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2012 Southern Sleep Society Meeting and Technologist Course
March 29-April 1, 2012
San Destin Golf and Beach Resort – Miramar Beach, FL
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Meeting Information
| Registration Fee Description |
Early Registration Fee BEFORE 2/10/2012 |
Late Registration AFTER 2/10/12 |
| Registration: Southern Sleep Society Meeting AND Technologist Course |
Member: Physicians, Psychologists, Nurses, PAs, etc.
Choose the SSS Afternoon Session or the BRPT Afternoon Session
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$350.00 |
$400.00 |
Non-Member: Physicians, Psychologists, Nurses, PAs, etc.
Choose the SSS Afternoon Session or the BRPT Afternoon Session |
$400.00 |
$450.00 |
Member: Technologists, Respiratory Therapists, Fellows, Students*
Choose the SSS Afternoon Session or the BRPT Afternoon Session |
$300.00 |
$350.00 |
Non-Member: Technologists, Respiratory Therapists, Fellows, Students
Choose the SSS Afternoon Session or the BRPT Afternoon Session |
$350.00 |
$400.00 |
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| Registration: Southern Sleep Society Meeting ONLY - 14.5 CE Credits |
| Member: Physicians, Psychologists, Nurses, PAs, etc. |
$200.00 |
$250.00 |
| Non-Member: Physicians, Psychologists, Nurses, PAs, etc. |
$225.00 |
$275.00 |
| Member: Technologists, Respiratory Therapists, Fellows, Students* |
$150.00 |
$200.00 |
| Non-Member: Technologists, Respiratory Therapists, Fellows, Students |
$175.00 |
$225.00 |
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Registration: Technologist Course ONLY - 7.5 CE Credits |
Technologist Course Registration
Choose the SSS Afternoon Session or the BRPT Afternoon Session |
$250.00 |
$300.00 |
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Dues (New and Renewing Members) |
$35.00 |
$35.00 |
| Family Member Registration (includes Continental Breakfast/Breaks) |
$35.00 |
$35.00 |
| Annual Golf Tournament - The Raven Course (Green Fees & Lunch) |
$110.00 |
$110.00 |
| Founders Awards and Recognition Reception |
$40.00 |
$40.00 |
*Member=Dues Paid in 2011
Registration Options: Register online with a credit card at www.southernsleepsociety.org or mail check payable to:
Southern Sleep Society, C/O Marietta Bibbs, 422 Wildwood Way, Belleair, FL 33756. Fax 727-286-2992
Cancellation Policy: There is a $50 non-refundable fee for cancelling your registration if cancelled by March 15, 2012. We are unable to refund registration fees after this date due to hotel guarantees.
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Technologist Course Agenda
"From Professional Development to Professional Distinction: Meeting the Challenges of the Future through Innovative Pathways"
| 8:00 - 8:30 a.m. |
Professional Involvement: The key to protecting your credential - Wayne Peacock, RPSGT, RST |
8:30 - 9:00 a.m. |
Successful Quality Monitoring in the Sleep Center- Marietta Bibbs, BA, RPSGT |
9:00 - 9:30 a.m. |
Steps to Research Technologist and CCRC Credentialing - Brett Berry, RPSGT |
9:30 - 10:15 a.m. |
The Sleep Educator Role - Bonnie Robertson, CRT, RPSGT |
10:15 - 10:30 a.m. |
Refreshment Break |
| 10:30 - 10:50 a.m. |
The Sleep Center Navigator - Marietta Bibbs, BA, RPSGT |
| 10:50 - 11:20 a.m. |
Increasing Referrals: Addressing the population of Women and Sleep - Beth Richey, RRT |
| 11:20 - 11:45 a.m. |
The value of using screening tools to identify patients at high risk for sleep apnea - Melissa Brooks, MBA, RPSGT, CRT |
| 11:45-1:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
Concurrent Afternoon Session
Southern Sleep Society Course (Continued)
| 1:00-1:45 p.m. |
The Pediatric Sleep Technologist-Is this the Future for You? - Cynthia Nichols, PhD |
