As director of the University of Chicago Sleep Disorders Center, Babak Mokhlesi, MD, MSc, thinks a cross-disciplinary care model with electrophysiologists could create better treatment outcomes for heart rhythm disorder patients. Change of Heart Electrophysiologists are increasingly acknowledging the link between atrial fibrillation and sleep apnea. At the University of Chicago, sleep center director Babak Mokhlesi, MD, MSc, and other sleep physicians work with heart rhythm specialists in a new care model that could improve patient outcomes. By Lena Kauffman | Photography by Jean Lechat 8 • sleepreviewmag.com SR_8_13_Cover.indd 8 JANUARY 2016 12/30/15 12:14 PM