Scammell is a professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School, serving the department of neurology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Boston Children's Hospital.
[1] Scammell completed his Bachelor of Science degree in neuroscience from the University of Rochester in 1984.
He then pursued a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School, which he obtained in 1988.
As a healthcare provider, he practices at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts.
[3] In addition to his clinical work, Scammell has served as a professor at Harvard Medical School since 2012, where he has a laboratory which conducts research on the neurobiology of sleep and the neural basis of sleep disorders such as narcolepsy[4] and cataplexy.