2021 SEC Conference Agenda

Agenda is preliminary and subject to change

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DAY 1
Friday January 29th, 2021
DAY 2
Saturday January 30th, 2021

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

Agenda is preliminary and subject to change

DAY 1

DAY 2

Check-in, Sponsored Exhibits and Breakfast

Introduction, Overview: Sleep Disorders, Epidemiology and Economic impact.

Overview of Sleep Physiology

Narcolepsy and other Central Hypersomnias

Break- Sponsored Exhibits

Things that go bump in the night: Parasomnias and their association with other conditions

The full spectrum of Obstructive Breathing During Sleep and Co-Morbid Consequences and the role of Sleep Testing

Dental Appliances in the treatment of OSA

Lunch

Restless Legs Syndrome, a Common but under diagnosed disturbance of sleep

Insomnia: Causes and Cures

Pediatric Airway: Facial Orthopedic Conditions / Resolutions

Break – Sponsored Exhibits

ENT - Surgical Treatment options in patients with OSA

Integrating Dentistry into Sleep Medicine

Ethical Issues, special considerations and the responsibility of health care professionals who have patients in their practice with sleep disorders

The Foundation for Airway Health and taking the Airway Pledge

QA - Entire Panel of Faculty

Check-in, Sponsored Exhibits and Breakfast

Sleep disorders as the unrecognized, treatable cause in conditions such as Fibromyalgia, Chronic Daily Headaches, Chronic Fatigue, Sleep Bruxism, ADHD and more

Combination therapy--CPAP with dental appliances--in the management of difficult cases of OSA. Improving compliance

Using Telemedicine to assist in the Assessment and Management of Patients with Sleep Disorders

Oral Surgical approaches to the management of OSA

Break – Sponsored Exhibits

Understanding the results of sleep testing

The Emergence of Myofunctional Therapy to augment the treatment of OSA

Steps involved in making a customized full-face CPAP mask – Becoming familiar with state-of-the-art treatment approaches