Dr. John Debus has been affiliated with Sleep Medicine Associates of Texas since 2002, and is an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at UT Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin, and his medical degree from UT Southwestern Medical School in 1984. He continued his psychiatry training at UT Southwestern, where he was named outstanding resident. After completing a research fellowship in psychopharmacology, brain imaging, and sleep, he joined the faculty at UT Southwestern where he served as assistant director of the psychiatric unit at Zale Lipshy Hospital. In 1991, he opened a private psychiatric practice in north Dallas. In 2002, he completed a sleep medicine fellowship through UT Southwestern, Children’s Medical Center, and the Sleep Medicine Institute at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas.

Dr. Debus has been involved in clinical research in psychopharmacology and new treatments for sleep disorders. He has published articles on psychopharmacology, brain imaging, and sleep. He is an active lecturer and teacher, and has served on the faculty of the sleep medicine fellowship program, training new sleep medicine physicians.

Dr. Debus is board certified in sleep medicine by the American Board of Sleep Medicine, and in sleep medicine and psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.
Dr. Debus is a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians, a Fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Society. He is a past president of the North Texas Society of Psychiatric Physicians, and continues to serve on the executive council.

Dr. Debus has been named to the list of Best Doctors by D Magazine, Texas Super Doctors by Texas Monthly, and Top Doctors by US News and World Report.

Dr. Debus said, “I enjoy getting to know my patients, and am interested in understanding the whole person, not just their medical history. I take the time to educate my patients about other medical conditions, medications, lifestyle, emotional and nutritional factors that may affect sleep. In many instances, providing my patients with this understanding may enable them to minimize the use of medications that are habit-forming or have unacceptable side effects.”

Dr. Debus is married to Dr. Gretchen Toler, an internist. They have two children in college. He is actively involved in Boy Scouts, and enjoys traveling, camping, gardening and reading.

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