Our Doctors

Morris B. Chang, M.D.

Born in Illinois and raised in Kansas, Morris Chang, M.D., is a graduate of the University of Kansas for college and medical school. He completed an internal medicine internship at the University of Vermont, a neurology residency at Dartmouth in New Hampshire and fellowships in clinical neurophysiology and sleep medicine at the University of Washington, with additional sleep medicine training at Hennepin County Medical Center in the University of Minnesota system. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Sleep Medicine and the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and a fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM).

Dr. Chang is the medical director for the Auburn Regional Medical Center Sleep Disorder Center and Highline Sleep Center in Burien. He is also a MultiCare staff sleep medicine physician at Tacoma General Hospital. Though clinical medicine remains the primary focus of his work, he has been involved in sleep medicine policy-making through committee work within the AASM and the American Academy of Neurology. He is a clinical instructor in sleep medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine. His written work has been published in such journals as Neurology and The New England Journal of Medicine.

Dr. Chang spends as much free time as possible with his wife and two boys. His other primary passion is music; he has played drums, alto saxophone, and keyboards for various outfits over the years, and still plays out occasionally as time permits. He enjoys traveling, skiing, baseball, and open water diving, and he continues to root for the Jayhawks. He also has a private pilot license, and has a particular interest in the topic of excessive daytime sleepiness as pertains to the pilot.

Daniel T. Clerc, M.D.

Daniel Clerc, M.D., FAAFP, graduated from Saint Louis University School of Medicine. He has a background in emergency medicine and family medicine, and has completed formal training in the field of sleep medicine. He practices sleep medicine with a holistic, comprehensive approach to care. Additionally, he has published articles relating to the field of sleep medicine, has lectured nationally on a wide variety of topics within sleep medicine, and he has delivered numerous lectures to sleep medicine professionals as well as the community at large.

Dr. Clerc centers his leisure time on his family. He likes sports and competitive running, and he is an avid amateur historian. His special interest is in the field of military and sociopolitical history of 19th Century America, with a particular concentration on the Civil War. Additionally, he has published a book entitled Living and Dying, a multidisciplinary look at death and the process of dying.