Emmanuel H. During, M.D., is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry-Division of Sleep Medicine and the Department of Neurology at Stanford University and Director of the Stanford Parasomnia Clinic in Redwood City, California

Clete A. Kushida, M.D., Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, Division Chief and Medical Director of Stanford Sleep Medicine, and Director of the Stanford Center for Human Sleep Research in Redwood City, California. He is founding President of the World Sleep Society, past President of the World Sleep Federation, past President of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and founding President of the California Sleep Society.