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Hammond Sleep Medicine Doctors

1 Doctors Found
Of the 1 Sleep Medicine Doctors in Hammond shown on this page:
  • 1 Board certified
  • 9 Reviews
  • Average rating is 2 stars
  • Average wait time is 26.3 minutes

Top Sleep Medicine Doctors in Hammond, LA

Pervez Mussarat, MD

  • Currently 2 of 4 stars
(9) (2)
Pervez Mussarat, MD
15784 Medical Arts Dr
Ste A
Hammond, LA 70403
  • Neurology
  • Sleep Medicine
  • 26 years experience
  • Board certified
What are Sleep Medicine Specialists?

A sleep medicine specialist is specially trained in diagnosing and treating disorders involving sleep.

Sleep disorders such as sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome and insomnia are very common and can often cause other serious health issues, such as depression, asthma, and migraines. Sleep medicine specialists often work in sleep centers where they observe a patient while sleeping and monitor brain waves, behavior, and vital signs in order to identify the causes of sleep disturbance, or an inability to sleep (insomnia).

Sleep medicine specialists treat patients through advising on sleep hygiene, providing cognitive behavioral therapy, using light therapy, or medical sleep aides.

The area of Hammond, LA has a population of approximately 47,940 people. There is 1 sleep medicine doctor near Hammond, which gives it a ratio of 1 sleep medicine doctor per 47,940 residents or a ratio of 1 sleep medicine doctor per 18,041 households. There are 18,041 households in Hammond.