Hi Everyone!

It is really important to see a doctor who is is a Diplomat of the American Board of Sleep Medicine.  While that does not guarantee their competency in treating you, at least they will be more informed in the area of sleep disorders.  By the same token, many good sleep labs do not have their accreditations (the two I have used over the years are just getting around to getting theirs), but having it lets you know they have a certain level of expertise.  Here are the links to the associations which provide accreditations for doctors and sleep labs.  These sites describe the requirements for accreditation and lists those doctors and sleep labs which are accredited (or a Diplomat).

The organization which accredits sleep labs:
http://www.aasmnet.org/

American Board of Sleep Medicine
http://www.absm.org/

Vicki


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Friedrich must of had apnea.

Find an accredited sleep center here:

http://www.sleepcenters.org/

tim050001 wrote:

Find an accredited sleep center here:

http://www.sleepcenters.org/

Not quite true. At that link you can find MEMBERS of the AASM. All members are accredited, but not all accredited sleep centers are members. So in other words, there are many sleep centers that ARE accredited by the AASM but ARE NOT listed on that site.  

Nearly gave me a heart attack, thinking my sleep center was mis-representing its credentials, until I emailed the AASM and they told me that.


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hmm.  Thats kind of dissapointing.  But thanks for pointing it out!