Medical Director: Karl Doghramji, MD
The Jefferson Sleep Disorders Center is a comprehensive clinical, research and educational program in sleep and sleep disorders
medicine.
Founded in 1978 through grants from private sources and the National Institutes of Health, the center was the first such program
to be established in Philadelphia. The Jefferson Sleep Disorders Center is engaged in the diagnosis and treatment of sleep
disorders – most commonly, sleep apnea syndromes, insomnia and narcolepsy. The center also evaluates sleep walking, sleep
talking, night terrors, head banging, bedwetting, nightmares, convulsions and other sleep-related disorders, and conducts
nocturnal penile tumescence testing as a part of the evaluation of impotence.
In the News
Philadelphia Magazine Rates Jefferson a Center of Excellence in Sleep Disorder Treatment
Philadelphia Magazine rated Thomas Jefferson University Hospital as one of the best places to go, in the Philadelphia area, for
treatment of 24 out of 44 diseases, including sleep disorders.
