If you drive Ronald W. Reagan Blvd or RM 2243 every day, or work nights or rotating shifts, poor sleep often shows up first as a drive you can barely stay awake for. If you are looking for a sleep doctor in Leander, TX, our Cedar Park sleep clinic is about 10 minutes from central Leander.
Adult sleep medicine, led by Dr. Patel
Dr. Minal Patel has a decade of experience in sleep medicine and is a former sleep medicine fellowship program director at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. She is board-certified in sleep medicine and in pediatrics, and treats adults with snoring and sleep apnea, insomnia, narcolepsy or restless legs, including people whose CPAP isn't working for them.
Drowsy on the commute
Signs that daytime sleepiness has become a safety problem:
- nodding off at red lights or on a familiar stretch of road;
- drifting out of your lane, or not remembering the last few miles;
- needing the window down or loud music to stay awake on the way home.
If any of these sound familiar, tell us when you call. Untreated sleep apnea causes daytime fatigue that sleeping longer doesn't fix, and narcolepsy is diagnosed with daytime testing (MSLT). For people whose work depends on staying alert, a maintenance of wakefulness test (MWT) measures how well you stay awake once treatment has started; see MSLT and MWT tests.
Night shifts and rotating schedules
Shift work pushes sleep against the body clock. The result can be insomnia after a night shift and sleepiness during it. Treatment is planned around your actual schedule: when to sleep, when to use bright light and when to avoid it, how to nap, and what to do on days off. Sleep apnea or restless legs can make all of this worse, so they are checked too. Read more about circadian rhythm sleep disorders.
Testing close to home
- Home sleep apnea test: for adults with likely obstructive sleep apnea and no significant heart or lung disease. You sleep in your own bed. Home sleep test.
- Overnight in-lab study: for other sleep disorders, for children, and for CPAP/BiPAP titration. From Leander, the evening arrival and morning drive home are short. In-lab sleep study.
- Follow-up: CPAP data review and mask or pressure changes; some check-ins can be done by telemedicine.
Children in the family
Because Dr. Patel is also a pediatrician, a child who snores or can't settle at night can be seen in the same practice. Pediatric sleep medicine. Leander families can also see her for general pediatric care: pediatrician for Leander.
All sleep services
- In-lab sleep study
- Home sleep apnea test
- CPAP/BiPAP titration
- CPAP and BiPAP therapy
- Inspire evaluation
- Insomnia and CBT-I
- Narcolepsy and MSLT
- Restless legs
- Snoring
- Pediatric sleep medicine
Medicaid and CHIP are accepted for sleep medicine patients.
Why Leander patients choose Dr. Patel
- Dr. Minal Patel is board-certified in both Pediatrics and Sleep Medicine.
- Pediatric care for children; sleep care for children and adults.
- Accepting new patients, Mon–Fri 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM.
- Most major insurance; Medicaid and CHIP for sleep medicine.
- English, Gujarati and Hindi.
Areas we serve
Our one office is at 14300 Ronald W. Reagan Blvd, Unit 405, Cedar Park, TX 78641. Families come from Cedar Park, Leander, Liberty Hill, Round Rock, Austin, Georgetown and Pflugerville. Driving times and directions.
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Hours are Monday–Friday, 8:30 AM – 5:00 PM. Call (512) 931-1575 to schedule a sleep consultation.
