NUCC taxonomy code
Sleep Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
207RS0012X
- Grouping
- Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians
- Classification
- Internal Medicine
- Specialization
- Sleep Medicine
Definition
An Internist who practices Sleep Medicine is certified in the subspecialty of sleep medicine and specializes in the clinical assessment, physiologic testing, diagnosis, management and prevention of sleep and circadian rhythm disorders. Sleep specialists treat patients of any age and use multidisciplinary approaches. Disorders managed by sleep specialists include, but are not limited to, sleep related breathing disorders, insomnia, hypersomnias, circadian rhythm sleep disorders, parasomnias and sleep related movement disorders.
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