Dr. William Curtis Kohler is the Medical Director of the Florida Sleep Institute.  Dr. Kohler earned his BA at Oberlin College, Ohio and M.D. at the University of Florida College of Medicine at Gainesville.  Dr. Kohler is a Diplomate of the American Board of Sleep Medicine, American Board of Pediatrics, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and the American Board of Electroencephalography and Neurophysiology.  He is an approved consultant in clinical hypnosis by the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis.  Dr. Kohler is also a Courtesy Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Florida College of Medicine and an Affiliate Assistant Professor of Neurology at the University of South Florida College of Medicine. 

Dr. Kohler has been involved in the field of Sleep Medicine for over 40 years.  His 1968 publication entitled "Sleep Patterns in  2-Year Old Children" published in the Journal of Pediatrics, was the first description of sleep in that age group.  He ahs been a guest speaker at numerous conferences and seminars, both domestically and internationally.  He has served as Chairman of the Accreditation Committee of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine since 2004.