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Dr. Somnath Naik, of Southeastern Health’s Southeastern Medical Specialists Clinic, has
recently been recertified in sleep medicine from the American Board of Internal Medicine
(ABIM). This subspecialty recertification is renewable every 10 years.

Board certification from ABIM is the highest standard in internal medicine and its
subspecialties and signifies that physicians have demonstrated to their peers and to the public
Dr. Somnath Naik
that they have the clinical judgment, skills and attitudes essential for providing excellent
patient care. Board certification is
voluntary and includes a rigorous exam that tests a physician’s ability to diagnose and treat patients with a broad range
of conditions. To maintain certification, physicians participate in activities that assess knowledge of the latest scientific
developments and changes in practice and specialty areas.

A native of India, Dr. Naik earned a medical degree from G.S. Medical College in Mumbai, India in 1976. He
completed residencies at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Long Island, N.Y., in 1978 and Catholic Medical
Center in Jamaica, N.Y., in 1980. He also completed a pulmonary diseases fellowship at Veterans Administration
Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1982.

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Dr. Naik, who is also certified in internal medicine and pulmonary disease, has worked and lived in Lumberton since
1982. He practices pulmonology and sleep medicine at the 4384 Fayetteville Road, Lumberton office. To schedule an
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appointment with Dr. Naik, call (910) 738-1141. By Roxana Ross
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Center is very proud to
like you’re ‘in the hospital’ by any means. You’re basically just sleeping in a different room and it’s almost like a
have two therapists
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highly
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The Southeastern Sleep Center performs sleep studies with an overnight stay at Southeastern Regional Medical Center,
environment of the
300 W. 27th St., Lumberton, in testing suites that resemble bedrooms with all the comforts of home. Referrals can get
Intensive
Neonatal
an appointment in one or two weeks, and the study is covered by most insurance. On the night of the study, the patient
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Unit
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is asked to arrive at 7:30 p.m., and is ready to go home between 6 and 6:30 a.m. the next day. Certain patients may be 2016,
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aided
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made
in
2017
to the
unit,
which
can
care
for
babies
born
up to
10
weeks
early.

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lot of
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into
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NICU,
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said.
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mentor
ship,
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this
area.
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develo
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treatm
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plans,
and as
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progre
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home,
we
integra
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family
into
that
plan.”

Kayla
White,
of
Lumbe
rton, is
a nurse
at
SRMC
who is
also a
parent
of a
child
who
went
throug
h the
NICU.
Her
son,
Harris
on,
who
turns 1
this
weeken
d, was
born
six
weeks
early
but is
now
thrivin
g.