Sleep specialist and two-time Duke alumnus Kim Mebust, MD, talks about the camaraderie, discipline, and bird-related injuries that defined her time at Duke, how she accepted the call to conduct clinical research, and more.

Our first lab opened in 1997 and became accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. I have been the executive Facility Director since that time and we have grown to four AASM accredited Sleep Centers, providing both polysomnography in the sleep laboratory as well as home sleep apnea testing.