Frequently Asked Questions

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Sarah Patel, MD, is a Board-Certified Adult and Pediatric Sleep Medicine doctor at Sonoran Sleep Center, serving people ages 4 and older, living in and around Glendale, Arizona, and throughout the West Valley.

Dr. Patel was born and raised in the Phoenix area. She earned her medical degree from the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tucson. After graduation, Dr. Patel completed a fellowship in sleep medicine at the University of Washington College of Medicine (UW) in Seattle.

Dr Patel currently serves as Medical Director of the SCAHC Sleep Center and continues to work in her own practice as well. Dr Patel has extensive experience in sleep medicine interpreting sleep studies, treating patients sleep disorders, and directing sleep centers. Dr Patel has been providing her services to the SCAHC Sleep Center for a few years now and is a valuable resource for the sleep center and community.

Alicia Moses serves as Administrative Assistant and Scheduling coordinator for the SCAHC sleep center.  Alicia has been with the sleep center for more than 5+ years and runs the day-to-day activities of scheduling and coordinating patient testing and therapy for the sleep center.  Alicia also manages other duties and tasks to enhance sleep center operations.

Alicia is a primary contact person for patients to the sleep center and is valuable part of the sleep medicine program.  

Jaymes is a Registered Respiratory Therapist and Registered Polysomnographic sleep technologists with many years of experience.  Jaymes works in both respiratory and sleep departments providing care in dual fields of patient care.  Jaymes has been registered in sleep since 2011 and has performed thousands of hours of sleep testing and sleep therapies.  Jaymes has been with the SCAHC sleep center for years now and continues his dual role for the tribal community.

Gerald started his Sleep Medicine career under Andrew Binder, MD in Santa Barbara, CA in 1998 and returned to Arizona where he worked with the Samaritan/Banner Health Sleep Program, American Health Services, Valley Sleep Center, Desert Pulmonary and Sleep Consultants, and founded Ronin Sleep Solutions.  Gerald Attended Arizona State University and learned Polysomnography from the Ohio Institute of Sleep Medicine.  Gerald has served with the Gateway Community College Sleep Program Advisory Board and the Arizona Sleep Society Board since their inception.  Gerald is a current member of the American Association of Sleep technologists (AAST) and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM).

Gerald enjoys working in the sleep center as he grew up with people that had undiagnosed sleep apnea that passed away early from health complications and hopes he can help others avoid these consequences. Gerald has over thirty thousand hours of patient sleep study monitoring time and nearly two decades of sleep center management experience.  Gerald came to San Carlos Apache Healthcare to assist the native community in getting better sleep and providing his skills and experience to improve the sleep center operations.

“Many people are apprehensive about in-lab or home sleep studies” Gerald says, “however it is a minor inconvenience to initially test and continue to monitor your sleep quality on a regular basis.”  Gerald also notes “You wear a few wires, and you can sleep how you feel comfortable in any position, and I have done sleep testing many times on myself and know what the patient is going through.  I try to keep sleep testing relaxed and easy going for all my patients in efforts to make the experience comfortable.”

If you are interested in getting control of your sleep, reach out to the sleep center for information about getting an in-lab or home test.  Generally, you will need to fill out some simple sleep questionnaires and see a health care provider to write an order for testing.