Quality Care Centers
Every day, the RLS Foundation hears from men, women and parents of children dealing with RLS who need help finding a knowledgeable provider who understands their disease and can offer answers and alternatives if or when medications lose effectiveness.
To help address these challenges, 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.
Through education, sharing of best practices and quality improvement projects, the Quality Care Center Network aims to improve the quality of healthcare for all people living with RLS.
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.
RLS Quality Care Centers:
- Are recognized as centers providing care to RLS patients by RLS experts
- Serve as information and referral resources for regional support groups and for healthcare providers who treat patients with RLS
- Promote understanding of the patient and family role in quality care improvement through educational offerings and literature
- Share information with other Centers to improve clinical best practices
- Partner with the RLS Foundation on quality improvement projects to raise the standard of care for RLS patients everywhere
Looking to join the network? Here’s how to apply for Quality Care Center Certification.
CURRENT QUALITY CARE CENTERS
The RLS Foundation has certified twelve Quality Care Centers (QCC) in the United States, Austria and Switzerland.
1. Johns Hopkins Center for
Restless Legs Syndrome
5501 Hopkins Bayview Circle
Baltimore, MD 21224
Appointments: Robin Fishel rfishel2@jhmi.edu
Phone: (410) 550-8528
Certified Healthcare Providers:
- Christopher J. Earley, MB, BCH, PhD, FRCPI (QCC Director)
seeing MD residents only
Website
2. Houston Methodist Neurological Institute
6560 Fannin Street, Suite 1002
Houston, TX 77030
Phone: (713) 363-8184
Certified Healthcare Providers:
- William G. Ondo, MD (QCC Director)
- Andrew Billnitzer, MD, MPH
- Olga Wahn, MD
Website
3. Center for Sleep Medicine
at Mayo Clinic
200 1st Street SW
Rochester, MN 55905
Phone: (507) 538-3270
Certified Healthcare Providers:
- Michael H. Silber, MB, ChB (QCC Director)
- Suresh Kotagal, MD
- Mithri Junna, MD
- Melissa C. Lipford, MD
- Erik K. St. Louis, MD
- Maja Tippmann-Peikert, MD
Website
4. 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 Healthcare Providers:
- Birgit Högl, 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
5. 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 Healthcare Providers:
- Clete Kushida, MD, PhD, RST, RPSGT (QCC Director)
- Mark Buchfuhrer, MD, FAASM (available 1 day/month)
Website
6. Emory Sleep Center
(not accepting new patients at this time)
12 Executive Park Dr NE
Atlanta, GA 30329
Appointments: (404) 712-7533
Certified Healthcare Providers:
- Lynn Marie Trotti, MD, MSc (QCC Director)
- Donald Bliwise, PhD
- Romy Hoque, MD
Website
7. Yale Centers for Restless
Legs Syndrome
8 Devine Street
New Haven, CT 06473
Appointments: (203) 287-3550
Certified Healthcare Providers:
- Dr. Brian Koo (QCC Director)
Website
8. 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 Healthcare 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
Website
9. Scripps Clinic Sleep Center
10666 North Torrey Pines Rd.
La Jolla CA 92037
Phone: (858) 554-8845
Certified Healthcare Providers:
- J. Steven Poceta, MD (QCC Director)
- Victoria Christison, PA-C
Website
10. Sleep Center, Neurocenter of Southern Switzerland
Civic Hospital of Lugano
Via Tesserete 46
Lugano, Switzerland 6900
Phone: 0041 (0)91 811 6825
Certified Healthcare Providers:
- Mauro Manconi, MD, PhD (QCC Director)
- Sylvia Miano, MD, PhD
- Stephany Fulda, PhD
Website
11. Massachusetts General
Hospital
1 Bowdoin Square, 9th Floor
Boston, MA 02114
Appointments: 617-724-7426
Certified Healthcare Providers:
- John W. Winkelman MD, PhD (QCC Director)
- Aleksander Videnovic, MD, MSc, FAAN, FAASM
- Lee R. Sullivan, MD
- Amit Chopra, MBBS, DFAPA
Website
12. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
3601 Fifth Avenue, 4th Floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3403
Appointments: (412) 681-2000
Certified Healthcare Providers:
- Avinash Aggarwal, MD (QCC Director)
Website
How You Can Support High-Quality Care
Your support is needed to promote effective treatment for everyone. You can help by making a gift designated for the Quality Care Program. Your pledge, in any amount, will be put to good work toward improving care for people living with RLS.
