University of Maryland Sleep Disorders Center

Absolutely would not recommend this sleep center to anyone unless you have obvious severe sleep apnea. For those who suspect they have a sleep disorder especially a more "mild" condition for whatever reason, look up controversy surrounding sleep scoring criteria AASM 1A and 1B. Dr. Glick told me that RERAs (respiratory effort-related arousals) are no longer considered clinically significant by the AASM which is why they don't score them in this lab. Which is unequivocally not true. She should not be allowed to practice sleep medicine just for not knowing, in her own specialty, that that is bullshit. My results, I was told on follow up by Dr. Diaz that I had mild positional sleep apnea on my back AHI of 6 and an AHI of 4.5 for the whole night and therefore do not have a problem and should be glad I don't have any issue and just to sleep on my side. I have had anxiety, depression, chronic neck, head, and shoulder tension, TMD, nighttime bruxism, PVCs, chronic fatigue for years - which have a strong correlation with sleep disordered breathing. Not to mention my heart rate was all over the place in my sleep study and had several PVCs. My test results should have at least been inconclusive to them based on all the data they had available to them. I went to another clinic a year later that tested for RERAs found I have an AHI of 21, I have PVCs 8 times a minute, heart rate going up to 190 bpm! They used to call this UARs( upper airway resistance syndrome or Young, Fit, Female syndrome) because this typically occurs in the "atypical" sleep apnea patients (overweight/obese) and they tend to present with more somatic issues like fibromyalgia, pain, psychiatric issues, etc(aka: me -classic UARs patient). Turns out on my dental CBCT I have enlarged turbinates and a super small airway as well. As far as I'm concerned this clinic shouldn't be allowed to operate telling patients false information, not explaining that mild sleep apnea does not mean mild symptoms, and gaslighting them because they do not know the research in their own field. They could at the very least have explained "you may have a sleep issue, we don't really know" but they didn't. This cost me another almost year and half of suffering searching for a better sleep clinic that my insurance would cover for another study and who knows what kind of damage to my brain and heart. Really the AASM should be sued for allowing optional scoring criteria but sleep doctors should be informed enough on this topic to give their patients correct or at least nuanced information. I hope at least one of them sees this review and learns to do better.

I waited months for my intake appointment. Upon arrival, the reception was unsure whether I was in the right place. I was. 5 minutes later I was greeted by Alicia who welcomed me kindly and took my vitals and did my medical intake. I was then asked to wait for Alexis, the provider. I could hear a woman on the staff side of the door ask Alicia to heat up her lunch. I'm sure that's not part of her job; how rude. I waited for nearly 45 minutes without being seen. I left. What a poorly run practice. I'm now having to call multiple departments to ensure that neither I nor my insurance are billed for this non-appointment and that this poor experience is documented by the hospital administration.

I went to the Sleep center in the Tower UMMC The new building, 800 Linden Ave, 7th floor. I saw Dr. Diaz-Abad she was kind and understanding and listened to my concerns. She made sure I had my follow up appointments and didn't rush to get to the next patient.

Went there got seen but never received my CPAP and called to follow-up and got NO results. I love Michelle her service was awesome and Ernest.

I went to the sleep specialist to resolve my sleep issues and was instead given no diagnosis although I was told that I did not have "normal" result. I was advised to come back to their office for "Sleep Therapy". This was supposed to be weeks worth of visits. I was highly disappointed in the results of my time spent there.