
Alan D. Steljes, MD, FACC, FRCPC
Sleep Medicine Specialist | Sleep Medicine
About
Dr. Ala Steljes practices Sleep Medicine in Unknown City, Unknown State. Dr. Steljes 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
McGill University BSc: Honors Biology 1975
University of Toronto MD 1979
University Of Toronto Faculty Of Medicine 1979
Board Certification
American Board of Internal Medicine; Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine; Cardiovascular Disease
American Board of Internal Medicine; Sleep Medicine
American Board of Nuclear Cardiology
National Board of Echocardiography
Certification Board of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Provider Details
Faculty Titles & Positions
- Assistant Professor University of Manitoba 1987 - 1989
- Director of undergraduate education for cardiovascular medicine University of Manitoba 1988 - 1989
- Associate Professor University of Nevada School of Medicine 1989 - 1993
- Chief of Cardiology St. Rose Dominican Hospital Henderson, Nevada 1993 - 1998
- Chief of Staff Boulder City Hospital 1995 - 1997
- Medical Director Sleep Medicine; Nevada Heart & Vascular Center 2017 - 2024
Treatments
- High Cholesterol
- Sleep Apnea
- Heart Disease
- Sleep Disorders
- Coronary Artery Disease (cad)
- Pain
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea (osa)
- Vascular Disease
Professional Memberships
- American Medical Association Member
- Clark County Medical Society Member
- American College of Cardiology
- American Academy of Sleep Medicine
- American Academy of Cardiovascular Sleep Medicine
Fellowships
- Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada Cardiology 1984
- Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada Internal Medicine 1985
- University of Calgary Interventional Cardiology 1986
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