Carlos A. Vaz Fragoso

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Section of Geriatrics

Research Interests

Dr. Fragoso is a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians and a Fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. He is the recipient of a T. Franklin Williams Scholar, ASP/CHEST Foundation Geriatric Research Development Award (2007). His research interests focus on pulmonary function and sleep disorders in older adults.

Selected Recent Publications

• Fragoso C. Gas exchange and transport. In: Fundamentals of Sleep Technology. Edited by N. Butkov and TL Lee-Chiong. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. Philadelphia, 2007; pp 92-105.
• Vaz Fragoso CA, Gill TM. Sleep complaints in community-living older persons: a multifactorial geriatric syndrome. J Amer Geriatr Soc. 2007;55(11):1853-66.
• Vaz Fragoso CA, Gahbauer EA, Van Ness PH, Gill TM. Reporting peak expiratory flow in older persons. J Gerontol Bio Sci & Med Sci. 2007;62(10):1147-51.
• Vaz Fragoso CA, Gill TM. Sleep complaints in community-living older persons: a multifactorial geriatric syndrome. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2007;55(11):1853-66.
• Fragoso CA, Gahbauer EA, Van Ness PH, Concato J, Gill TM. Peak expiratory flow as a predictor of subsequent disability and death in community-living older persons. J AmerGeriatr Soc. 2008;56(6):1014-20.
• Vaz Fragoso CA, Araujo KL, Van Ness PH, Marottoli RA. Prevalence of sleep disturbances in a cohort of older drivers. J Gerontol Bio Sci & Med Sci. 2008;63(7):715-23.

Education:	BS, Manhattan College MD, State University of New York, Upstate Medical Center
Training:	Residency: Danbury Hospital Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital (Pulmonary and Critical Care) Fellowship: Yale University (Geriatric Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology)

Contact

Mailing Address
Section of Geriatrics
Department of Internal Medicine
Yale School of Medicine
20 York Street
New Haven, CT 06510

E-mail
carlos.fragoso@yale.edu

Office Phone
203-688-9423

Fax
203-937-4932