John Cronin, MD

Senior Vice President, Clinical Development

John Cronin, M.D., chose a career in sleep medicine after witnessing the transformative health impact of treating obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Originally trained in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, he completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Sleep, Circadian, and Respiratory Neurobiology at Harvard Medical School where he focused on the performance and safety impacts of sleep loss. He built his clinical and research career at Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, CA as the medical director of the Viterbi Family Sleep Center for more than16 years. As a physician executive, he pursued innovation in care delivery as the Chief Medical Officer for BetterNight Medical Group, a venture-backed medical services organization that established a nationwide network of comprehensive sleep telehealth services for patients. Most recently, Dr. Cronin joined Apnimed from Philips Respironics where he served as Chief Medical Officer in Sleep and Respiratory Care and provided key input to the strategic, research, regulatory, and quality objectives for the global medical device maker’s diagnostic and therapeutic portfolio. He received a BA in History from Georgetown University before completing his MD at Vanderbilt Medical School and clinical training at Duke University and Mass General Brigham in Boston.