Dafna Ofer, MD

Sleep Medicine

4.8 with 43 ratings

Sees patients of all ages

Speaks English and Hebrew

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine (Sleep Medicine)
Dr. Ofer is a Penn Medicine physician.

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Actigraphy
Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure (BPAP)
Cataplexy
Central Sleep Apnea
Circadian Rhythm Sleep-Wake Disorders
Confusional Arousals
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)
Daytime Sleepiness
Enuresis
Home Sleep Study
Hypersomnia
Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulator
Maintenance of Wakefulness Test
Mouth Guard
Multiple Sleep Latency Testing
Narcolepsy
Nightmares
Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Parasomnias
Periodic Limb Movement Disorder
Periodic Paralysis
Polysomnography
Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS)
Shift Work Sleep Disorder
Sleep Abnormalities
Sleep Apnea
Sleep Apnea Study
Sleep Apnea-Related Seizure Disorders
Sleep Deprivation
Sleep Disorders
Sleep Paralysis
Sleep Phase Disorder
Sleep Related Hallucinations
Sleep Related Hypoxemia
Sleep Talking
Sleep-Related Eating Disorder
Sleep-Related Hypoventilation
Sleepwalking
Snoring

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Programs and Centers

Penn Medicine's programs and centers combine doctors from many disciplines to coordinate care from start to finish. Dr. Ofer is part of these programs:

Penn Outpatient Sleep Diagnostic Program

Board Certification

Pediatrics, 2007
Pediatrics/Sleep Meicine (AMA)

Education and Training

Medical School: Tel Aviv University
Residency: Rabin Medical Center, Hasharon Hospital; Schneider Children's Medical Center; Albert Einstein Medical Center
Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania; Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Primary Location

Penn Sleep Medicine Phoenixville

Phoenixville Medical Building 1, Suite 100
824 Main Street
Phoenixville, PA 19460

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Penn Sleep Center Radnor

Penn Medicine Radnor
Floor 2, Suite 205 South
145 King of Prussia Road
Radnor, PA 19087

A facility of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

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Penn Medicine Hospital Privileges

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.

Overall Ratings

out of 5 ; Ratings;

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Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.

Aetna
Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
Centivo Health Plan
Cigna
Cigna Medicare
Claim Watcher (Homestead/Index)
Clover Health Plan
Geisinger Health Plan
Geisinger Medicaid
Global Medical Management
HealthAmerica / HealthAssurance, a Coventry Plan
HealthPartners
HealthSmart
Highmark Blue Shield
Highmark Wholecare
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
Humana / Medicare
Imagine Health 360
Independence Blue Cross (Keystone East)

Jefferson Health Plans (fka Health Partners Plans)
Keystone First
Keystone First Medicare
NJ Medicaid
NJ Qualcare
Oscar Health Plan of PA
Oxford Health Plan
PA Health and Wellness (Centene) Medicare
PA Medicaid
PA Medicare
Provider Partners Health Plan
Rail Road Medicare / Palmetto GBA
Tricare
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan PA
UPMC Health Plan
US Family Health Plan
Veterans Choice Program

Selected Publications

Ofer D, Marcus C: CPAP treatment in children Sleep Disordered Breathing in Children: A Comprehensive Clinical Guide to Evaluation and Treatment : 531-540,2012.

Sawyer AM, Gooneratne NS, Marcus CL, Ofer D, Richards KC, Weaver TE: A Systematic review of CPAP adherence across age groups: clinical and empiric insights for developing CPAP adherence interventions Sleep Medicine Reviews 15 (6): 343-356,2011.

Das S, Mindell J, Millet GC, Ofer D, Beck SE, Mason TBA, Brooks LJ, Traylor J, Marcus CL: Pediatric polysomnography: the patient and family perspective Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine 7 (1): 81-87,2011.

Ofer D, Pien GW: A young boy with staring episodes and snoring ATS. Sleep Fragments : 2010.

Porat R, Ofer D, Toib D, Johnson A, Schutzman DL: An evaluation of an ROP screening program Annual meeting of the Eastern Society for Pediatric Research : 2008.

Academic Contact Information

3624 Market Street, Suite 201
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215-662-7772
Patient appointments: 800-789-7366

American Academy of Sleep Medicine, National
Sleep Research Society, National