Dr. James William Roy M.D., PH.D.
Sleep Medicine Specialist (Pediatric) | Sleep Medicine
4704 Whitesburg Dr Sw Suite 201 Huntsville AL, 35802About
Dr. James Roy practices Sleep Medicine in Huntsville, AL. Dr. Roy studies, diagnoses, and treats sleep disturbances and disorders due to varying factors. Sleep Medicine Physicians are trained to treat many different conditions, including insomnia, narcolepsy, sleep apnea, idiopathic hypersomnia, menstrual-related hypersomnia, and circadian rhythm disturbances, among others.
Education and Training
Eastern Virginia Medical School 2002
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Sleep Medicine
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A reassessment of ground water flow conditions and specific yield at Borden and Cape Cod.
- Multiphase flow and transport caused by spontaneous gas phase growth in the presence of dense non-aqueous phase liquid.
- Trans-sodium crocetinate and hemorrhagic shock.
- Proactive screening approach for detecting groundwater contaminants along urban streams at the reach-scale.
- Toxic groundwater contaminants: an overlooked contributor to urban stream syndrome?
- Changes in entrapped gas content and hydraulic conductivity with pressure.
- Artificial sweeteners as potential tracers of municipal landfill leachate.
- Elevated dissolved phosphorus in riparian groundwater along gaining urban streams.
- Patterns of entrapped air dissolution in a two-dimensional pilot-scale synthetic aquifer.
- Assessing potential toxicity of chloride-affected groundwater discharging to an urban stream using juvenile freshwater mussels (Lampsilis siliquoidea).
Treatments
- Sleep Apnea
- Sleep Disorders
- Narcolepsy
- Insomnia
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea (osa)
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