Dr. Stephen Howard Sheldon DO
Pediatrician
2300 CHILDRENS PLAZA CHICAGO IL, 60614About
Dr. Stephen Sheldon is a pediatrician practicing in CHICAGO, IL. Dr. Sheldon is a doctor who specializes in the health care of children. As a pedicatrician, Dr. Sheldon diagnoses and treats infections, injuries, diseases and other disorders in children. Pediatricians typically work with infants, children, teenagers and young adults up to age 21. They practice medical care as well as preventative health care. Dr. Sheldon can oversee and manage the physical, mental and emotional health of their patients.
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Sleep Medicine
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- 1980
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Obstructive sleep apnea and tonsillectomy: do we have a new indication for extended postoperative observation?
- Parasomnias in childhood.
- Ontogeny in pediatric sleep medicine: A rapidly moving target.
- Sleep abnormalities in children and adolescents with endocrine and metabolic
- Pediatric obstructive sleep apnea: an update.
- Clinical practice guideline: Polysomnography for sleep-disordered breathing prior to tonsillectomy in children.
- Polysomnographic findings during wakefulness in Joubert syndrome.
- Sleep related expiratory obstructive apnea in children.
- Just a scary dream? A brief review of sleep terrors, nightmares, and rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder.
- Sleep disorders in children.
- Metabolic alterations in children with obstructive sleep apnea.
- Mallampati score and pediatric obstructive sleep apnea.
- Sleep Education in Schools: Where Do We Stand?
- Validation of Polyvinylidene Fluoride Impedance Sensor for Respiratory Event Classification during Polysomnography in Children.
Awards
- Chicago Super Doctors 2012
Fellowships
- University of Chicago 1988
- Univ. of Chicago Hospital, Neurophysiology 1988
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