USF Sleep Medicine is dedicated to excellence in patient care, education and research. We provide sleep services in many specialty formats, including:

• Pulmonary medicine
• Internal medicine
• Family medicine
• Ear, nose and throat surgery (otolaryngology)
• Bariatric surgery
• Pediatrics
• Neurology
• Psychology/psychiatry
• Dentistry

Our history:

Our Sleep Center began small with the establishment of a one bed sleep lab at Tampa General Hospital by Dr. Keith Chandler in the 1990s and a one bed sleep lab at James A. Haley VA Hospital by Dr. John Sharp. Facilities have now grown to a 6-bed lab at Tampa General Hospital and a 4 bed facility at the VA Hospital along with extensive portable monitoring. There are variable clinic sites today along with the integration of advancing technology to include telehealth.

We train sleep technologists, medical students, residents, fellows in multiple medical specialties and support USF School of Nursing sleep research and postgraduate Ph.D. programs.

Our future:

Under the “Our Research” tab, one can see the results of multiple research efforts by USF Sleep Medicine providers. Dr. Risa Richardson, from the VA and USF, has become the USF Director of Sleep Research with her innovative teams targeting the evaluation and treatment of sleep disorders following traumatic brain injury. Dr. Tapan Padhya, of the USF Sleep Apnea and Snoring Center, established hypoglossal nerve stimulation as a treatment available for patients with obstructive sleep apnea.

We continue to grow in each area every year. Please come join us, in this new and fascinating field of Sleep Medicine.