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Dr. Douglas B Kirsch MD
Sleep Medicine Specialist | Sleep Medicine
1601 ABBEY PL CHARLOTTE NC, 28209About
Dr. Douglas Kirsch practices Sleep Medicine in Jamaica Plain, MA. Dr. Kirsch 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.
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN- Sleep Medicine
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Neurologic complications of respiratory disease.
- A neurologist's guide to common subjective and objective sleep assessments.
- PRO: sliding into home: portable sleep testing is effective for diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea.
- In-home testing for obstructive sleep apnea.
- Sleep-disordered breathing in neurologic conditions.
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