Looking for a recommendation for a sleep center in US

I've been seeking treatment for about 4 month now for severe fatigue due to poor sleep, but have not made much progress in determining the cause (the main theory is UARS right now) or finding a treatment that helps. Non-surgical treatments haven't helped and it's hard to make a decision about surgeries, if I'm not even sure I've a breathing disorder. The biggest challenge has been finding a doctor who would be willing to spend some time to learn about my history and analyze the sleep study data. So, at this point I'm willing to travel anywhere in the US and stay there as long as it takes (on leave from my job now). If anybody here had a good experience with their sleep specialist, I would really appreciate your help. It's easy enough to check education, research activities, accreditation, etc, but what I really care about is conscientiousness and willingness to dig a little deeper for ambiguous cases.

No problem.

Barry Krakow, M.D. (pronounced Kraiko)

Link:

http://www.nightmaretreatment.com/about ... rakow-m.d/

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Dr. Mithri R. Junna
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota

They have an excellent sleep lab and she is a conscientious and caring doctor.
Their system allows their doctors to do internal referrals for complex cases.
Their costs are very competitive to local centers.

I hope you get an answer somewhere.

My sleep center is also at the Mayo Clinic - Rochester; I had a different doctor, but as the previous poster said, the docs at Mayo can do internal referrals to other departments.

I don't know where you live , so that complicates suggestions for seeking treatment. I believe that we can find good treatment at smaller, regional centers as well as at the nationally famous medical centers.

I had excellent experience from Dr. Bradley Bittle at St Francis Sleep Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, and their sleep lab was very thorough and helpful.. Dr. Bittle was willing to spend time reviewing my sleep test data and made excellent suggestions regarding equipment.

TheDuke

search this forum or google for dr park
he is in nyc and does some leading sleep research

I'm sure all of these people and places are very good. Like TheDuke said, it isn't necessary to go to a large famous clinic like the Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, etc. so a lot depends on where you live. I live in Rochester, so Mayo Clinic is where I get all of medical needs taken care of, but there are many good places to go.

I agree with this one. His treatment saved my butt. I had been on CPAP for several years and started having troubles and Dr. K got to the bottom of things and put me on ASV. Absolutely life changing.

Barry Krakow, M.D. (pronounced Kraiko)

Link:

http://www.nightmaretreatment.com/about ... rakow-m.d/

JeffH

Hi Jeff,

Did you actually go out to D. Krakow's sleep center in New Mexico for a sleep study?

What was his reasoning on changing you from CPAP to ASV?

JeffH wrote:I agree with this one. His treatment saved my butt. I had been on CPAP for several years and started having troubles and Dr. K got to the bottom of things and put me on ASV. Absolutely life changing.

Barry Krakow, M.D. (pronounced Kraiko)

Link:

http://www.nightmaretreatment.com/about ... rakow-m.d/

JeffH

I used the Cleveland Clinic for my sleep Doctor and studies:
Dr. Jessica Vensel-Rundo http://my.clevelandclinic.org/staff_dir ... orID=13991
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH

http://www.clevelandclinic.org/lp/sleep ... 7AodhFUArA

I wish you Good Luck!

Art:

Have you contacted any of the suggested centers yet?
Any of the ones suggested seem to me to be capable of dealing with most problems.