Dr. Catherine Kier, pediatric pulmonary division chief at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital, speaks with Drs. Mathew Ednick and Jaime Doody discuss common sleep concerns in children, warning signs, and when referrals to specialists such as pulmonologists or otolaryngologists are needed.

Then, Drs. Andrew Handel and Sandeep Gandhi discuss the prevalence of ticks, Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses on Long Island with Gerald Simons, physician assistant and founding medical advisor for the Stony Brook Southampton Tick Borne Disease Resource Center — this conversation is from May 2025.

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