J. Andrew Berkowski MD

Andy Berkowski, MD is a double-board certified neurologist and sleep medicine specialist who can provide his depth of knowledge to a variety of sleep-related situations in expert medical witness work.

Dr. Berkowski earned an undergraduate degree in religious studies from Stanford University. He attended medical school at Wayne State University in Detroit, completed residency in adult neurology at the Detroit Medical Center, and returned to Stanford for his sleep medicine fellowship. He spent seven years as an academic sleep physician at the University of Michigan and Cleveland Clinic before founding ReLACS Health in 2022, which is a direct specialty care clinic specializing in the personalized treatment of complex sleep conditions including restless legs syndrome (RLS) and insomnia.

Dr. Berkowski is a member of the International RLS Study Group and volunteers on the Scientific and Medical Advisory Board of the RLS Foundation. His most prominent work is as Vice Chair of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine’s Clinical Practice Guidelines Task Force for the Treatment of RLS, published in 2024.

Dr. Berkowski has extensive teaching and speaking experience on the topic of sleep disorders, including to non-medical audiences. He has a strong understanding of sleep physiology, circadian rhythms (biological clock), and the effects of sleep deprivation. The impact of sleep-associated factors on alertness and cognition may directly influence outcomes in circumstances such as motor vehicle accidents, work-related injuries, impaired decision-making, etc., and he can provide a full understanding to his audience in a variety of legal cases.

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