Quality Care Centers

Every day, the RLS Foundation hears from men, women and parents of children dealing with RLS who need help finding a knowledgeable provider who understands their disease and can offer answers and alternatives if or when medications lose effectiveness.

To help address these challenges, the RLS Foundation offers a network of certified RLS Quality Care Centers. Centers are staffed by leading RLS specialists who provide expert care and specialized disease management.

Through education, sharing of best practices and quality improvement projects, the Quality Care Center Network aims to improve the quality of healthcare for all people living with RLS.

Quality Care Centers are renowned for outstanding performance in the field. To achieve certification, Centers undergo review by the RLS Foundation Scientific and Medical Advisory Board and must demonstrate a high level of expertise and experience treating the disease.

RLS Quality Care Centers:

Are recognized as centers providing care to RLS patients by RLS experts
Serve as information and referral resources for regional support groups and for healthcare providers who treat patients with RLS
Promote understanding of the patient and family role in quality care improvement through educational offerings and literature
Share information with other Centers to improve clinical best practices
Partner with the RLS Foundation on quality improvement projects to raise the standard of care for RLS patients everywhere

Looking to join the network? Here’s how to apply for Quality Care Center Certification.

CURRENT QUALITY CARE CENTERS

12 QCC Map

The RLS Foundation has certified twelve Quality Care Centers (QCC) in the United States, Austria and Switzerland.

1. Johns Hopkins Center for
Restless Legs Syndrome

5501 Hopkins Bayview Circle
Baltimore, MD 21224

Appointments: Robin Fishel rfishel2@jhmi.edu

Phone: (410) 550-8528

Certified Healthcare Providers:

Christopher J. Earley, MB, BCH, PhD, FRCPI (QCC Director)
seeing MD residents only

Website

2. Houston Methodist Neurological Institute

6560 Fannin Street, Suite 1002
Houston, TX 77030

Phone: (713) 363-8184

Certified Healthcare Providers:

William G. Ondo, MD (QCC Director)
Andrew Billnitzer, MD, MPH
Olga Wahn, MD

Website

3. Center for Sleep Medicine
at Mayo Clinic

200 1st Street SW
Rochester, MN 55905

Phone: (507) 538-3270

Certified Healthcare Providers:

Michael H. Silber, MB, ChB (QCC Director)
Suresh Kotagal, MD
Mithri Junna, MD
Melissa C. Lipford, MD
Erik K. St. Louis, MD
Maja Tippmann-Peikert, MD

Website

4. Innsbruck Medical University, Department of Neurology, Sleep Lab and Sleep Disorders Outpatient Clinic

Anichstr. 35
6020 Innsbruck Austria

Phone: + 43 512 405-23890
Appointments: Maria Kuscher, Cesarie Ndayisaba, Manuela Oberlechner schlaf-neurologie@i-med.ac.at

Certified Healthcare Providers:

Birgit Högl, MD, Associated Professor of Neurology, Senior Board Certified Sleep Specialist (QCC Director)
Elisabeth Brandauer, MD
Birgit Frauscher, MD, Associated Professor of Neurology, Senior Board Certified Sleep Specialist
Anna Heidbreder, MD
Ambra Stefani, MD
Melanie Bergmann, MD