Lynn Marie Trotti, MD, MSc, has been appointed as the new director of the Emory Sleep Center, effective September 1. She succeeds Nancy Collop, MD, who will retire 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.
With more than two decades at Emory, 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.
Trotti’s research is supported by the National Institutes of Health and focuses on hypersomnia and narcolepsy. She has played a significant role in advancing research on idiopathic hypersomnia at Emory and leads or collaborates on projects related to sleep and neurologic diseases such as Parkinson’s disease and restless legs syndrome.
Nancy Collop joined Emory in 2010 and became director when the Sleep Center was formed as a centralized program. She expanded its reach with new locations at Emory Johns Creek Hospital in 2021 and Emory Decatur Hospital in 2024. Under her leadership, specialty services were developed for patients with complex sleep disorders.
Collop previously held faculty positions at Johns Hopkins University, University of Mississippi and Medical University of South Carolina. She is also a past president of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and served as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine for ten years until January 2025.
The Emory Sleep Center diagnoses and treats various sleep disorders including sleep apnea, narcolepsy, hypersomnia, insomnia, restless legs syndrome and parasomnias. The center is part of both Emory Healthcare and the Emory University School of Medicine. It provides multidisciplinary care across several Atlanta locations while serving as a hub for clinical research and advanced training in sleep medicine.
