Dr. Kothari was born and raised in Houston, Texas, and has dedicated his career to improving respiratory and sleep health in children. After completing fellowships in both pediatric pulmonary and sleep medicine at Texas Children’s Hospital, he brought his expertise to West Virginia University’s academic quaternary care children’s hospital, where he helped re-establish and grow its pediatric pulmonary and sleep medicine division as an assistant professor.
Now serving as the founder and leader of Pediatric Sleep Specialists (PSS), Dr. Kothari has developed a comprehensive care model focused on helping patients sleep better and live better. His approach emphasizes sustainable improvements in sleep and overall health, reflecting his belief in empowering families with knowledge and support.
To help meet the growing demand for pediatric sleep care, Dr. Kothari created a pediatric nurse practitioner training program and is actively working to enhance training for local sleep lab technologists — initiatives that ensure quality, accessible care for more families.
Dr. Kothari is passionate about working with children, inspired by their resilience and strength in the face of medical challenges. He finds joy in mentoring trainees at PSS and seeing the meaningful difference their care makes in the lives of children and their families.
When Dr. Kothari is not busy serving his patients and staff at PSS, you can find him spending quality time with his family and friends, teaching his kids how to play sports or planning his next family vacation.
Dr. Amine Daher completed his subspecialty training in Pediatric Pulmonology at the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas, Texas and subspecialty training in Sleep Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Dr Daher is board-certified in General Pediatrics, Pediatric Pulmonology, and in Sleep Medicine. In addition to his clinical experience, he also serves a consultant in pediatric pulmonology and sleep medicine. During his time at the department of Pediatrics at the University of New Mexico, Dr. Daher served for 18 months as the medical director of the Pediatric Chronic Tracheostomy and Ventilator program and was responsible for the care of all pediatric ventilator dependent children in the state of New Mexico. He also worked at Driscoll Children’s Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas, where he served as the Founding Medical Director of the Driscoll Pediatric Sleep Center. A sleep center he built from the ground up and was successful in rapidly attaining accreditation from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM). Today, Dr. Daher is a vital part of the team at Pediatric Sleep Specialists where he assists in sleep study interpretation.
Kimberly grew up in both Colorado and Arizona and earned her Doctor of Advanced Nursing Practice (DNP) from Arizona State University. She has devoted her career to pediatrics, beginning as a Nurse Practitioner in Otolaryngology at Phoenix Children’s Hospital before joining the inpatient Pulmonology team at Children’s Hospital Colorado. Kimberly loves working with children and finds joy in their smiles, personalities, and positive outlooks on life. She’s passionate about helping kids achieve better sleep and reach their full potential.
Outside of work, Kimberly enjoys walking her dogs, playing board games with her children, hiking in the mountains, and spending time in the water—especially scuba diving.
Renee was born in Tuscon, Arizona and grew up in central Louisiana before moving to northern Colorado where she has spent most of her adult life. She worked in various pediatric subspecialty areas at the University of Colorado and Children’s Hospital before completing her Masters of Science in Nursing at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. She enjoys working with children and their families to partner with them, to help them to live their healthiest and best lives. She is amazed how some children with significant health and mental/behavioral challenges, have the most amazing attitude and outlook on life. Through working with kids, her outlook on life has become more positive. She learns something new from children, adolescents and their families every day. For fun, Renee enjoys reading, dancing, theater, horseback riding, camping, hiking, skiing.
