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

Sleep Apnea Treatment in Westchester, FL Testing, diagnosis and long-term treatment for patients in Westchester and the neighborhoods around it.

Westchester sits close to our Le Jeune office, and most patients from here do not have far to travel for testing or treatment. We handle the consultation, the sleep study and follow-up care in one place rather than sending you elsewhere for each step.

Westchester 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?

Westchester patients tend to arrive after years of treating exhaustion as ordinary, until a partner mentions the snoring or a physician asks about it directly. The first visit is where we figure out what is actually 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 Westchester is close to Le Jeune Road, the overnight study is a short trip rather than a production. You sleep in a private room and drive home the next morning on familiar roads.

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 Westchester

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

Get directions
Westchester East Westchester West Tamiami border Coral Terrace border West Miami border

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 Westchester patients

How close is the office to Westchester?
Very close. The office is at 351 NW Le Jeune Road, Suite 308, a short drive from most of Westchester, with parking on site.
Do you see patients from Tamiami and Coral Terrace as well?
Yes, regularly. Both are a short drive from the Le Jeune office.
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 West Miami, Sweetwater and Doral, 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