Why Choose Us?

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  • We are an AASM accredited Sleep Disorders Center. American Academy of Sleep Medicine accreditation is your best indicator of quality of the sleep disoders center. Most centers out there are not accredited. As a continuously accredited center since 1987, we are the oldest continuously accredited center in the Detroit metro area.
  • Dr. Sangal is board-certified in Sleep Medicine by the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology. Board certification in Sleep Medicine is your best indicator of quality of the sleep physician. Many physicians doing Sleep Medicine are not accredited in Sleep Medicine by one of the American Board of Medical Specialties member boards.
  • Dr. Sangal got the highest score in the nation in the 1983 examinations conducted by the (now inactive) American Board of Sleep Medicine. He is one of the pioneers in Sleep Medicine, and is well respected nationally for his knowledge of and commitment to Sleep Medicine.
  • Dr. Sangal only treats patients with Sleep Disorders or Attention/Memory Disorders. Sleep Medicine is not a part-time thing for him while he works as a pulmonologist, neurologist, internist or family practitioner. He restricts his practice to patients with disorders that affect daytime function - alertness, attention, sleepiness, cognitive function, such as Sleep Apnea, Attention Deficit, Daytime Sleepiness disorders (Hypersomnias, including Narcolepsy), Mild Cognitive Impairment, Insomnia, Parasomnias, Sleep-Related Movement Disorders.
  • You are evaluated by a Board Certified Sleep Medicine specialist.
  • Your records are read by the same Board Certified Sleep Medicine specialist.
  • Your treatment is started and managed by the same Board Certified Sleep Medicine specialist.
  • We treat our patients as we would like to be treated. We treat them with respect and value their time. We recognize that, when treating our patients, we are not doing them a favor. They are doing us a favor by giving us the privilege of treating them.
  • Our staff is well-trained and supervised. Dr. Sangal could not possibly do what he does for his patients without his staff's assistance.
  • Our patients love us and our staff. Please see our patient testimonials to judge for yourself.
  • We offer a state-of-the-art facility that is clean, comfortable and safe. We are located in a new suite in a new physician office building in Beaumont Hospital (Troy)'s East Campus in Sterling Heights, MI. There is plenty of convenient parking.
  • We keep a very short waiting list. We know, once you make a decision to get evaluation and treatment, it is important for you that you are taken care of right away. We can usually see you within a week of your call, and test you within a week of your initial appointment.
  • You see us for follow-up after testing within days of the testing.
  • You get the expertise that a university-based hospital sleep disorders center would give you, with the convenience of a community-based private practice setting. Dr. Sangal is a Professor at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine. He has done a significant amount of research and published several scientific papers. His practice is based in a community setting with easy parking and quick availability of appointments.
  • Dr. Sangal has spent his working life working towards the betterment of the healthy sleep of all Americans. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine recognized his contributions by presenting him the Mark Hatfield Public Policy Award in 2006 (for his outstanding contribution to public policy affecting the healthy sleep of all Americans).
  • Referrals are generally not necessary. Unless you have an HMO, you do not need a referral from your primary care doctor.
  • We accept most insurances. A partial list of the insurances we accept follows:

Aetna
Beaumont Employees Plan
BCBS Preferred/ Preferred Plus
BCBS Traditional
Blue Care Network
Choice Care PPO—Humana
Cofinity (formerly PPOM)
HAP HMO & PPO
Health Plus
Medicare
Medicare Advantage Plans (BCBS, BCN, HAP, Humana)
McLaren
Multi-Plan
Priority Health Care
UPHIP
United Health Care
Tricare
All indemnity plans