Dr. Matthew Troester

Matthew Troester, DO, FAASM, s one of only two Neurologists in the Southwest quadruple board certified in Neurology with special competence in Child Neurology, Sleep medicine, Clinical Neurophysiology, and Epilepsy. After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Kansas, Dr. Troester completed his medical training at the Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine–Midwestern University. Dr. Troester then completed his pediatric residency at St Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center and three years of Pediatric Neurology residency at Barrow Neurological Institute. He went on to do fellowship training in Epilepsy, Clinical Neurophysiology and Sleep Medicine also at Barrow.

A highly engaged member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM), he is a former member of the AASM Childhood Sleep Disorders and Development Steering Committee, an author of the AASM Quality and Outcome Measure on Pediatric Sleep Apnea, an author of AASM/CDC Consensus Conference on Healthy Sleep Duration for Children, a past member of the AASM Presidential Telemedicine Committee, co-author of the last 4 versions of the AASM Scoring Manual, and currently serves as Chair of the AASM Scoring Manual Editorial Board.

He has twice chaired the AASM national intensive sleep scoring course, directed the pediatric track at AASM Sleep Trends and chaired the AASM board review kick starter at the annual APSS meeting.

Dr. Troester has years of experience as a principal investigator in various pharmaceutical trials.

He is an expert in sleep pharmacology and the more complicated overlap of clinical neurophysiology and sleep medicine.

After nearly 2 decades in academic neurology, Dr. Troester decided to focus exclusively on sleep disorders in children and adults.

Dr. Troester is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Restless Legs Syndrome, Irregular Sleep-Wake Syndrome, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, and Excessive Daytime Sleepiness.

He is actively involved in clinical research, co-authoring 18 peer reviewed articles.