RLS Quality Care Centers

RLS Specialists

The RLS Foundation offers a network of certified RLS Quality Care Centers. Centers are staffed by leading RLS specialists who provide expert care and specialized disease management.

Quality Care Centers are renowned for outstanding performance in the field. To achieve certification, Centers undergo review by the RLS Foundation Scientific and Medical Advisory Board and must demonstrate a high level of expertise and experience treating the disease. Please note that our QCCs are often part of larger universities and hospitals. Only the providers listed on this page have been certified as RLS experts and need to be requested by name when scheduling an appointment.

Are you a healthcare professional, who is looking to join the Quality Care Center Network? Here’s how to apply for Quality Care Center Certification.

QCC Mapt

1. Stanford Sleep Medicine Center

450 Broadway Street
Pavilion B, 2nd Floor, MC 5730
Redwood City, CA 94063

Phone: (650) 723-6601
Fax: (650) 721-3448

Certified Providers:

Clete Kushida, MD, PhD, RST, RPSGT (QCC Director)
Mark Buchfuhrer, MD, FAASM (available 1 day/month)

2. University of Southern California

1500 San Pablo St
Los Angeles, CA 90033
Appointments:
Phone: (323) 442-8546

Certified Providers:

Tammy Wong, MD (QCC Director)
Denise Sharon, MD, PhD
Allyn Edano Copeland, NP-C

3. Scripps Clinic Sleep Center

10666 North Torrey Pines Rd.
La Jolla CA 92037

Phone: (858) 554-8845

Certified Providers:

J. Steven Poceta, MD (QCC Director)
Victoria Christison, PA-C

4. Barrow Neurological Institute

240 W Thomas Rd Ste 301
Phoenix, AZ 85013
Appointments:
Phone: (602) 406-6262

Certified Providers:

Nicki Niemann, MD, PhD (QCC Director)
Joyce Lee-Lannotti, MD

5. Houston Methodist Neurological Institute

6560 Fannin Street, Suite 1002
Houston, TX 77030

Phone: (713) 363-8184

Certified Providers:

William G. Ondo, MD (QCC Director)
Andrew Billnitzer, MD, MPH
Olga Wahn, MD

6. Center for Sleep Medicine at Mayo Clinic

200 1st Street SW
Rochester, MN 55905

Phone: (507) 538-3270

Certified Providers:

Michael H. Silber, MB, ChB (QCC Director)
Mithri Junna, MD
Melissa C. Lipford, MD
Erik K. St. Louis, MD
Maja Tippmann-Peikert, MD
Margaret Blattner, MD, PhD

7. Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Vanderbilt Sleep Center
2105 Edwards Curd Lane
Franklin, TN 37067

Vanderbilt Neurology One Hundred Oaks
719 Thompson Lane, Suite 24100
Nashville, TN 37204

Appointments: (615) 936-0060

Certified Providers:

Arthur Scott Walters, MD (QCC Director)
Kanika Bagai, MSCI, MD
Mariana Bedoya, MD
Lana Jeradeh Boursoulian, MD (pediatrics)
Beth Ann Malow, MS, MD
Laurel Schaefer, DNP, APRN
Althea Robinson-Shelton, MD (adult and pediatrics)
Allison Stepuszek, DNP, FNP-BC

8. Emory Sleep Center

12 Executive Park Dr NE
Atlanta, GA 30329

Appointments: (404) 712-7533

Certified Providers:

Lynn Marie Trotti, MD, MSc (QCC Director)
Donald Bliwise, PhD
Romy Hoque, MD

9. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

3601 Fifth Avenue, 4th Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3403

Appointments: (412) 681-2000

Certified Providers:

Avinash Aggarwal, MD (QCC Director)

10. University of Virginia Health Center for Restless legs Syndrome

Primary Care Center, 4th Floor, 1221 Lee St.
Charlottesville, VA 22903

Appointments: (434) 297-9947

Certified Providers:

Dr. Elias G. Karroum MD PhD (QCC Director)

11. Johns Hopkins Center for Restless Legs Syndrome

5501 Hopkins Bayview Circle
Baltimore, MD 21224
Appointments: Robin Fishel
Phone: (410) 550-8528

Certified Providers:

Christopher J. Earley, MB, BCH, PhD, FRCPI (QCC Director)
seeing MD residents only

12. Certifies Jefferson Sleep Disorders Center at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

211 S 9th St, Unit 500
Philadelphia, PA 19107

Appointments: (215) 955-6175

Certified Providers:

Dr. Zhikui "Zeke" Wei (QCC Director)

13. Yale Center for Restless Legs Syndrome

8 Devine Street
New Haven, CT 06473

Appointments: (203) 287-3550

Certified Providers:

Dr. Brian Koo (QCC Director)

14. Hartford Healthcare's Chase Family Movement Disorders Center

280 S Main St #102
Cheshire, CT 06410

Appointments: (860) 870-6385

Certified Providers:

Duarte Machado, MD (QCC Director)
Christina Abavana, MD
Elena Bortan, MD
Michelle Dagostine, MD
J. Antonelle (Toni) de Marcaida, MD
Pantcho Maslinski, MD
Leon Meytin, MD

15. Massachusetts General Hospital

1 Bowdoin Square, 9th Floor
Boston, MA 02114

Appointments: 617-724-7426

Certified Providers:

John W. Winkelman MD, PhD (QCC Director)
Aleksander Videnovic, MD, MSc, FAAN, FAASM
Lee R. Sullivan, MD
Amit Chopra, MBBS, DFAPA

16. Sleep Center, Neurocenter of Southern Switzerland

Civic Hospital of Lugano
Via Tesserete 46
Lugano, Switzerland 6900

Phone: 0041 (0)91 811 6825

Certified Providers:

Mauro Manconi, MD, PhD (QCC Director)
Sylvia Miano, MD, PhD
Stephany Fulda, PhD

17. Innsbruck Medical University, Department of Neurology, Sleep Lab and Sleep Disorders Outpatient Clinic

Anichstr. 35
6020 Innsbruck Austria
Phone: + 43 512 405-23890
Appointments: Maria Kuscher, Cesarie Ndayisaba, Manuela Oberlechner schlaf-neurologie@i-med.ac.at

Certified Providers:

Birgit Hogl, MD, Associated Professor of Neurology, Senior Board Certified Sleep Specialist (QCC Director)
Elisabeth Brandauer, MD
Birgit Frauscher, MD, Associated Professor of Neurology, Senior Board Certified Sleep Specialist
Anna Heidbreder, MD
Ambra Stefani, MD
Melanie Bergmann, MD