German A. Nino-Murcia; Renowned Sleep Disorder Specialist

German A. Nino-Murcia, 45, internationally recognized specialist on sleep disorders. Born in Ubate, Colombia, Nino-Murcia was educated at the National University of Colombia School of Medicine and completed residencies at the Philadelphia Psychiatric Center and at Thomas Jefferson University in Pennsylvania. He directed Stanford’s Sleep Disorders Clinic and Research Center from 1983 to 1989, educating thousands of doctors on such sleep problems as insomnia and apnea syndrome. He founded his own clinic, the Sleep Medicine and Neuroscience Institute in Palo Alto, which treats about 900 patients annually and analyzes data for hospitals throughout the country. On Wednesday in Palo Alto of cancer.