Symposium Schedule

2017 New Jersey Sleep Society Annual Symposium
Schedule for
October 14-15, 2017

PROGRAM OBJECTIVE:

This program is designed to update healthcare providers and interested members of the public regarding the most current evidence based research on sleep and sleep disorders. The learning activity will address information gaps to permit attendees to provide anticipatory guidance as well as direct treatment or appropriate referral to specialists to treat patients in accordance with the latest developments regarding sleep and sleep disorders.

SATURDAY, October 14TH, 2017

9:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:55 am   Lee J. Brooks, MD
                 President, New Jersey Sleep Society
                 Welcome and Introduction

10:00 am    James E. Metz, DDS
                   Dissecting the Mandibular Advancement Appliance,
                   Is It a Dental or Medical Treatment Modality?

11:00 am Teofilo Lee-Chiong, MD
The Least You Need to Know About Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders

12:00 pm Lunch and Visit Exhibits

1:30 pm Teofilo Lee-Chiong, MD
The Least You Need to Know About Everything Else

2:30 pm Jeremy Garey, RPSGT, RST
The Clinical Sleep Educator: Good for the Technologists, Good for the Doctors, Good for the Patients

3:30 pm Break and Visit exhibits

4:00 pm Thomas Hegyi, MD
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Sleep-Related Deaths

5:00 pm    New Jersey Sleep Society Honor Lecture
                 Year in Review: Sleep Medicine
                 Bankim Shah, MD

6:00 pm Networking Reception, Cocktails & Poster Viewing

7:00 pm Dinner (optional, additional charge)

SUNDAY, October 15TH, 2017

7:30 am Registration & Continental Breakfast

8:30 am Mathias Basner, MD, PhD, MSc
Sleep-Wake and Circadian Challenges on Our Way to Mars

9:30 am Phyllis C. Zee, MD, PhD
Neurobiology of Sleep and Circadian Rhythms

10:30 am Break and Visit Exhibits

11:00 am Phyllis C. Zee, MD, PhD
Circadian Rhythm Sleep Wake Disorders

12:00 pm R. Nisha Aurora, MD, MHS
The Future of Sleep Medicine with AASM

1:00 pm Wrap-up and Awarding of Prizes

1:30 pm Board Meeting – open to all attendees