ColumbiaDoctors Neurology
The Columbia Sleep Disorders Center offers a range of sleep assessment options to meet the needs of our patients, including testing done during your office visit, overnight studies in our sleep lab, and at-home sleep assessment options. Please visit our patient information page to learn more about our various testing modalities.
Epilepsy and Sleep Division
Dr. Carl Bazil, Chief
Our Pediatric Sleep Disorders Center is dedicated exclusively to the care of children and adolescents. The importance of adequate sleep for children and adolescent is now recognized. Sleep problems such as sleep apnea, excessive daytime sleepiness including narcolepsy and behavioral sleep problems are common and can seriously affect your child’s general health, memory, academic functioning, behavior and mood. Early diagnosis and treatment of sleep problems can a child’s improve long-term health and development. Our sleep laboratory is child-friendly and staffed with seasoned sleep technicians who are expert at obtaining information about your child’s sleep habits, in a comfortable environment, with a parent in attendance.
Once a sleep study is performed our team will review the results and design a treatment plan to improve the quality of sleep. We often use a multidisciplinary approach to address your child’s condition, working with pediatric ENT physicians, obesity experts, bariatric surgeons, developmental specialists, craniofacial surgeons, neurosurgeons, neuromuscular physicians, and gastroenterologists.
For more details and the most up-to-date information, please visit Pediatric Sleep Disorders Center.
Additional Resources
Sleep Foundation.org
Sleep Education.org
The Sleep Research Society
American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM)