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Sleep medicine is a subspecialty field in the US under several medical specialties including anesthesiology, internal medicine, family medicine, and neurology. Neurosurgery is a distinct specialty that involves a different training path, and emphasizes the surgical treatment of neurological disorders.
Common sleep disorders. Inova's sleep specialists evaluate patients while they sleep to identify sleep disorders such as: 1  Sleep apnea. 2  Apnea literally means absence of breath and is often associated with loud snoring or pauses in breathing during sleep.3  Sleep apnea is the most common cause of daytime sleepiness.ommon sleep disorders. Inova's sleep specialists evaluate patients while they sleep to identify sleep disorders such as: 1  Sleep apnea. 2  Apnea literally means absence of breath and is often associated with loud snoring or pauses in breathing during sleep.