Pediatric Sleep Medicine: Expanding your Practice

About this episode

In this episode of Talking Sleep, host Dr. Seema Khosla welcomes Dr. Binal Kancherla, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Medical Director for the Sleep Program at Texas Children's Hospital, to discuss how sleep medicine practitioners can thoughtfully expand their practice to include pediatric patients. Many adult sleep medicine clinicians have considered adding pediatrics to their practice but weren't sure where to start. Dr. Kancherla has created a comprehensive educational series addressing exactly this question—providing the clinical knowledge and practical framework needed to confidently treat children and adolescents with sleep disorders. The landscape of pediatric sleep medicine has evolved significantly. Diagnostic approaches now include home sleep testing for appropriately selected adolescents, wearable technology, and refined polysomnography protocols specific to developmental stages. Sleep-disordered breathing in children presents differently than in adults, with updated assessment and treatment strategies. Meanwhile, insomnia and behavioral sleep issues in younger children are now understood through a more sophisticated lens that goes beyond simple behavioral mana