Tarja Saaresranta
MD, PhD, Professor
tasaare@utu.fi +358 29 450 4571 +358 46 921 6342 Lemminkäisenkatu 3 b Turku Office: +358 2 3134240 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9328-963X |
sleep-disordered breathing; chronic respiratory failure
sleep-disordered breathing, sleep in middle-aged women, chronic respiratory failure, telemonitoring
Current positions
- Professor of Pulmonary Diseases (50%)
Chief Specialist (50%), Division of Medicine, Dept of Pulmonary Diseases, Turku University Hospital
Coordinating Director (20%), Sleep and Breathing Centre, Turku University Hospital
- Education and degrees awarded
• Specialist in Respiratory Allergology, University of Turku, Finland, 2005
• Degree in Administration and Leadership in Health Care, University of Turku, Finland, 2005
• Registered Educator in Sleep Medicine, Finnish Sleep Research Society, 2005
• Special Competence in Sleep Medicine, Finnish Medical Association, 2001
• PhD, Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, University of Turku, Finland, 2000
• Pulmonary Medicine Specialist, University of Turku, Finland, 1993
• Medical Degree, University of Turku, Turku, Finland, 1986
• Title of docent: Pulmonary Medicine, University of Turku, Finland, 2005
Main research interests:
sleep-disordered breathing; sleep in menopausal women; treatment of chronic respiratory failure
sleep disorders
sleep-disorderd breathing
chronic respiratory failure
- Uniapneaepäily (2019)
- Duodecim
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Uni- ja hengityskeskus yhtenäistää diagnostiikkaa ja hoitoa (2019)
- Lääkärilehti
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Use of the Clinical Global Impression scale in sleep apnea patients – Results from the ESADA database (2019)
- Sleep Medicine
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Fixed But Not Autoadjusting Positive Airway Pressure Attenuates the Time-dependent Decline in Glomerular Filtration Rate in Patients With OSA (2018)
- Chest
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Obstructive sleep apnoea independently predicts lipid levels: Data from the European Sleep Apnea Database (2018)
- Respirology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Obstruktiivinen uniapnea (2018)
- Yleislääkäri
(D1 Article in a professional journal) - Sleep and Sleep Disorders in the Menopausal Transition (2018)
- Sleep Medicine Clinics
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - The European Sleep Apnoea Database (ESADA) ERS Clinical Research Collaboration: past, present and future (2018)
- European Respiratory Journal
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - The evolution of sleep apnea six months after acute ischemic stroke and thrombolysis (2018)
- Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Thrombolysis and evolution of sleep apnea in ischemic stroke (2018)
- European Respiratory Journal
(Other publication)
- Sleep revolution01.03.2021 - 31.08.2025
- Pulmonary Diseases and Clinical Allergology



