Care team at Sleep Medicine Specialists of South Florida, treating sleep apnea for patients from Miami at the Miami office
Miami · Miami-Dade County

Sleep Apnea Treatment in Miami, FL Testing, diagnosis and long-term treatment for patients across Miami, minutes from our Le Jeune Road office.

Miami is a big city, and sleep gets treated like the thing you sacrifice for everything else. We see patients from Brickell, Downtown, Little Havana and Coconut Grove who have been running on short, broken sleep for years and finally want an answer.

Miami Le Jeune Road

Board-certifiedSleep, pulmonary and obesity medicine in one practice.

Sleep lab on siteTesting and results handled in-house.

CPAP and supplies in-houseLicensed by AHCA to dispense equipment directly.

English and SpanishThe whole practice runs in both.

Signs worth checking

Do you have sleep apnea?

A lot of our Miami patients come from a doctor's referral after a physical, or after a partner has been complaining about the snoring for years. The first visit is a conversation, and it tells us whether obstructive sleep apnea is actually what is going on.

Loud, chronic snoring

Especially the kind a partner complains about, or snoring that stops and restarts through the night.

Gasping or choking in your sleep

Usually noticed by someone else. It is one of the more specific signs of obstructive sleep apnea.

Tired no matter how long you sleep

Eight hours in bed and still exhausted at 2 PM is not normal, and it is the complaint we hear most.

Morning headaches and dry mouth

Waking up with a headache or a parched throat several days a week is worth mentioning.

Trouble concentrating or short fuse

Memory slips, irritability and brain fog often get blamed on stress when the cause is fragmented sleep.

Blood pressure that will not come down

Untreated sleep apnea makes hypertension harder to control, which is often why a primary care doctor sends someone here.

Diagnosis

How sleep apnea gets diagnosed

Sleep apnea is confirmed with a sleep study, which measures how often your breathing is interrupted per hour. That number is what determines whether it is mild, moderate or severe, and it is what treatment gets measured against later.

The overnight sleep study

Sleep apnea is confirmed with polysomnography, an overnight study that records your breathing, oxygen levels, heart rhythm and sleep stages. We run two sleep labs in Miami-Dade, three private rooms each, with a full or queen bed, fresh linens and a TV. It is a bedroom with sensors, not a hospital ward.

What the results tell us

The study counts how many times per hour your breathing is interrupted. That number is what separates mild from moderate from severe, and it decides what treatment makes sense. It is also the baseline we measure against later, so we can tell whether treatment is actually working.

Because the office and lab are both on Le Jeune Road, most Miami neighborhoods are a short, direct drive with no highway needed. You come in the evening, sleep in a private room, and leave in the morning.

Treatment

What treatment actually looks like

There is more than one route, and the right one depends on how severe your apnea is and what you can realistically live with every night.

CPAP and PAP therapy

The most established treatment for obstructive sleep apnea. The machine is only half of it. Getting the pressure, the mask fit and the humidity right is what determines whether you actually keep using it past the first month.

Equipment and supplies in-house

We are licensed by Florida AHCA to dispense durable medical equipment directly, so your CPAP and everything that goes with it comes from us. Masks, cushions, headgear, tubing, filters and water chambers, billable through many insurance plans.

Weight management

Weight and obstructive sleep apnea drive each other in both directions. Because this practice covers obesity medicine, that side gets handled here rather than referred out.

Follow-up and adjustment

Treatment is not one appointment. We check your data, adjust settings, change masks and keep going until the numbers and how you feel both line up.

Getting here

Closest office to Miami

Miami Office and Sleep Lab

351 NW Le Jeune Road, Suite 308
Miami, FL 33126

Monday through Friday
8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

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Brickell Downtown Miami Little Havana Coconut Grove Flagami Allapattah West Flagler

Sleep apnea is not the only thing we handle

If your sleep study comes back clear, that does not mean nothing is wrong. The practice covers the rest of sleep and pulmonary medicine too.

Insomnia Restless legs syndrome Narcolepsy and hypersomnia Snoring evaluation Asthma and COPD Chronic cough Shortness of breath Medical weight management
Questions

Sleep apnea questions from Miami patients

How do I get to the office from Downtown or Brickell?
Head west on the Dolphin Expressway or Flagler Street to Le Jeune Road, then north to 351 NW Le Jeune Road, Suite 308. Parking is on site.
Is the sleep lab in the same building as the office?
Yes. Both of our locations have their own sleep lab, so wherever you are seen is where the study happens and where your results are read.
Do I need a referral to see a sleep apnea specialist?
For most plans, no. Some HMO plans require a referral from your primary care doctor. Call us with your insurance card and we will tell you where you stand before you come in.
What if I have already tried CPAP and could not stand it?
That is a common reason people come in. Most CPAP failures come down to mask fit, pressure settings or humidity, and all three are fixable. Because we dispense the equipment ourselves, trying a different mask or cushion does not mean waiting on an outside supplier.
Is sleep apnea actually dangerous if I just live with it?
Untreated obstructive sleep apnea is associated with high blood pressure, heart disease, type 2 diabetes and stroke risk, and daytime sleepiness raises your risk behind the wheel. It is worth treating.

Also treating sleep apnea in Kendall, Doral and Coral Gables, and across Miami-Dade County.

Stop guessing about your sleep

Call the office and we will get you scheduled for an evaluation at a time that works around your week.

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305.994.1825