Pediatric Pulmonologist
A pediatrician dedicated to the prevention and treatment of all respiratory diseases affecting infants, children and young adults. This specialist is knowledgeable about the growth and development of the lung, assessment of respiratory function in infants and children, and experienced in a variety of invasive and noninvasive diagnostic techniques.
Pediatric Pulmonologists in Baytown, TX
Sleep Medicine Doctor
Dr. Pallav Halani is a Sleep Medicine Doctor in Baytown, TX
with special training and skill in disorders related to patient sleeping patterns and sleep quality.
As a Sleep Medicine Doctor, Pallav Halani, MD performs
sleep quality testing, clinical condition assessment, sleep studies, and behavioral therapy. Sleep Medicine is
a medical specialty focused on identifying sleep disorders and relieving pain, distress, and illness related to those disorders. Significant diseases and conditions treated by
Sleep Medicine Doctors include REM behavior disorder (RBD), sleep paralysis, sleepwalking, sleep apnea, insomnia, recurring nightmares, shift work disorder, circadian rhythm disorders, teeth grinding (bruxism), night terrors, bedwetting, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), and restless legs syndrome (RLS).
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Sleep Medicine Doctors
include physical examination, sleep studies, polysomnography, multiple sleep latency testing, maintenance of wakefulness testing, actigraphy, mental health evaluation, prescribing medication, and referral to other specialists as necessary.
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.
Sleep Medicine Doctors in Baytown, TX
