Cape Fear Valley Physician Appointed National President of Sleep Medicine Academy

FAYETTEVILLE – Sam Fleishman, M.D., has been elected President of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM). His one-year term began June 1.

Dr. Fleishman is Medical Director of Cape Fear Valley Sleep Center and Behavioral Health Care. He is a Fayetteville native and has spent his entire 17-year medical career at Cape Fear Valley.

He is board certified in the Specialty of Sleep Medicine, a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. 

Established in 1975, the AASM is the only professional society dedicated exclusively to the medical subspecialty of sleep medicine. The organization includes 8500 physicians, researchers and healthcare professionals dedicated to diagnosing and treating sleep disorders such as insomnia, narcolepsy and sleep apnea.

Webster Named Behavioral Health Services Director

FAYETTEVILLE – Doug Webster has been appointed Service Line Director for Behavioral Health Services at Cape Fear Valley Health.

The native of Miami, Fla., has more than 25 years of behavioral health leadership experience and was previously CEO of Hermitage Hall, a 100-bed residential treatment facility for adolescents in Nashville, Tenn. Prior to that, Webster was an administrator with Horizon Mental Health Management, a national contract management firm, based in Lewisville, Texas. 

He was also Behavioral Health Director at Community Hospital in New Port Ritchey, Fla., Hospital Administrator at Coliseum Psychiatric Center in Macon, Ga., and Director of Geriatric Psychiatry at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, Fla.

Webster received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Social Work from Florida International University in Miami. 

In his new duties, Webster will oversee all aspects of Behavioral Health Care at Cape Fear Valley Health, including an inpatient psychiatric hospital, outpatient services for children, adolescents, adults and families, and the health system’s Sleep Center. 

Cape Fear Valley Physician Appointed President-Elect of Sleep Academy

FAYETTEVILLE – Sam Fleishman, M.D., has been elected President-Elect of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. The one-year term begins in June. He will become the organization’s president the following year in 2012.

Dr. Fleishman is Medical Director of Cape Fear Valley Health System’s Sleep Center and Behavioral Health. He is a Fayetteville native and has been with the health system for 16 years.

He is board certified in the Specialty of Sleep Medicine, a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.