UPMC Sleep Medicine in Central Pa.

UPMC Sleep Medicine providers offer expert diagnosis, treatment, and management for neurologic, movement, and breathing disorders that affect your sleep quality.

Why Choose UPMC for Your Sleep Medicine Needs?

At UPMC, we recognize that sleep issues may be a result of many conditions. This is why our comprehensive program includes multi-specialty providers that work together to provide expert diagnosis, treatment, and management for disorders that affect your sleep. Our specialists will conduct a complete evaluation of your symptoms and, if necessary, refer you for a sleep study or additional specialty care to accurately diagnose your condition. If a sleep study is recommended, we will work with you to schedule it at one of our sleep centers located throughout central PA. 

After you receive your diagnosis, our sleep specialists will provide personalized treatment using the latest therapies, medications, and technologies designed to help you get the rest you need.

Why Consider Seeing a Sleep Specialist?

If you have any of the following needs or issues you may consider seeing a sleep specialist for help:

• Recent Stroke
• Insomnia
• Excessive daytime sleepiness
• CDL licensing requirements
• Sleepwalking
• Pediatric sleep problems
• Restless legs
• Snoring
• Depression
• Heart Disease

Conditions We Treat

Our sleep medicine experts provide compassionate, personalized care for a full range of conditions that affect your ability to sleep, including:

• Central sleep apnea
• Circadian rhythm sleep disorders
• Hypersomnia
• Narcolepsy
• Non-24-hour sleep-wake disorder
• Obstructive sleep apnea
• Parasomnias
• Periodic limb movement disorder
• REM sleep behavior disorder
• Restless legs syndrome (RLS)

Procedures and Treatments

Our specialists provide individualized sleep medicine care using leading-edge technology and therapies, including:

• Sleep studies to evaluate how you sleep
• Electroencephalogram (EEG) to monitor electrical activity in your brain
• Medication or supplements
• Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy 
• Lifestyle and diet changes

Screening Tools

Adults

STOPBANG (PDF)

Pediatrics

BEARS (PDF)

Providers

• Masood Ahmad, MD
• Ayman Bishay, MD
• Kevin Branch, MD
• Chinenye Emuwa, MD
• John M. Levri, DO
• Binh Hoa Nguyen, MD
• Sam Al-Saadi, MD
• Kaitlin Bompiani, PA-C
• Jill Faber, CRNP
• Emily Grau, CRNP
• Laura N. Knepp, CRNP
• Lauren Penrose, PA-C
• Jessica Stefanic, CRNP

Locations