Dr. Nalaka S Gooneratne MD
Sleep Medicine Specialist | Sleep Medicine
3615 Chestnut St Ralston Penn Center Philadelphia PA, 19104About
Dr. Nalaka Gooneratne practices Sleep Medicine in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Gooneratne 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
Northwestern University The Feinberg School of Medicine 1993
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- 1996
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Pulmonary Disease- 1999
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Sleep Medicine- 2009
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Sleep and quality of life in long-term lung cancer survivors.
- Complementary and alternative medicine for sleep disturbances in older adults.
- "Hot spot" on hepatic scintigraphy and radionuclide venacavography.
- "Hot spot" on hepatic scintigraphy and radionuclide venacavography.
- Case-control study of subjective and objective differences in sleep patterns in older adults with insomnia symptoms.
- Effectiveness of ramelteon for insomnia symptoms in older adults with obstructive sleep apnea: a randomized placebo-controlled pilot study.
- Rehabilitating sleep.
- Age and sleep disturbances among American men and women: data from the U.S. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.
- Limits of the Epworth Sleepiness Scale in older adults.
- Obesity, diabetes, and exercise associated with sleep-related complaints in the American population.
- Occult nighttime hypertension in daytime normotensive older patients with obstructive sleep apnea.
- Making sense of sleepiness in the elderly.
- Perceived racial discrimination as an independent predictor of sleep disturbance and daytime fatigue.
- In-home, self-assembled sleep studies are useful in diagnosing sleep apnea in the elderly.
- Sleep-related behaviors and beliefs associated with race/ethnicity in women.
Clinical Trials
Treatments
- Lung Problems, Lower Respiratory (lung And Airway) Infection, Sleep Apnea And More
Professional Memberships
- Member Associated Professional Sleep Societies Annual Meeting , abstract reviewer
- Member Sleep Research Society , grant reviewer
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