¡°This study shows that the brain has different functional states when asleep and when awake,¡± said Maiken Nedergaard, M.D., D.M.Sc., co-director of the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) Center for Translational Neuromedicine and lead author of the article.

(Thank you for your help....How do you read "M.D., D.M.Sc.?")

I would just pronounce the letters (m d d m s c), but others might state the degrees.