Milan Nigam
Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Neurosciences, Université de Montréal
Sleep Neurologist, Neurology Service, Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal
514-338-2692
milan.nigam.med@ssss.gouv.qc.ca
Training
M.D. specialized in neurology – 2020 (Université de Montréal)
Fellowship in sleep disorders – 2021 (Reference Centre for Rare Diseases – Kleine-Levin Syndrome, Narcolepsy and Hypersomnias, Sleep Disorders Unit (Pr. Isabelle Arnulf), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris)
Interests and expertise
Kleine-Levin Syndrome
Narcolepsies
Idiopathic Hypersomnia
REM Sleep Behaviour Disorder
Parkinson’s Disease
Sleepwalking and other parasomnias
Advanced polysomnography and sleep physiology
Selected publications
Nigam M, Zadra A, Boucetta S, Gibbs SA, Montplaisir J, Desautels A. Successful Treatment of Somnambulism With OROS-Methylphenidate. J Clin Sleep Med. 2019 Nov 15;15(11):1683-1685. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.8040. PMID: 31739860
Nigam M, Leu-Semenescu S, Arnulf I. Successful treatment of drug-resistant cataplexy with the anticholinergic drug tropatepine. J Clin Sleep Med. 2021 Apr 1;17(4):849-851. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.9030. PMID: 33231168; PMCID: PMC8020693.
Nigam M, Hippolyte A, Dodet P, Gales A, Maranci JB, Al-Youssef S, Leu-Semenescu S, Arnulf I. Sleeping through a pandemic: impact of COVID-19 related restrictions on narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnia. J Clin Sleep Med. 2021 Jul 27. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.9556. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34314345.
Nigam M, Ayadi I, Noiray C, Branquino-Bras AC, Herraez Sanchez E, Leu-Semenescu S, Vidailhet M, Dodet P, Arnulf I. Sweet or Bland Dreams? Taste Loss in Isolated REM-Sleep Behavior Disorder and Parkinson’s Disease. Mov Disord. 2021 Oct;36(10):2431-2435. doi: 10.1002/mds.28692. Epub 2021 Jun 12. PMID: 34117799.