James McGuirk, MD

Assistant Professor
Sleep Division

James McGuirk, MD is Assistant Professor of Neurology in the Sleep Medicine Division. He is board certified in Neurology and sees adult patients with a wide range of sleep disorders in his clinic as well as general neurology patients in the hospital on the inpatient consult services. He reads sleep studies and has experience with telemedicine as well. He was recently appointed by the governor to serve on the TN state polysomnography committee, helping to oversee the rules and regulations regarding the proper administration of sleep studies and credentialing of polysomnography technologists. Prior to working at Vanderbilt, Dr. McGuirk trained at Vanderbilt University, where he completed his residency and then completed his sleep fellowship in June 2021.