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Dr. Joseph Zelk, DNP, FNP, BC, CBSM, DBSM

Dr. Zelk is a board-certified sleep specialist. He is passionate about furthering the implementation of home sleep diagnostics and home CPAP titration and training medical and dental clinicians in mandibular advancement therapy.

•Medical Director – Sleep Balance Academy, AIR Institute and Sleep Medicine Group

•Sleep Medicine Educator for the Dentists 2005-present

•Sleep Medicine Group 2003-2020

•Licensed in Oregon, Washington, Colorado and Arizona

•OHSU adjunct faculty for seven years

•Dental Sleep Medicine Lecture for Sleep Fellowship VAMC -Portland

•Sleep Disorders Residency

•Sleep Medicine/Dental Sleep Medicine Fellowship

•Research in oral appliance therapy, hybrid therapies, and co-inventor of oral appliances

•He co-authored the book “Beautiful Faces” with Richard Downs