Robert C. Doekel, Jr., M.D.

Dr. Doekel is the Medical Director of the Sleep Disorders Center of

Alabama and the Sleep Disorders Center of UAB Highlands Medical Center. Both centers are accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

Along with G. Vernon Pegram, Ph.D., Dr. Doekel founded the first accredited sleep center in Alabama, which was one of the first dozen clinical sleep centers in the United States. He has been instrumental in the accreditation of many of the sleep centers in Alabama and throughout the United States.

Dr. Doekel is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, and Sleep Medicine. he received a Bachelor of Science from

Eastern Kentucky University, and his M.D. from the University of Louisville. He served a residency in Internal Medicine at UAB, served a Pulmonary fellowship at UAB and the University of Colorado Cardiopulmonary Research Laboratory.

Dr. Doekel is a licensed M.D. and a Diplomat of the American Board of Sleep Medicine (ABSM), Certified in 1978.