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Andrew W Varga, MD
Sleep Medicine
About Me
Dr. Andrew W. Varga is a neuroscientist and physician at The Mount Sinai Integrative Sleep Center, board certified in both neurology and sleep medicine. He earned a Ph.D. in neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine and subsequently attended medical school at New York Medical College. He completed an internship in Medicine at St. Vincent's Catholic Medical Center and a residency in Neurology at Harvard - Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. He then completed a fellowship in Sleep Medicine at NYU.
Dr. Varga has a longstanding interest in mechanisms of learning and memory and the role of sleep in memory consolidation. His clinical interests involve all areas of sleep medicine with particular interest in movement disorders in sleep (RLS, REM Behavior Disorder), sleep in neurodegenerative diseases (such as Alzheimer’s Disease and Parkinson’s Disease), and generalized cognitive deficits as a function of fragmented sleep.
Language
English
Position
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR | Medicine, Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Hospital Affiliations
- Mount Sinai Beth Israel
- Mount Sinai Brooklyn
- Mount Sinai Queens
- The Mount Sinai Hospital
- New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai
Multi-Disciplinary Training Areas
Disease Mechanisms and Therapeutics (DMT), Neuroscience [NEU]
Clinical Focus
- Chronic Respiratory Failure
- Circadian Rhythm Disorders
- Hypersomnia
- Insomnia
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- Periodic Limb Movement Disorder (PLMD)
- Polysomnography
- REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD)
- Restless Legs Syndrome
- Sleep Apnea
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Education
MD, New York Medical College
Internship, Internal Medicine
St. Vincent's Hospital & Medical Center
Residency, Neurology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Fellowship, Sleep Medicine
New York University School of Medicine
Certifications
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
Insurance Information
Accepted insurance may vary by the doctor’s office location. Please contact the office directly to obtain the most up-to-date insurance information. Patients with Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield (formerly known as Empire) please click here for more information. Patients with Molina insurance should click here for more information. Mount Sinai’s contracts with Anthem and Molina expired on December 31.
- 1199 SEIU
- AETNA - Commercial
- AETNA - Medicare
- Affinity Medicaid-Medicare-Essential Exchange
- Amidacare Medicaid
- CIGNA Healthcare
- Centivo
- Elderplan
- EmblemHealth - GHI-PPO
- EmblemHealth - HIP
- EmblemHealth - HIP-Medicaid
- EmblemHealth - HIP-Medicare
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Commercial/Exchange
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - HealthPlus Medicaid
- Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield - Medicare
- Fidelis Health Care
- HealthFirst Medicaid
- HealthFirst Medicare
- Horizon NJ
- Magnacare-Health Care
- Medicare - NY
- Metroplus
- Multiplan PHCS
- NY Medicaid
- Oscar
- Oxford - Freedom and Liberty
- Senior Whole Health
- United Health Care - Commercial
- United Health Care - Empire Plan
- United Health Care - Oxford Care
- United Health Care - Top Tier
- VNSNY Choice Medicare
- VNSNY Select Health Medicaid
- VillageCareMax
- WellCare Health Plan
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Publications
Selected Publications
- The Impact of Dynamic Lighting on Sleep Timing and Duration for Hospitalised Patients. Andrew S. Dunn, Barbara Rabin Fastman, Alan Weinberg, Lindsay Condrat, Allison Fraser, Rabia Khan, Marjorie P. Zambrano Loor, Geetanjali Rajda, Octavio L. Perez, Ayham Adawi, Korey Kam, Ankit Parekh, Andrew W. Varga, Richard L. Vincent. Journal of Sleep Research
- How the brain reacts to sleep apnoea may be a physiological marker for cognitive performance. Jeongyeon Hwang, Andrew W. Varga, Indu Ayappa. European Respiratory Journal
- Associations of Chronic Insomnia, Longitudinal Cognitive Outcomes, Amyloid-PET, and White Matter Changes in Cognitively Normal Older Adults. Diego Z. Carvalho, Bhanu Prakash Kolla, Stuart J. McCarter, Erik K. St Louis, Mary M. Machulda, Scott A. Przybelski, Angela J. Fought, Val J. Lowe, Virend K. Somers, Bradley F. Boeve, Ronald C. Petersen, Clifford R. Jack, Jonathan Graff-Radford, Andrew William Varga, Prashanthi Vemuri. Neurology
Patient Experience Star Ratings and Comments
The Patient Experience Star Rating reflects our patients’ perception of how well their Mount Sinai provider communicated with them during an office visit. The Star Rating is based on patient responses to three questions on a patient experience survey, a standardized questionnaire sent to verified patients and distributed by a third party vendor, Press Ganey. Responses are measured on a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the best score.
Care Provider’s Explanation
4.8 out of 5
Care Provider’s Concern
4.8 out of 5
Likelihood to Recommend Care Provider
4.5 out of 5
Industry Relationships
Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device, biotechnology companies, and other outside entities to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their outside financial relationships.
Below are financial relationships with industry reported by Dr. Varga during 2024 and/or 2025. Please note that this information may differ from information posted on corporate sites due to timing or classification differences.
Consulting or Other Professional Services Examples include, but are not limited to, committee participation, data safety monitoring board (DSMB) membership
- Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.
- Jazz Pharmaceuticals
Mount Sinai’s faculty policies relating to faculty collaboration with industry are posted on our website. Patients may wish to ask their physician about the activities they perform for companies.