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Sleep Disorders Center
Sleep disorders affect children of all ages. The causes are diverse and vary from poor sleep hygiene to serious sleep disorders. At UCSF Benioff Children's, we provide comprehensive services for children with all sleep-related concerns. Our facility is one of the only Bay Area pediatric centers that specializes in the diagnosis and management of complex sleep disorders. Because sleep problems can affect your child’s health and contribute to learning, mood, and social behavior troubles, we're committed to providing treatment and consultation for sleep disorders that affect babies, children, and young people up to age 18. |
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Find Us
Why Choose Our Center
Our Sleep Disorders team includes physicians dedicated 100% to the clinical diagnosis and management of pediatric sleep disorders in infants, children, and adolescents.
Our physicians are expert leaders in the field known nationally and internationally.
- We work in collaboration with Pulmonology, Neurology, Otolaryngology, Plastic Surgery, Psychiatry, Developmental Pediatrics and Oral/Maxillofacial surgery to provide comprehensive, state of the art care to your family.
- Dr. Lourdes DelRosso, Medical Director of Children's Sleep Disorders Center, is a national leader in the field of sleep medicine and an international speaker and advocate.
Pediatric Sleep Studies and Comprehensive Sleep Support
- Our Sleep Center is fully equipped for diagnostic studies, positive pressure support titration studies, and hypoxic, and hypercarbic evaluations.
- Experienced pediatric-registered polysomnographers perform the sleep studies in infants, children, and adolescents.
- Children's Sleep Laboratory is one of few sleep centers in the area that performs overnight diagnostic sleep studies designed with children in mind.
- Results are carefully reviewed by an experienced technologist and interpreted by a sleep board certified physician with special training to treat sleep disorders in children.
- Lean more about: Sleep Studies at Children’s Sleep Lab
Physician Referral:
What Conditions We Treat
Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- Central Sleep Apnea
- Hypoventilation
- Sleep-Related Hypoxemia
Insomnia
Movement Disorders
- Restless Legs Syndrome
- Periodic Limb Movement Disorder
- Sleep-Related Rhythmic Movement Disorders
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Circadian Rhythm Sleep-Wake Disorder
- Delayed Sleep Wake Phase Disorder
- Non-24 Hour Sleep-Wake Rhythm Disorder
Parasomnias
- Sleep Walking
- Sleep Terrors
- REM Behavior Disorder
Hypersomnias
- Narcolepsy
- Insufficient Sleep Syndrome
- Kleine Levin Syndrome
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Make an Appointment
Phone: 510-428-3305 |
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Related Departments / Services
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Gwynne Church, MD
Pediatric Pulmonology, Sleep Medicine
Director,
Sleep Disorders Center
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