Stacey D. Elkhatib Smidt, MD

Dr. Elkhatib Smidt (“Dr. Smidt”) is a New Jersey native dedicated to providing high-quality care for pediatric sleep medicine patients. After graduating from Emory University (Phi Beta Kappa) and the University of Virginia School of Medicine (Alpha Omega Alpha), Dr. Smidt completed her general pediatrics and child neurology residencies at the UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and her sleep medicine fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia/Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. She received her Master of Science in Translational Research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania studying sleep in autism spectrum disorder. Her clinical interests include sleep apnea, parasomnias (e.g. sleep terrors, sleepwalking, etc.), insomnia/sleep difficulties, circadian rhythm disorders, daytime sleepiness, and restless legs syndrome. Dr. Smidt is board certified in both Sleep Medicine and Neurology with a Special Qualification in Child Neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.