Our program features Pulmonary/Sleep Medicine specialists and Nurse Practitioners who provide in-patient and office consultations, a Sleep Medicine Clinic staffed by Pulmonary Fellows and Sleep Medicine Fellows who are supervised closely by a Pulmonary/Sleep Medicine Attending physician, and a Sleep Laboratory. The Pulmonary Sleep Laboratory is situated at the Montefiore Westchester Square Campus. The laboratory is fully accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and all its technologists are board certified respipolysomnography technologists. Our program interacts closely with several other Montefiore services including Internal Medicine, Bariatric Surgery, Cardiology, Neurology, and the Sleep-Wake Disorder Center of the Department of Neurology.
The Pulmonary Sleep Medicine Program is one of three Montefiore services (the others Neurology and Pediatrics) who combine to form, administer, and conduct the Montefiore Sleep Medicine Fellowship, a one-year accredited fellowship in sleep medicine that allows graduate Fellows to sit for Sleep Medicine Board examination.
The Pulmonary Sleep Medicine Sleep Lab is a clinical training site for the Polysomnographic Technology program at Kingsborough Community College. Trainees in our lab can fulfill the clinical requirements needed to sit for their Board Certification examination to become Board Certified Respipolysomnographic Technologists.
Services and Treatments
Montefiore Medical Center Pulmonary Division Sleep Medicine Center provides a multi-disciplinary program to optimize the care of people with sleep disorders including:
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Sleep Apnea Syndromes
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Obstructive Sleep Apnea
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Non-Obstructive Sleep Apnea including Cheyne-Stokes Breathing
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Narcolepsy
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Nocturnal Epilepsy
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Parasomnias
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Periodic Limb Movement Disorder
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Restless Legs Syndrome
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Respiratory Disorders with Special Problems During Sleep (COPD, Neuromuscular Disorders, etc)
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Insomnia
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Featured services and treatments include the following:
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In-Patient and Clinic/Office Consultations for diagnosis and continued care
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Home Study Sleep Testing
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In-lab Diagnostic, Split-Night, and Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Titration
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Polysomnography to diagnose and treat sleep apnea syndromes
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In-lab Diagnostic Polysomnography to diagnose and treat nocturnal epilepsy and parasomnias
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Multiple Sleep Latency Testing
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Maintenance of Wakefulness Testing
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Creation of personalized treatment plans
- Clinical training of Respipolysonography Technology students
- Evaluation and enrollment of patients in investigational studies