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Pulmonary & Sleep Disorder Center PULMONARY DISEASE

Dream your way to better


health and well-being
By Camille Sperrazza

N
ot sleeping well at
night?
Without it, we don’t
feel well. That’s no surprise.
But new studies suggest “that
there is a direct connection
among sleep, sleep disor-
ders, and heart disease,” says
Dr. Igor Chernyavskiy of the
Pulmonary & Sleep Disorder
Center (2625 East 14th Street,
718-891-7800).
According to the American
Academy of Sleep Medicine,
“People with sleep-related
breathing disorders are more
likely to have high blood
pressure and are at a high-
er risk of heart disease and
stroke.” Treating sleep disor-
ders “may actually decrease a Dr. Igor Chernyavkiy.
person’s chances of develop-
ing certain heart diseases.” Dr. Chernyavskiy can help Once the data received Russian are spoke fluently,
find the cause of your sleep during the study is evaluat- and the doctor is noted for
problems by conducting a ed, treatment for your issues being both discreet and per-
sleep study. He will monitor can be discussed. Some of sonal.
Pulmonary & brain waves, breathing, and the reasons that bring people Dr. Chernyavskiy gradu-
Sleep Disorder heart beat, all while you sleep. in for testing include sleep ated Medical School in
Center Rest well, knowing that the apnea, excessive daytime 1987. He joined Stony Brook
2625 East 14 Street Pulmonary & Sleep Disorder sleepiness, snoring, insom- University Medical Center
718-891-7800 Center is the only non-hos- nia, nocturnal epilepsy, jet- and the Department of
pital AASM-accredited sleep lag, abnormal nighttime Veterans Affairs Medical
center in Brooklyn, says the behaviors, and restless leg Center at Northport as a fac-
SPECIALIZES IN:
doctor. syndrome, says the doctor. ulty member in 2002. The
Chronic pulmonary disease and
sleep disorders So if you can’t sleep at As a number of sleep dis- doctor has earned awards
night, how will you sleep orders are respiratory in in his field, and has held
INSURANCE: there? “We understand the nature, Dr. Chernyavskiy appointments at several hos-
Most major medical plans uneasiness a patient might also specializes in respirato- pitals and medical associa-
accepted. feel about being sleep tested ry disorders such as chronic tions. He has been retained
HOURS: away from home, and so with obstructive pulmonary dis- as a lung specialist in legal
Call Mondays through Saturdays only one to three patients ease, emphysema, chronic cases, providing expert med-
to make an appointment per night, our small-scale bronchitis, asthma, lung ical testimony.
approach gives our patients disease, lung cancer, chron- Dr. Chernyavskiy is
TRANSPORTATION: a sense of security and com- ic cough, and shortness of Board-certified in internal
Q, B trains fort,” he says, “avoiding the breath. This treatment is medicine, critical care, pul-
B4, B36 buses overwhelming feeling of available to patients, even if monary medicine, and sleep
PARKING: spending night in a large they are not having any sleep medicine. He is a member
Street parking available hospital laboratory.” It’s nice interruptions. of the American Medical
to know that the rooms are The facility utilizes the lat- Association, American
Handicapped accessible “hotel-like,” complete with est cutting-edge technology Thoracic Society, and the
comfortable beds, cable tele- to assist with diagnosis and American Academy of Sleep
vision, and air conditioning. treatment. Both English and Medicine.

18 WHO’S WHO 2010


18 2010 • WHO’S WHO IN BROOKLYN MEDICINE

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