The Children’s Mercy pediatric sleep program’s outpatient evaluation and treatment clinics at Children’s Mercy Hospital and Children’s Mercy South are complemented by a state-of-the-art sleep diagnostic laboratory unit at Children’s Mercy South. Infants, children and adolescents may be referred for detailed study and analyses of nighttime and daytime sleep and breathing patterns. Patients are referred by almost every specialty, including developmental and behavioral medicine, neurology, pulmonology, genetics, and endocrinology. Our sleep disorders “Dream Team” specializes in coordination of respiratory support equipment and other services that are vital to the care of children who have a wide variety of non-respiratory sleep related issues.
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Physicians
| Robert C. Beckerman , MD, FAAP, FCCP | Section Chief of Pediatric Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, Medical Director, The Comprehensive Sleep Disorders Center, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine |
| Wendy L. Estrellado , MD | Director, Pulmonary elective for Residents and Medical Students; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City |
| Arezou Heshmati , MD | Assistant Professor, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine |
| Gayln V. Perry , MD | Medical Director, Children’s Mercy Sleep Disorders Program, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine |
| Farrell Weiers |
Psychologist Fellow, Sleep Behavior Psychologist |