Dr. Malcolm Barry Louden MD
Sleep Medicine Specialist | Sleep Medicine
3803 Emerson Ave Parkersburg WV, 26104About
Dr. Malcolm Louden practices Sleep Medicine in Parkersburg, WV. Dr. Louden studies, diagnoses, and treats sleep disturbances and disorders due to varying factors. Sleep Medicine Physicians are trained to treat many different conditions, including insomnia, narcolepsy, sleep apnea, idiopathic hypersomnia, menstrual-related hypersomnia, and circadian rhythm disturbances, among others.
Education and Training
West Virginia University School of Medicine 1976
Board Certification
Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN- Clinical Neurophysiology
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Data provided by the National Library of MedicineTreatments
- Sleep Apnea
- Sleep Disorders
- Stroke
- Epilepsy
- Cerebrovascular Disease
- Narcolepsy
- Insomnia
- Transient Ischemic Attack (tia)
- Obstructive Sleep Apnea (osa)
- Vascular Disease
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