About

Dr Michelle Donegan is an Australian trained inaugural Fellow of Dental Sleep Medicine. She completed her dental undergraduate training at the University of Queensland in 1995 and was awarded first class honours. Since 2004 she has been involved with continued professional education in oral appliance therapy.

Dr Donegan is an occasional lecturer to Sleep & Respiratory Physicians and often participates in Multi Disciplinary Team (MDT) meetings at various hospitals and clinics and provides clinical tuition to Advanced Sleep Trainees. She is experienced and familiar with all oral appliances through sleep research trials at Neuroscience Research Australia, Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney and the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research at Macquarie University.

Dr Donegan’s interests in sleep medicine are the cardiometabolic effects of sleep apnoea and the occupational aspects of shift work and transport industry regulation. In particular, she is interested in disruptive technologies to assist patient journeys, screening and assessment of sleep apnoea in remote isolated and rural locations.

Dr Donegan is an Honorary Visiting Dental Officer at the Charles Perkins Research Centre and for 15 years is located at the Woolcock Clinic now at Macquarie University. Dr Donegan maintains a practice limited to the provision of mandibular advancement devices services 4 private locations across Sydney. She is committed to health equity and assisting Specialists and educating GPs with improved clinical pathways and patient outcomes.