Jackie Yates, DO, Board Certified Pediatric Sleep Medicine Provider

Warrensburg, MO (January 13, 2020) — Western Missouri Medical Center (WMMC) is proud to announce that Jackie Yates, DO, earned her Board Certification in Sleep Medicine from the American Board of Pediatrics in November of 2019.

To become board certified, a physician much completed several required years in residency training in their specialty. Additionally, they must go through several exams to test their knowledge in order to establish them as an expert in their field of medicine. The physician must complete several required years in residency training in their first specialty before being eligible to complete a sleep medicine fellowship.  After completing a sleep medicine fellowship, the physician is then eligible for the sleep medicine board exam.

Dr. Yates has 16 years of experience in pediatric care, and completed her Sleep Medicine Fellowship at the University of Missouri. She sees pediatric and adult sleep medicine patients at WMMC. Sleep medicine physicians evaluate and treat many different sleep disorders; including insomnia, sleep disordered breathing, excessive daytime sleepiness, and delayed sleep phase syndrome.

Some signs that a child may need to see a sleep physician are learning problems, ADHD, behavioral problems, obesity, regular snoring, inability to fall asleep or stay awake, restlessness at night, and many others. To learn more about WMMC’s pediatric sleep medicine services, visit WMMC.com/PediatricSleepMedicine.

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Contact: Tara Carlyle
System Director of Communications and Development
(660) 262-7497
tcarlyle@wmmc.com