Our Patients

The majority of patients are referred to the Center from a variety of referring specialties including psychiatry, internal medicine, pulmonary, family medicine, cardiology and ENT. These referrals are based on the reputation of the Center's physicians who have almost 60 years of sleep medicine experience between them. To encourage this referral process, the center concentrates on making the process as easy as possible for the referring physician's staff by maintaining exceptional communication.

Due to the high referral rate, the

Center does very little advertising or promotion. Occasionally the center will participate in employer health fairs or radio, television and print advertising.

The patient population at the center ranges in age from adolescent to the elderly. Efforts are made to accomodate patients who do not

have insurance, as well.

Like most sleep centers, the Sleep Disorders Center of Alabama primarily treats patients diagnosed with Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). Sleep apnea is very common and affects more than 12 million Americans. In fact, 80% of individuals exhibiting some form of sleep-related disorder will be diagnosed with OSA symptoms as their primary underlying diagnosis.

Dr. Pegram and other sleep experts stress that if left untreated, sleep apnea can cause a myriad of other problems including: hypertension