Sleep Center
Sleep disorders may occur in people with cancer caused by treatment, physical illness, pain, hospitalization and emotional stress. In fact, 80% of patients with cancer complain of poor sleep, and are less likely to tolerate cancer therapies.
MD Anderson was the first comprehensive cancer center in the United States with a dedicated sleep center, which includes the multidisciplinary Sleep Clinic and Sleep Lab.
MD Anderson's Sleep Center helps manage the effects of cancer and cancer treatment for patients with a variety of sleep disorders, including:
- Insomnia
- Disorders of the sleep-wake cycle
- Disorders associated with sleep stages or partial waking
- Excessive sleepiness
- Sleep-disordered breathing
- Sleep-related movement disorders
Referrals
The Sleep Center accepts referrals from MD Anderson patients or their oncologists. Please call 713-792-4017 for a sleep consult. Consults are performed in the Main Building, Floor 6, Near Elevator C. Get directions.
Sleep Center Staff
- Diwakar Balachandran, M.D., DABSM, Medical Director
- Lara Bashoura, M.D., DABSM
- Saadia Faiz, M.D.
- John Po, MHA, RRT/SDS, ad-interim Sleep Lab Coordinator
- Leendert Keus, MHA, RPFT, Manager Cardiopulmonary Laboratories
- Stephen Mahoney, BS, RPSGT, Senior Polysomnographic Technologist
- G. Nancy Pacheco, RPSGT, Polysomnographic Technologist
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