As always, our Annual Meeting includes discussions from the leading experts in sleep technology. Below are this week's featured speakers. Check back next week to view more speakers at the Annual Meeting!
Current President of the AAST
Co-Founder/VP of Clinical Operations, Advanced Sleep Management, LLC.
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of California San Diego
Educational Consultant for the AAST
Chief Executive Officer, Rosenberg Sleep Consulting
Adjunct Faculty, Stamford Sleep Medicine Program & Northwestern Medicine
Sleep Laboratory Team Lead, SickKids Hospital
Sleep Laboratory Manager, Children’s National Medical Center
Senior Manager of Clinical Research at the Stanford Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine
Supervisor of Operations, Yale New Haven Health System
Clinical Specialist, Philips Respironics Company
Executive Director of the Kentucky Sleep Society & Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine, and Owner of Integration Consultants, LLC
Assistant Department Administrator at Kaiser Permanente Fontana Medical Center's Sleep Disorder Center
Lead Technologist at the Weill Cornell Medical College Pediatric Sleep Center
Sleep Physician, Sleep Disorders Center at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Clinical Assistant Professor of Sleep Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine
AAST President Elect & Director of Diagnostic Services, Capital Health
CEO and Co-Founder of BRAEBON® Medical
Professor and Chief - Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at Wayne State University
Manager of Presbyterian Hospital and Mercy Hospital Sleep Labs at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Program Coordinator to the CAAHEP-accredited Polysomnographic Technology Program, Collin College
Educational Coordinator, Crouse Hospital
Chief of Sleep Medicine, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
7:45am - 8:00am
Welcome Address
Laura Linley, RST, RPSGT, CRTT, AAST President; and Laree Fordyce, RPSGT, RST , Program Committee Chair
8:00am - 9:00am
G01: Exploring the Possibility of Performing Research in Your Sleep Center
Bob Owens, MD | Scott Sands, PhD
9:00am - 10:00am
G02: Bi-Level Technology, a Problem-Based Approach Richard Rosenberg, PhD
Richard Rosenberg, PhD
10:00am - 10:15am
Refreshment break
10:15am - 11:15am
G03: A Case Study Approach to Understanding ASV
Michelle Cao, DO
11:15am - 12:00pm
G04: CO2 Monitoring in Adults and Pediatrics
Julie DeWitte, RCP, RPSGT, RST
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Lunch
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Management Track - G05: Establishing a Sleep Program from In-Patient to Home
Sunil Sharma, MD
PEDIATRICS TRACK - G06: PEDIATRIC SCORING REVIEW AND UPDATES
Amber Allen, BA, RPSGT, RST
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Management Track - G07: Advancing your Career to Remain Competitive in Sleep Technology
David Wolfe, MSED, RRT-SDS, RST, RPSGT | Gary Lavalette, CRT, RST, RPSGT | Eileen Leary, MS, RPSGT, RST
PEDIATRICS TRACK - G08: PROBLEM- BASED LEARNING THROUGH PEDIATRIC CASE STUDIES
Thomas Kiname, MD
3:00pm - 3:15pm
Refreshment Break
3:15pm - 4:15pm
Management Track - G09: Sleep Facility Accreditation and Management
Adam Bennett, MBA, BSRC, RRT
PEDIATRICS TRACK - G10: TITRATING THE PEDIATRIC PATIENT: WHAT TO KNOW
Patrick Sorenson, MA, RPSGT
4:15pm - 5:15pm
Management Track - G11: Sleep Forensics
David Wolfe, MSED, RRT-SDS, RST, RPSGT
PEDIATRICS TRACK - G12: PLACING ELECTRODES ON THE PEDIATRIC PATIENT
Colin Massicotte, RPSGT
8:00am - 9:45am
SLEEP 2017 Plenary Session
P01: Interactions Between Sleep and Circadian Rhythms in Health and Disease
H. Craig Heller, PhD
10:00am - 1:00pm
Dedicated SLEEP 2017 Exhibit Hall Time
12:30pm-1:30pm
SLEEP 2017 Industry Product Theaters
Listen as SLEEP 2017 exhibitors provide information regarding their products or services to attendees during special one-hour presentations. One hour of AAST CEC credit will be awarded for participation in these sessions.
1:00pm - 1:45pm
G13: Expanding Sleep Facility PAP Services
Mathew Anastasi, BS, RST, RPSGT
1:45pm - 2:30pm
G14: Inter-Scorer Reliability Interactive Record Review
Claude Albertario, RST, RPSGT | Faye Burnette, RRT, RPSGT Mark McCarthy, MD | Scott Williams, MD | Michael Zachek, MD
2:30pm - 2:45pm
Refreshment break
2:45pm - 3:30pm
G15: There’s More than Sleep Apnea Patient’s Seen in the Sleep Center
Lisa Wolfe, MD
3:30pm - 4:15pm
G16: Managing the COPD Patient in the Sleep Center
M.Safwan Badr, MD, MBA
4:15pm - 5:00pm
G17: Trends in Sleep Technology: An AAST Needs Assessment on the State of the Sleep Industry
Laura Linley, RST, RPSGT
5:00pm - 6:30pm
AAST General Membership Meeting and Awards
8:00am - 9:00am
G18: Adult Scoring Rules Review and Updates AASM Scoring Manual 2.4
Rita Brooks, MED, RPSGT, REEG/EPT, RST
9:00am - 10:00am
G19: The Role of Dental Devices in Sleep Medicine
Rick Bonato, PhD, RPSGT
10:00am - 10:15am
Refreshment break
10:15am - 11:15am
G20: A Neurological Approach to Parasomnias
Elise Maher, RPSGT
11:15am - 12:15pm
G21: Does Consistency Really Matter While Scoring Respiratory Events?
Byron Jamerson, RPSGT, RST CLSH
12:15pm - 1:30pm
Lunch
12:30pm-1:30pm
SLEEP 2017 Industry Product Theaters
Listen as SLEEP 2017 exhibitors provide information regarding their products or services to attendees during special one-hour presentations. One hour of AAST CEC credit will be awarded for participation in these sessions.
1:30pm - 2:30pm
G22: The Cardiovascular Patient and PAP Therapy
Roslinde Collins, MD
2:30pm - 3:15pm
G23: Addressing Quality Measures and Their Effect on Reimbursement
Kathryn Hansen, BS, CPC, CPMA, REEGT
3:15pm - 4:15pm
G24: RLS or OSA: Which is it?
Vikas Jain, MD, CCSH
Become an AAST Member to Receive The Discounted price (Psst! Membership is only $125/year)
AAST Member: $220, CECs Included
Non-Member: $325, plus $20 CEC fee
AAST Member: $295, CECs Included
Non-Member: $400, plus $20 CEC fee
