The Penn Sleep Apnea Program is part of the Penn Sleep Center where physician's work to treat patients with mild, moderate and severe sleep apnea. Experts across multiple disciplines work together to create treatment plans that can include sleep medicine treatment and surgical approaches. These experts include:
- Pulmonologists
- Otorhinolaryngologists
- Oral and maxillofacial surgeons
- Head and neck surgeons
This program offers five accredited sleep centers with leading edge diagnostic services and treatments for people suffering from sleep apnea. Services include outpatient visits, comprehensive overnight sleep studies or daytime nap studies. We are one of only three sleep centers in the United States designated by the National Institutes of Health as a specialized center for sleep research, with specialists who are dedicated to helping you find and receive the best treatment available.
Meet Our Obstructive Sleep Apnea Team
Treatment Options
For milder cases of sleep apnea, your doctor may recommend only lifestyle changes, such as losing weight or quitting smoking. If these measures don't improve your signs and symptoms or if your apnea is moderate to severe, a number of other treatments are available from non-surgical to surgical.
Surgery is usually only an option after other treatments have failed and a patient is experiencing extreme obstructive sleep apnea.
Surgical options may include:
- Functional pharyngoplasty (Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty or UPPP)
- TransOral Robotic Surgery for Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA TORS)
- Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulator
- Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
- Septoplasty and Turbinate Reduction Surgery
View surgical treatment for Sleep Apnea
There are a few non-surgical therapy options for obstructive sleep apnea, such as, oral applications and continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP).
View non-surgical treatment for Sleep Apnea