The Sleep Medicine Center, which opened in 1995 and is
directed by Stephen H. Sheldon, DO
, provides clinical evaluation, diagnosis, and management of children
with all forms of sleep disorders. It is the only comprehensive sleep center in
the Midwest dedicated solely to children. Since its opening, the sleep
specialists have seen more than 800 patients, and more than 4,500 patient
studies have been conducted.
In 1999, the center was
accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), which indicates its
high standards of care, excellent facility management, and impressive staff
credentials; evaluations by the AASM are done every five years. Children's Memorial is
one of seven children's hospitals in the country with an accredited pediatric
sleep medicine center.
AASM also accredited the
center's fellowship training program in pediatric sleep medicine for five years,
making Children's Memorial the first children's hospital in the nation to
have a fellowship program devoted exclusively to sleep disorders in childhood.
Program graduates are eligible to sit for the American Board of Sleep
Medicine exams.
Stephen H. Sheldon, DO, is board certified in both pediatrics and sleep
disorders medicine. He serves as a member of the board of directors of the
American Academy of Sleep Medicine and is the board liaison to the continuing
medical education committee. He has been a faculty member of the National Sleep
Medicine Course (sponsored by the AASM) and is course director of the Advanced
Pediatric Sleep Medicine Program of the Atlanta School of Sleep Medicine,
Northside Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Sheldon is an invited lecturer for the
World Congress of Sleep Medicine in Uruguay and is a consultant to a Norwegian
government-sponsored program related to sleep, ADHD, Tourette syndrome and
learning disorders. Locally, he is currently consultant at the Sleep Disorders
Center of the University of Chicago Hospitals and pediatric consultant for the
Center for Sleep and Ventilatory Disorders at the University of Illinois,
Chicago.