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Doctors Community Hospital Sleep Center

About the Sleep Center
Sleep Apnea Support Group


About the Sleep Center

The Sleep Center at Doctors Community Hospital is a full-service facility that opened as a two-bed sleep lab in 1996. More than a decade later, this American Academy of Sleep Medicine accredited Sleep Center houses ten beds and performs more than 2,000 sleep studies, providing sleep apnea treatment to more than 600 patients annually. 

The Sleep Center, which is located in the Ambulatory Surgery Building next to the main hospital, is designed to make a patient’s stay as comfortable as possible. Each private room is decorated and furnished with many of the comforts of home. All rooms include a television, DVD player, private bathroom with shower, and an individually-controlled heat/AC unit. 

Under the direction of Dr. Riad Dakheel, a Board Certified Sleep Specialist, The Sleep Center is designed to conduct overnight and daytime studies to help diagnose a wide range of sleep disorders. These disorders include sleep apnea, narcolepsy, periodic limb movement disorder, restless leg syndrome and behavior disorders during sleep. For patient convenience, studies are conducted seven nights per week.

To schedule a sleep study, please call the Sleep Center at 301-552-8561. To schedule an appointment/consultation with Dr. Dakheel, please call his office at 301-262-0020.  Physicians may print the Sleep Center Order Form, complete and fax to 301-552-8521.

Sleep Apnea Support Group

The primary goal of the Sleep Apnea Support Group Meetings is to provide a venue for patient and family education, with an atmosphere conducive to the sharing of experiences encountered by people who live with sleep apnea.  

2008 Schedule: Bi-Monthly Meetings will be held June 11, October 8, and December 10

WHERE:  Doctors Community Hospital, Ambulatory Surgery Bldg, 5th Floor, DSE Room

TIME:    6:30 P.M. – 8:00 P.M.

For more information or to reserve your seat (RSVP required), call 301-552-8561 (option 2).

Although the Sleep Apnea Support Group will address patient and family questions and concerns, any person interested in learning more about sleep apnea is welcome to attend. CPAP equipment and mask models will be on display. 

Light refreshments provided!