The Sleep Education Consortium is pleased to present the Sleep Education Consortium Conference:

PROBLEM BASED SLEEP MEDICINE COURSE TO ENHANCE YOUR CLINICAL PRACTICE: ESTABLISHING A DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT PLAN FOR SLEEP DISORDERS

ABOUT CONFERENCE

This conference is designed to present important clinical information on sleep disorders that can be implemented into the practice of primary care physicians. Materials will be presented in a case based fashion with specific clinical cases that exemplify the type of problems presented to most practitioners. Course materials will include reference materials and assessment tools such as questionnaires that can be used in primary care settings. There will be discussions on how to respond to the results provided from a diagnostic sleep study, as well as the indications for obtaining such tests.

CONFERENCE AGENDA

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DAY 1
Friday January 24th
DAY 2
Saturday January 25th

7am - 8am
Check-in, Sponsored Exhibits and Breakfast
8:00am - 8:15am
Introduction, Overview: Sleep Disorders, Epidemiology and Economic impact.
By Jerald H. Simmons, MD
8:15am - 9:00am
Overview of Sleep Physiology
By Jerald H. Simmons, MD
9:00am - 10:00
Narcolepsy and other Central Hypersomnias
By Gerard J. Meskill, MD
10:00 - 10:30
Break- Sponsored Exhibits
10:30 - 11:00
Things that go bump in the night: Parasomnias and their association with other conditions
By Gerard J. Meskill, MD
11:00 - 12:00
The full spectrum of Obstructive Breathing During Sleep and Co-Morbid Consequences and the role of Sleep Testing
By Jerald H. Simmons, MD
12:00pm - 12:30pm
Dental Appliances in the treatment of OSA
By Ronald S. Prehn, ThM, DDS
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Lunch
1:30pm - 2:15pm
Restless Legs Syndrome, a Common but under diagnosed disturbance of sleep
By William Ondo, M.D.
2:15pm - 2:45pm
Insomnia: Causes and Cures
By Gerard J. Meskill, MD
2:45pm - 3:45pm
Pediatric Airway: Facial Orthopedic Conditions / Resolutions
By Joseph Yousefian
3:45 - 4:00
Break – Sponsored Exhibits
4:00pm - 4:30pm
ENT - Surgical Treatment options in patients with OSA
By J. Cary Moorhead, MD, FACS
4:30pm - 5:00pm
Integrating Dentistry into Sleep Medicine
By Ronald S. Prehn, ThM, DDS , Jerald H. Simmons, MD
5:00pm - 5:45pm
Ethical Issues, special considerations and the responsibility of health care professionals who have patients in their practice with sleep disorders
By Gerard J. Meskill, MD
5:45pm - 6:00pm
The Foundation for Airway Health and taking the Airway Pledge
By Rob Veis, DDS , Jerald H. Simmons, MD
6:00pm
QA - Entire Panel of Faculty