Grinnell
Regional Medical Center will open a sleep center in partnership with the Mercy
Sleep Center beginning in early May. This unique opportunity allows residents
to be tested and analyzed for various sleep disorders such as insomnia and
sleep apnea. Humans spend about 3,000 hours a year sleeping and it is an
essential part of maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
“If
you feel tired and/or unrefreshed despite obtaining sufficient sleep, perhaps
you suffer from a sleep disorder that affects the restfulness of your sleep,”
explains Melisa Coaker, MA, MD, medical director of the clinic in Grinnell. “We
conduct sleep studies and evaluations to help optimize your sleep.”
The
sleep center will initially be located on the second floor of the hospital. Sleep
studies will be scheduled three times a week. The sleep center will consist of two
sleep rooms with comfortable beds and an optimal sleeping environment so that a
home-like situation can be simulated. Registered technologists will monitor
brain wave activity, muscle activity, blood oxygen levels, and breathing patterns.
After the test is completed, the technologist will analyze your results and
Coaker will interpret them and develop a treatment plan along with the patient
to address the sleeping disorder. She will host clinic hours for consultations
in the visiting specialty clinic area on the second floor of the Ahrens Medical
Arts Building.
Raised
in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan, Coaker completed her undergraduate and
graduate training at the Wayne State University in Detroit and earned her
medical degree from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee. In
addition to clinic consultation time at the Grinnell Regional Sleep Center,
Coaker also see patients at the Mercy Sleep Center in Clive, Iowa.
“We
are excited to begin this contract and help the community
get the most out of their good night’s sleep,” Coaker says.
To
schedule an evaluation, call Grinnell Regional Sleep Center at 515-358-9640 or
speak with your primary care provider.
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