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Michael Strunc, MD

Education

Medical School: Saint Louis University School of Medicine

Residency: Naval Medical Center San Diego

Residency: University of Colorado Denver

Fellowship: Duke University Hospital

Certification

American Board of Neurology Sq Child Neurology

American Board of Pediatrics

Sleep Medicine

Personal Statement

CHKD is a great hospital that caters to the child, and the family. It offers a nurturing environment that treats your child as one of our own.

Bio

Dr. Strunc is a child neurologist and sleep doctor, with a special interest in where these disciplines overlap.  Retired after 20 years in the Navy,  he has a special understanding of the stresses families undergo in a very mobile society and in the many different families that make up our population.

He is passionate about sleep and how dysfunctional sleep affects a child and the entire family and his fellowships were in child neurology and sleep medicine. Dr. Strunc has three teenagers who have educated him over the past 20 years about the issues children face, and how social stressors, school, sports, and social media can work against healthy sleep habits.

Dr. Strunc routinely gives talks regionally and is passionate about speaking in the community to help families, teachers, and coaches learn about the importance of good sleep in our lives.

Additional Information

Research Area(s)

  • Narcolepsy

Clinical Interest(s)

  • Narcolepsy
  • Sleep in special populations
  • Autism

Award(s) and Honor(s)

  • Coastal Virginia Magazine "Top Doc" 2014-2022
  • Teacher of the year in U.S. Navy pediatrics
  • Fellow of the year as child neurology trainee, Children's Denver

Community Involvement

  • Frequent speaker locally on sleep in children

Membership(s)

  • American Academy of Neurology
  • Child Neurology Society
  • American Academy of Sleep Medicine

Refer to Sleep Medicine

Our pediatric sleep medicine team consults and treats children from birth through age 21.