More than 40 million Americans of all ages suffer from sleep disorders. Failure to get adequate sleep not only affects our mental and physical health, but also poses a danger to society by contributing to traffic and industrial accidents. Some sleep disorders can even be life threatening.
Local Radio Hosts Jef & Jer of Star 94.1 both have benefitted from the services of Jose Loredo, Terence Davidson and the UCSD Sleep Center. Hear what Jer had to say about his experience.
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Services Offered At Sleep Medicine Center
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UCSD Sleep Medicine Center offers a full spectrum of diagnostic and therapeutic services to patients with sleep-related disorders, including sleep apnea, insomnia, periodic leg movement during sleep syndrome, restless legs syndrome, narcolepsy, and sleep disorders associated with medical or psychiatric conditions.
Under the direction of Jose S. Loredo, M.D, our sleep center provides the following services:
- Comprehensive sleep medicine consultation
- Follow-up visits and longitudinal care of the sleep medicine patient.
- Diagnostic studies, including polysomnography and CPAP titration
- Unattended home cardiopulmonary sleep studies
- Overnight oximetry
- Maintenance of wakefulness testing
- Multiple sleep latency testing
- Referrals to bariatric surgery and dental specialists
- Provision an management of CPAP, BiPAP systems and supplies
Sleep-Related Research
Our center also strives to educate the public as well as health professionals about sleep disorders and supports ongoing sleep medicine research at UCSD. Click here to learn about our Obstructive Sleep Apnea Study.
For more information on sleep-related research and to participate in a study, call (619) 543-3468.
Make An Appointment
To make an appointment at the Sleep Center, call (619) 543-5713 or request an appointment online. A referral from your primary care doctor is needed in most cases.
Give to UCSD's Sleep Center
Your contribution directly supports promising research, critical treatment, training of new generations of physician and scientists and helps the UCSD Medical Center to study and successfully treat a broad range of diseases and disorders.
For more information about making a gift to the UCSD Medical Centers, call (619) 471-0485. We are grateful for your consideration.
The U.C. San Diego Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, tax-exempt organization designated by the Internal Revenue Service. Our Federal Tax ID number is 95-287-2494.