Carolina Sleep Provides Provent Sleep Apnea Therapy in Greenville

Thursday, December 22nd, 2011 at 8:52 PM

Lee A. Surkin, MD is the first medical practice in the state of North Carolina to offer Provent Sleep Apnea Therapy, an innovative, non-invasive treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) to patients in Greenville and throughout North Carolina. Cleared by the US FDA in 2008, Provent Therapy is a simple and effective new treatment option for obstructive sleep apnea. Provent Therapy utilizes the patient’s own breathing to provide clinically proven results in the treatment of OSA.

CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure) is currently the gold standard for treatment of OSA and is extremely effective at treating OSA when worn as directed. However, up to half of all patients are not compliant with CPAP therapy due to the cumbersome nature of the treatment. Provent Therapy was developed to help patients who cannot tolerate CPAP therapy and may benefit from the small non-invasive and effective technology Provent Therapy provides.

“I believe that the availability of Provent Therapy in our area will tremendously impact people living with OSA who are not currently treating their disease and are looking for alternatives,” said Lee A. Surkin, MD of Carolina Sleep, PA.

A Yale educated, triple board certified physician with a Masters in Nutrition practices integrative cardiology, sleep medicine and bariatric medicine, Lee A. Surkin, MD, FACC, FCCP, FASNC, is in practice serving patients in multiple counties of eastern North Carolina. His practices are Carolina Sleep, Cardiac Wellness Specialists and New Beginnings Medical Weight Loss Centre. Dr. Surkin is one of a very few number of Board Certified Cardiologists who is also Board Certified in Sleep Medicine in the United States. Dr. Surkin uses a multifaceted approach to health care delivery in caring for patients with complex disease processes. He focuses on the best of traditional and modern scientific medicine to help prevent, diagnose and treat heart disease, sleep disorders and obesity.

Dr. Surkin has brought new and innovative delivery systems to eastern NC and was the first cardiologist in NC to introduce home sleep testing. In addition, Carolina Sleep was the first medical practice in the state of NC to offer Provent as an alternative treatment option for sleep apnea and snoring. “I am happy to be able to provide a new option for my patients with OSA. It is important that patients manage their OSA, so having another effective treatment option is good for my patients to help minimize the health problems associated with untreated OSA.” Lee A. Surkin, MD.