Sleep Medicine (Internal Medicine) Physician
Allopathic & Osteopathic Physicians › Internal Medicine › Sleep Medicine
About this specialty
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.
Source: American Academy of Sleep Medicine, www.aasm.org [7/1/2006: new]
Highest Medicare-paid providers
| Provider | Location | Medicare paid |
|---|---|---|
| ASHVIN SHAH, M.D. | YUMA, AZ | $1,598,598 |
| PAYAM SHADI, M.D. | LOS ANGELES, CA | $1,106,612 |
| VU TRAN | SANTA ROSA, CA | $679,948 |
| DOUGLAS PURYEAR, M.D. | MIDLOTHIAN, VA | $646,358 |
| SERGIO BALINGIT, MD | THE VILLAGES, FL | $640,396 |
| ASEFA MEKONNEN, MD | ROCKVILLE, MD | $615,091 |
| DAN NAIM, M.D. | BEVERLY HILLS, CA | $570,916 |
| ENIS ALBERAQDAR, M.D. | HALEDON, NJ | $524,338 |
| JAMES DALY, MD | SAVANNAH, GA | $523,494 |
| GAURAV PATEL, M.D. | MEDIA, PA | $521,049 |
Ranked by total Medicare payments — a measure of billing volume, not care quality.
Taxonomy definitions from the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (public domain). Provider counts derived from NPPES; payment figures from CMS Medicare data. Not affiliated with CMS, NPPES, NUCC, or any government agency.