Sleep Medicine Fellowship Program » Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine » College of Medicine

The mission of the University of Florida Sleep Medicine Fellowship Program is to provide comprehensive, high-quality clinical training that prepares compassionate and skilled physicians for independent, patient-centered practice in sleep medicine. Through multidisciplinary collaboration and broad clinical exposure, fellows are equipped to diagnose and manage sleep disorders across the lifespan.

Susheela Hadigal
Program Director, Sleep Medicine Fellowship
susheela.hadigal@medicine.ufl.edu

Fellowship Program Overview

The University of Florida offers a one-year Sleep Medicine Fellowship Program for physicians interested in developing clinical expertise in this growing field of medicine. This training program provides you the opportunity to evaluate and manage a broad variety of sleep disorders in both adult and pediatric patients, including: sleep disordered breathing, sleep related movement disorders, central disorders of hypersomnolence, parasomnias, insomnia. As a fellow, you will develop the clinical acumen and skills for using and interpreting diagnostic tools such as: polysomnography, home sleep tests, multiple sleep latency testing, maintenance of wakefulness testing, actigraphy and oximetry.

Our program has a rich history of being initiated by Dr. Richard Berry and Dr. Mary Wagner in 2007 and has been accredited by the ACGME since 2008. Graduating fellows are currently involved in both academic sleep medicine and private clinical practice, with participation in National Sleep committees and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

Facilities

UF Health Sleep Disorders Center

A full service sleep lab with pediatric sleep clinic facilities. The sleep center is a state of the art 12-bed facility accredited by the American academy of sleep medicine. The facility has four beds dedicated for monitoring pediatric patients.

Address:
4740 NW 39th Place, Suite C
Gainesville, Florida 32606

UF Health Sleep Medicine – Medical Plaza

Weekly Adult sleep medicine clinics are located on the 4th floor of this clinical facility.

Address:
1549 Gale Lemerand Drive, 4th Floor, Suite 4592
Gainesville, Florida 32610-3008

VA Medical Center

The VA Medical Center (VAM) is located across the street from Medical Plaza clinic and Shands Hospital, it is a 239 bed VA hospital that serves veterans throughout North Florida and South Georgia. It is the second largest VA system in the country. The VA facilities include a four-bed sleep laboratory with state-of-the-art equipment and a busy outpatient clinic.

Address:
1601 Southwest Archer Road
Gainesville, FL 32608-1135

Didactic Teaching

Throughout the year, lectures are delivered by core faculty as well as specialists from Adult ENT, Pediatric ENT, OMFS, Neurology, Psychology, Psychiatry, Obesity Medicine, and Cardiology. Monthly Sleep ISR scoring is completed at https://isr.aasm.org. Additionally, weekly one-on-one sessions with attending physicians are held for sleep study interpretation.