Interdisciplinary Clinic
Our multidisciplinary team works together to provide a seamless experience for our patients, with each department playing a distinct role.
What we do
- Ear Nose and Throat specialists – assist with hypoglossal nerve implants, surgeries, and other procedures. If the patient is not able to tolerate CPAP, the ENT specialist will do the implant while the sleep faculty helps maintain stability.
- Endocrinology – supports the management of obesity and thyroid disorders.
- Family and Community Medicine – provides preventive health services and management of chronic medical disorders for patients looking for primary care within the UTSW network.
- Hematology and Oncology – provides support for intravenous iron infusion therapy.
- Hypertension and Pulmonary Hypertension Clinics - management of the complications of sleep-related breathing disorders.
- Internal Medicine – provides urgent evaluation for sleep-related disorders for patients undergoing bariatric operations. The team determines the type of sleep study the patient needs.
- Neuroscience – research to understand responsible pathologies associated with disruption of sleep/wake states and molecular mechanisms of the circadian clock.
- Otolaryngology – provides surgical options including the use of "Inspire" or hypoglossal nerve stimulation.
- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery – Offers surgical correction of anatomical factors like retrognathia, and micrognathia, leading to significant sleep-related breathing disorders such as micrognathia, and craniofacial dysmorphism.
- Pediatric Pulmonology – the team helps pediatric patients transition to the adult sleep clinic for continuity.
- Psychiatry - provides management of complex psychiatric disorders coexisting with sleep disorders improving patient outcomes.
- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine – assists in managing complex patients with co-existing/overlapping neuromuscular and sleep disorders/issues who require non-invasive ventilation. The team works with the patient to optimize breathing function during sleep to help them feel more refreshed and alert.
- Respiratory therapists – assist patients with neuromuscular disorders during and after clinic visits and sleep studies at the Sleep Centers.
- Sleep technologists – assist patients in familiarizing themselves with the use of PAP devices, masks, and other technology for the management of sleep disorders.