Dafna Ofer, MD

Sleep Medicine
Accepting new patients
Sees patients of all ages
Penn Sleep Medicine Phoenixville
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About me

  • Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine (Sleep Medicine)

My education and training

  • Medical School: Tel Aviv University
  • Residency: Schneider Children's Medical Center
  • Residency: Albert Einstein Medical Center
  • Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System
  • Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Spoken languages

English
English
עברית
Hebrew

Reviews

Average Rating

67 reviews

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Anonymous
February 2026
dr ofer is patient
Anonymous
January 2026
today's healthcare environment is very difficult for patients to navigate. hospital systems are frequently at odds with what "the doctor knows is best" for their patients. dr. ofer practices patient centered care. kudos!
Anonymous
September 2025
knowledgdeable
Anonymous
September 2025
she seemed very knowledgeable.

Insurance accepted

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Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Ofer is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

Research

Publications

Ofer D, Marcus C CPAP treatment in children , Sleep Disordered Breathing in Children: A Comprehensive Clinical Guide to Evaluation and Treatment: 2012,531-540

Sawyer AM, Gooneratne NS, Marcus CL, Ofer D, Richards KC, Weaver TE A Systematic review of CPAP adherence across age groups: clinical and empiric insights for developing CPAP adherence interventions , Sleep Medicine Reviews, 15(6): 2011,343-356

Das S, Mindell J, Millet GC, Ofer D, Beck SE, Mason TBA, Brooks LJ, Traylor J, Marcus CL Pediatric polysomnography: the patient and family perspective , Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 7(1): 2011,81-87

Ofer D, Pien GW A young boy with staring episodes and snoring , ATS. Sleep Fragments: 2010

Porat R, Ofer D, Toib D, Johnson A, Schutzman DL An evaluation of an ROP screening program , Annual meeting of the Eastern Society for Pediatric Research: 2008