Virginia Academy of Sleep Medicine 2011


REGISTRATION FORM

Short Pump Hilton
Richmond, Virginia
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2011


AGENDA

7:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.
Registration

8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.
Welcome and Business Meeting
Richard A. Parisi, MD, President

8:45 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Keynote Speaker
Sleep Apnea:  Gaps and Controversies
Safwan Badr, MD
Division Chief, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
Wayne State University's School of Medicine
Detroit, MI

9:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Pre-Op Sleep Apnea Screening at VCU
David J. Leszczyszyn, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics and Medical Director
VCUHS Center for Sleep Medicine
Richmond, VA

10:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Break

10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Sleep Problems in Patients with Pulmonary Diseases
Madhukar Kaloji, MD, FCCP
Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine Consultants, PC, Assistant Professor, Clinical Internal Medicine
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Norfolk, VA

11:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Oral Appliance Therapy:  The Relationship between the Physician & Dentist
Nabeel William Farah, MD
Sleep Medicine Consultants of North Texas, PLLC
Dallas, TX

11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
AASM Updates and the New Tech Exam
Safwan Badr, MD
Division Chief, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
Wayne State University's School of Medicine
Detroit, MI

12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch - Please also take the time to stop by and speak to the exhibitors who made the conference possible

1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch Speaker
Sherry Johnson from The Biggest Loser:  Her Journey to a Healty Lifestyle

Tech Breakout Sessions
1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Support Group Model to Improve Patient Adherence to Therapy
Edward Grandi
Executive Director of the American Sleep Apnea Association
Washington, DC

2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Technologist Roles and Scope of Practice for Out-Of-Center Testing
Marc Raphaelson, MD
Medical Director
SleepMed
Leesburg, VA

2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Sleep and Diabetes
J. Catesby Ware, PhD
Chief, Department of Sleep Medicine
Eastern Virginia Medical School

General Session Reconvenes
1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Sleep Evaluation and Truckers
Hetzal Hartley, MD
Medical Director
Carilion Occupational Medicine
Roanoke, VA

2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Pain and Sleep Dysfunction in the Fibromyalgia Syndrome
I. Jon Russell, MD, PhD, ACR Master
Director, Fibromyalgia Research and Consulting
Arthritis & Osteoporosis Center of South Texas
Retired Faculty, UTHSCSA
San Antonio, TX

2:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Stress-Related Emotion and Sleep
Larry D. Sanford, PhD
Associate Professor
Eastern Virginia Medical School
Norfolk, VA

3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Break (techs return from break out)

3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Afternoon announcements and Election results

4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Sleep Medicine, Public Policy and Healthcare Reform
Edward Grandi
Executive Director of the American Sleep Apnea Association
Washington, DC

4:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Could Early High School Start Times Influence Teen Crash Rates?
Robert Vorona, MD
Medical Director
EVMS Division of Sleep Medicine
Norfolk, VA