Good sleep doctors in Berkeley or San Francisco?

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CardinalPalmz
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Good sleep doctors in Berkeley or San Francisco?

Post by CardinalPalmz » Thu Sep 05, 2013 12:04 am

I am looking to fire my current doctor and find a new one. Does anyone here happen to have an experience with any sleep doctor in San Francisco or Berkeley (or any neighborhood closeby)? I try to find out on my own via internet but don't seem to have any luck If you are not comfortable posting the doctor's name, please feel free to PM me. Thank you very much!

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Re: Good sleep doctors in Berkeley or San Francisco?

Post by kaiasgram » Thu Sep 05, 2013 12:54 am

CardinalPalmz wrote:I am looking to fire my current doctor and find a new one. Does anyone here happen to have an experience with any sleep doctor in San Francisco or Berkeley (or any neighborhood closeby)? I try to find out on my own via internet but don't seem to have any luck If you are not comfortable posting the doctor's name, please feel free to PM me. Thank you very much!
Have you considered Stanford's sleep medicine clinic? I don't have a specific doc recommendation and obviously don't know if your insurance would cover it, but I know several people who have been very happy with Stanford and it certainly has a good reputation. I'm up in Sac, but if I had the means I'd certainly head down there.

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Re: Good sleep doctors in Berkeley or San Francisco?

Post by CardinalPalmz » Thu Sep 05, 2013 1:37 am

kaiasgram wrote:
CardinalPalmz wrote:I am looking to fire my current doctor and find a new one. Does anyone here happen to have an experience with any sleep doctor in San Francisco or Berkeley (or any neighborhood closeby)? I try to find out on my own via internet but don't seem to have any luck If you are not comfortable posting the doctor's name, please feel free to PM me. Thank you very much!
Have you considered Stanford's sleep medicine clinic? I don't have a specific doc recommendation and obviously don't know if your insurance would cover it, but I know several people who have been very happy with Stanford and it certainly has a good reputation. I'm up in Sac, but if I had the means I'd certainly head down there.
I actually used to see a doctor there but after I graduated from Stanford, my new insurance no longer covers the visit

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Re: Good sleep doctors in Berkeley or San Francisco?

Post by kaiasgram » Thu Sep 05, 2013 1:59 am

CardinalPalmz wrote:I actually used to see a doctor there but after I graduated from Stanford, my new insurance no longer covers the visit

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Re: Good sleep doctors in Berkeley or San Francisco?

Post by 49er » Thu Sep 05, 2013 2:19 am

CardinalPalmz wrote:I am looking to fire my current doctor and find a new one. Does anyone here happen to have an experience with any sleep doctor in San Francisco or Berkeley (or any neighborhood closeby)? I try to find out on my own via internet but don't seem to have any luck If you are not comfortable posting the doctor's name, please feel free to PM me. Thank you very much!
Hi CardinalPalmz,

I don't have first hand knowledge about this person but someone I know who lives in SF said one of her doctors recommended this doctor:

http://www.ucsfhealth.org/david.claman

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Re: Good sleep doctors in Berkeley or San Francisco?

Post by oak » Thu Sep 05, 2013 10:00 am

You could check here for board certification: http://www.certificationmatters.org/

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Re: Good sleep doctors in Berkeley or San Francisco?

Post by CardinalPalmz » Thu Sep 05, 2013 2:56 pm

49er wrote:
CardinalPalmz wrote:I am looking to fire my current doctor and find a new one. Does anyone here happen to have an experience with any sleep doctor in San Francisco or Berkeley (or any neighborhood closeby)? I try to find out on my own via internet but don't seem to have any luck If you are not comfortable posting the doctor's name, please feel free to PM me. Thank you very much!
Hi CardinalPalmz,

I don't have first hand knowledge about this person but someone I know who lives in SF said one of her doctors recommended this doctor:

http://www.ucsfhealth.org/david.claman

49er
I actually have heard about this Dr too! Maybe I really need to check this out Thanks for the input!