History
The UHealth Sleep Medicine Center at the UM medical campus was initially established in 1990 as a two-bed facility at the VA Medical Center and under the medical directorship of Dr. Bruce Nolan.
The NPF USleep Center gradually expanded to include a four-bed sleep laboratory in 2004 and then in 2008 was expanded to a seven-bed sleep center located on the 2nd floor of the National Parkinson's Foundation Building on the medical campus of the University of Miami Medical Center. Recently further expansion of the UHealth Sleep Program included a two-bed center located at the Hotel Indigo in Kendall, soon to be a four-bed Kendall site, Both locations see patients seven (7) nights a week, including some holidays. The UHealth Sleep Program has recruited various sleep specialists from a variety of medical disciplines and have expanded our sleep consultation visit options and research operations throughout the medical center.
Hotel INDIGO
located at South Kendall Dr. & the Palmetto Expressway,
7600 North Kendall Drive, Miami, FL
Includes complimentary continental breakfast
The UHealth sleep center, which is accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, strives to increase awareness of sleep disorders in public and professional communities. Our Adult and Pediatric sleep medicine clinics have specialists that diagnose and treat a wide range of sleep disorders, including sleep apnea, narcolepsy, insomnia, restless leg syndrome/periodic limb movement disorder and circadian rhythm abnormalities. In addition, our interdisciplinary team of dedicated faculty are experienced in providing therapeutic interventions such as CPAP, BPAP and AdaptSV to assist patients with the initiation and troubleshooting of positive airway pressure equipment use for the treatment of sleep apnea who complain of excessive daytime sleepiness, difficulty with falling or staying asleep, unusual behaviors during sleep and other problems relating to sleep. The USleep Center is staffed by board-certified sleep specialists and technicians whom are also accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.
Adult Sleep Medicine
The Adult sleep medicine clinic at the University of Miami is staffed by board-certified specialists in sleep medicine, pulmonary and neurology with multidisciplinary relationships with specialists in otolaryngology and oral medicine. Our specialists treat a wide range of sleep disorders, including sleep apnea, narcolepsy, insomnia, restless leg syndrome/periodic limb movement disorder and circadian rhythm abnormalities. We partner with university surgical sleep specialists to offer patients surgical options for the treatment of sleep apnea. We also offer comprehensive evaluations in conjunction with the epilepsy program at the university for sleep-related behaviors.
Our sleep disorders center and laboratory is accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine
Pediatric Sleep Medicine
The University of Miami Pediatric Sleep Disorders Clinic offers evaluation and treatment of sleep disorders for infants, children and adolescents. The clinic and associated laboratories are staffed by an interdisciplinary team of board-certified pediatric pulmonary physician and sleep specialist, fellows, a nurse practitioner, nurses, respiratory therapists, and registered polysomnographic technologists with experience in pediatric sleep recording.
Staff members utilize the sleep laboratory facilities at Jackson Memorial Hospital and the University for sleep disorders and for therapeutic interventions, including CPAP and BiPAP. Pulmonary diagnostic testing facilities are also available to help in the assessment of children with lung disorders complicated by sleep abnormalities.
University Sleep Laboratory (UHealth Sleep Centers)
The University of Miami sleep laboratory is an accredited four-bed diagnostic testing facility located at the University of Miami Medical Campus at the Civic Center, where sleep studies are conducted on an outpatient basis. Each of the rooms has a private bathroom, thermostat and cable television.
Sleep studies are performed seven nights/days of the week for patient convenience. Parents of children and adolescents having sleep studies are accommodated with a sleeper recliner in the testing bedroom where their children are having testing. Infants are recorded in a crib with the parent sleeping on the bed or in the recliner in the same room. Our chief technologist is Guido Arguello, RPSGT. We are located on the second floor of the National Parkinson’s Foundation Building on the University of Miami Medical Campus, 1501 NW 9th Avenue. Parking is available behind the building.
For inquiries about the Sleep Disorders Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, please call Maria Chavez or Liz Primus at (305) 243-5195.