Lynn Marie Trotti, MD, MSc, has been appointed as the new director of the Emory Sleep Center, effective September 1. She takes over from Nancy Collop, MD, who is retiring on September 8 after leading the center for 15 years.
“Sleep medicine continues to evolve rapidly, and academic medical centers like Emory play a vital role in leading that progress,” said Sandra L. Wong, MD, MS, dean of the Emory University School of Medicine and chief academic officer for Emory Healthcare. “Dr. Trotti brings the experience and vision needed to guide the Emory Sleep Center into its next phase, building on the remarkable foundation established by Dr. Collop.”
Trotti is currently an associate professor of neurology at Emory University School of Medicine. She also serves as associate fellowship director of the Emory Sleep Medicine Fellowship and directs the sleep medicine rotation for non-sleep trainees. In addition to her roles at Emory, she is president of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine Foundation and a member of the AASM board of directors.
Having been part of Emory for more than two decades, Trotti completed her internship, neurology residency, chief residency and sleep medicine fellowship at the university. Her educational background includes a bachelor’s degree from Rice University, a medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine and a master’s degree from Emory.
Her research focuses on hypersomnia and narcolepsy with support from the National Institutes of Health. She has played a central role in advancing knowledge about idiopathic hypersomnia at Emory and leads or collaborates on projects involving sleep and neurologic disease such as Parkinson’s disease and restless legs syndrome.
Nancy Collop joined Emory in 2010 and has led the Sleep Center since it became a centralized program. Under her leadership, new locations were opened at Emory Johns Creek Hospital in 2021 and Emory Decatur Hospital in 2024. She also developed specialty services for patients with complex sleep disorders including those with neuromuscular conditions.
Collop previously held faculty positions at Johns Hopkins University, University of Mississippi and Medical University of South Carolina. She served as president of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and was editor-in-chief of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine for ten years until January 2025.
The Emory Sleep Center is recognized nationally for its work in diagnosing, treating and researching sleep disorders. It operates within one of America’s major academic medical centers offering care for conditions such as sleep apnea, narcolepsy, insomnia and parasomnias across multiple Atlanta locations.
