Dr. Edward M. Weaver M.D.
Sleep Medicine Specialist | Sleep Medicine
325 9th Ave Harborview Medical C Seattle WA, 98104Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Weaver is a surgeon specializing in sleep surgery (surgical treatment of snoring and sleep apnea). He is the chief of sleep surgery and co-director of the UW Medicine Sleep Center at Harborview Medical ...
Education and Training
Yale Univ Sch of Med, New Haven Ct 1993
Univ. of Washington, School of Public Health & Community Medicine 2000
Yale School of Medicine 1993
Board Certification
OtolaryngologyAmerican Board of OtolaryngologyABOto- Sleep Medicine
OtolaryngologyAmerican Board of OtolaryngologyABOto- 2008
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Sleep apnea devices and sleep apnea surgery should be compared on effectiveness, not efficacy.
- A randomized trial of temperature-controlled radiofrequency, continuous positive
- An adjunctive method of radiofrequency volumetric tissue reduction of the tongue for OSAS.
- Association between gastroesophageal reflux and sinusitis, otitis media, and laryngeal malignancy: a systematic review of the evidence.
- Development and validation of the Nasal Obstruction Symptom Evaluation (NOSE) scale.
- Polysomnography vs self-reported measures in patients with sleep apnea.
- Survival of veterans with sleep apnea: continuous positive airway pressure versus
- Practice guidelines for the perioperative management of patients with obstructive sleep apnea: a report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Perioperative Management of patients with obstructive sleep apnea.
- Comparison of anatomic, physiological, and subjective measures of the nasal airway.
- Sleepy driver near-misses may predict accident risks.
- Beware of the"...".
- Invited commentary from organizations on the draft proposal released by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for modification of national coverage determination 240.4.
- Clinical guideline for the evaluation, management and long-term care of obstructive sleep apnea in adults.
- Judging sleep apnea surgery.
- Pediatric sleep apnea and craniofacial anomalies: a population-based case-control study.
Treatments
- Sleep Apnea
- Deviated Septum
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea (osa)
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