After graduating from Edinburgh University, Dr Michael Farquhar trained in general paediatrics, respiratory medicine and sleep medicine in the UK and Australia. He is now a consultant at Evelina London Children's Hospital, part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, working in the paediatric general sleep and hypersomnia clinics and the diagnostics sleep study service. He also educates healthcare professionals on the importance of sleep. Michael is a member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, The British Paediatric Sleep Association, the British Sleep Society, the European Sleep Research Society and the British Paediatric Respiratory Society.