Ravindra Chandrashekhar, MD, MSEE, FACP

Sleep Medicine Doctor

Dr. Ravindra Chandrashekhar is a Sleep Medicine Doctor in Farmers Branch, TX with special training and skill in disorders related to patient sleeping patterns and sleep quality. As a Sleep Medicine Doctor, Ravindra Chandrashekhar, MD, MSEE, FACP 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 Farmers Branch, TX

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Internal Medicine Doctor

Dr. Ravindra Chandrashekhar is an Internal Medicine Doctor in Farmers Branch, TX with special training and skill in the diagnosis, treatment, and care of adults across the spectrum from health to complex illness. Internists specialize in puzzling medical problems and in the ongoing care of chronic illnesses. Internists also specialize in preventing disease by promoting health, and are trained to manage multisystem disease conditions that single-organ-disease specialists may not be trained to address. As an Internal Medicine Doctor, Ravindra Chandrashekhar, MD, MSEE, FACP performs assessment, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment therapies for diseases and disorders in adult patients. Internal Medicine is a medical specialty focused on study, prevention, assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of short and long term multi-organ conditions. Significant diseases and conditions treated by Internal Medicine Doctors include cold and flu, heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, and chronic lung disease. Internists generally act as personal physicians and often develop long-term relationships with their patients. Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Internal Medicine Doctors include medical history reviews, physical exams, blood tests, scans, and other diagnostic tests, as well as specialist referrals. Internists may choose to practice only in the hospital, only in an outpatient clinic, or in both.

A physician who provides long-term, comprehensive care in the office and the hospital, managing both common and complex illness of adolescents, adults and the elderly. Internists are trained in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, infections and diseases affecting the heart, blood, kidneys, joints and digestive, respiratory and vascular systems. They are also trained in the essentials of primary care internal medicine, which incorporates an understanding of disease prevention, wellness, substance abuse, mental health and effective treatment of common problems of the eyes, ears, skin, nervous system and reproductive organs.

Internal Medicine Doctors in Farmers Branch, TX

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Primary Care Doctor

Primary Care Doctors in Farmers Branch, TX

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  Sleep Medicine Fellowship

  Hackensack Meridian Health JFK University Medical Center Neuroscience Institute

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  Electrical Engineering - Master of Science (MS)

  University of Texas Dallas

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  Electrical Engineering - Bachelor of Science (BS)

  State University of New York at Buffalo

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  Doctor of Medicine (MD)

  St. George's University

• Aetna [Aetna Health Inc. (a TX corp.)]

• Cigna Healthcare [Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company]

• Coventry Health Care of Texas, Inc.

• HealthSmart [HealthSmart Holdings, Inc.]

• Humana [Humana Health Plan of Texas, Inc.]

• Marpai

• Multiplan / PHCS [MultiPlan, Inc.]

• QuikTrip Benefits Plan

• UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company

• Wellcare [Wellcare Health Plans, Inc.]