SBMI) in Chicago, IL.

“Alexander Z. Golbin, M.D., Ph.D. is a renowned psychiatrist, neurophysiologist and leading expert in adult and pediatric sleep medicine. His unique blend of experience as a physician and scientist provides him with an interdisciplinary perspective in understanding and treating sleep related disorders in all age groups.”
                                                          -Talk about Sleep
Alexander Golbin, M.D., Ph.D. has over 35 years of experience in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of sleep, daytime alertness problems, mood disorders, bad habits and problems of behavior in children, adolescents, and adults. His areas of special interest are parasomnias and other problems associated with sleep, and daytime bad habits. Dr. Golbin has developed several unique diagnostic methods and treatment devices for sleep related disorders, and he is the author of a new theory explaining the nature and science behind day and nighttime habits and disorders (called the “Set” theory).
Dr. Alexander Golbin leads clinical and research teams whose mission is to enhance our knowledge about sleep, mood and behavioral disorders, and to develop and implement the most advanced and effective treatments. Dr. Golbin has three published books to his credit and two dozen articles on these subjects. He is recognized as an educator nationally and internationally.
Patients from all over the U.S., as well as Canada, Mexico, Russia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and other countries come to Chicago to receive risk assessments and treatment provided by Dr. Alexander Golbin and his team at the state-of-the-art medical facility of the Sleep and Behavior Medicine Institute with care, courtesy and respect for individual needs.

 
Serge Sorokin, Psy.D., LPC
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Nady Savinkova, RPSGT
  • Chief Polysomnography Technician, SBMI 
  • Technical Director of SBMI Accredited Sleep Technologist Training Program
  • 1988-1992, Director of Neurology and Acupuncture, October Region Clinical, Ukraine
  • 1988-1992, Neurologist, Department of Child Psychiatry, Lugansk Central Clinic, Ukraine
  • 1983-1987, Staff Neurologist w/ Acupuncturist Speciality, October Region Clinical, Ukraine
  • 1979-1982, Staff Neurologist, Lugansk, Ukraine

Adam Abern, RPSGT

  • Polysomnography Technologist, SBMI 
  • RPSGT
  • EEG Technologist

Ludmila Martinenko, RPSGT

  • Polysomnography Technologist, SBMI 
  •  RPSGT

 
Oleg Shlepakov
  • Polysomnography Technologist, SBMI 

Walter Dankanich

  • Polysomnography Technologist, SBMI 
Joselyn Dellota
  • ECG Technologist
Hicham Hachem, RPSGT
  • Director of Clinical Research – Chicago SBMI
  • 2003- 2007 Director of Clinical Trials Sleep Lab Manager and Clinical Research Coordinator, Northshore Clinical Trials, Northfield, IL
Jena Joesel
  • Senior Clinical Coordinator - Chicago SBMI
  • 2005 - 2009 B.S. Illinois State University

George Kalpaxis  

  • Predoctoral Psychotherapy Intern, SBMI 
  • Physicians Assistant ,SBMI
  • B.A. Psychology
  • Ms. ED. Counseling
  • Psy. D. Doctoral Candidate in Clinical Psychology
Oksana Kazimirova
  • 1985-1989 Minsk State Kinguistic University
  • 2002 Medical Billing and Coding School
  • Assistant Manager, SBMI
  • 2002-2004 Medical Biller, Vernon Hills Medical Center

Lena Belsky

  • 1995 - Present General Manager, SBMI

Natalie Plotnikova

  • Secretary, SBMI
  • Medical coding and billing specialist

**In addition a close cooperation is in place with outside collaborators:**

Between his residency training and the fellowship, he practiced for 3 years as Director of the Medical Psychiatry Unit at the Lewis Center in Cincinnati.

Afterward, he returned to the Academic environment and pursued a 2-year Research and Clinical Fellowship at the Chicago Medical School.

During this Fellowship he also provided Neuropsychiatric Services and Consultations at Ann Kiley Center in North Chicago IL., a State Hospital for MRDD (Mentally Retarded/Developmentally Disabled) and practiced Inpatient Child & Adolescent Psychiatry for 2 years at Hartgrove Hospital, Chicago IL.

Since 1995, once he completed his Fellowship, he was asked to assume the position of Director of “The Neuroscience Center” in Deerfield Illinois. This private Center had been in existence for over 40 years, and has now become a resource for complex neuropsychiatric cases coming from local, national and international referral sources.
  • Bachelor of Science, Microbiology Ohio State University
  • Doctor of Dental Surgery Loyola University Chicago (1977)
  • Fellow of the International College of Cranio-Mandibular Orthopedics Former International Regent, Lecturer for ICCMO
  • Lecturer American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine
  • Diplomate of the Academy of Pain Management
  • Former Assistant Professor at Rush Medical School Sleep Disorder Service
  • Charter Member of the Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine (originally named Sleep Disorder Dental Society)
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