| 1:45-2:30 p.m. |
Becoming a successful Education Consultant and Making it a Business - Mary Kay Hobby, RRT, RPSGT |
| 2:30-3:00 p.m. |
Finding your niche in technical support - Tammy Taylor, RPSGT |
| 3:00-3:15 p.m. |
Refreshment Break |
| 3:15-3:45 p.m. |
Marketing Secrets to increase referrals - Marilyn Swick, RPSGT |
| 3:45-4:30 p.m. |
Pioneering polysomnography overseas through innovative models in education
Glen Roldan, RPSGT |
| 4:30-5:15 p.m. |
Challenging PSG Cases: Recognizing the Unusual - Joanne Elliott, CRT, RPSGT |
BRPT Review Course: "The Pathway to your Credential"
| 1:00-1:45 p.m. |
Calibration and recording techniques: amplifiers and filters -
Glen Roldan, RPSGT |
| 1:45-2:15 p.m. |
Troubleshooting Artifact - Wayne Peacock, RPSGT |
| 2:15-3:00 p.m. |
Staging, Arousals and Calculations - Shalanda Mitchell, RPSGT |
| 3:00-3:15 p.m. |
Refreshment Break |
| 3:15-4:00 p.m. |
Respiratory, ECG, PLMS and Calculations - Debbie Akers, RRT, RPSGT |
| 4:00-4:45 p.m. |
PAP Titrations - Bonnie Robertson, CRT, RPSGT |
| 4:45-5:15 p.m. |
Techniques for successful certification - Janice East, R. EEG T., RPSGT |
Friday, March 30, 2012
Southern Sleep Society Meeting Agenda
"Discoveries, Opportunities and Challenges Shaping the Future of Sleep Medicine"
Moderator: Denise Sharon, MD, PhD
| 7:15 - 8:00 a.m. |
Exhibits Open - Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 - 8:15 a.m. |
Welcome and Program Overview - Denise Sharon MD, PhD |
| 8:15 - 9:45 a.m. |
Keynote address: Contemporary sleep medicine with a focus on comorbidities - Carlos H. Schenk, MD |
| 9:45 -10:15 a.m. |
Refreshment Break/Visit Exhibits/Poster Viewing |
| 10:15-10:45 a.m. |
Control of maganese in humans and its role in dopaminergic neurodegeneration - Michael Aschner, PhD |
| 10:45-11:00 a.m. |
Poster and awards presentation #1 |
| 11:00-11:30 a.m. |
Advancements in Narcolepsy: pathophysiology and etiology- Todd J. Swick, MD |
| 11:30-12:00 p.m. |
Narcolepsy: Stumbling towards the truth - William A. Broughton, MD |
| 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. |
Lunch (on your own) |
| 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. |
Symposium: Restless Legs Syndrome and Periodic Limb Movements in Sleep
Moderator - Arthur S. Walters, MD |
| 1:00-1:45 p.m. |
Restless Legs Syndrome (Willis-Ekbom Disease): A movement disorder or a hyperarousal disorder-A review of relevant clinical and animal data-
Richard P. Allen, PhD |
| 1:45 - 2:30 p.m. |
New Insights into the pathogenesis of Restless Legs Syndrome and periodic limb movements in sleep - Arthur S. Walters, MD |
| 2:30 - 3:00 p.m. |
Refreshment Break/Visit Exhibits |
| 3:00 - 3:30 p.m. |
RLS (Willis-Ekbom Disease) around the globe-epidemiology and clinical manifestations - Denise Sharon, MD, PhD |
| 3:30 - 4:15 p.m. |
Updates on diagnostic criteria and CVD co-morbidities of RLS (Willis-Ekbom Disease) -Mike H. Silber, MD |
| 4:15 - 4:45 p.m. |
Treatment of RLS -Philip M. Becker, MD |
| 4:45 - 5:00 p.m. |
Discussion Group: All Participants |
| 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. |
Southern Sleep Society Annual Membership Meeting |
| 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. |
Exhibitor's Reception |
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Southern Sleep Society Meeting Agenda
"Discoveries, Opportunities and Challenges Shaping the Future of Sleep Medicine"
Moderator: Max Hirshkowitz, PhD
| 7:30 - 8:00 a.m. |
Visit Exhibits Open - Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 - 8:15 a.m. |
Poster and awards presentation #2 |
| 8:15 - 8:35 a.m. |
CPAP compliance in a changing business environment - Robert Dawkins, PhD |
| 8:35 - 8:55 a.m. |
Sleep and Traumatic Brain Injury - Richard Castriotta, MD |
| 8:55 - 9:15 a.m. |
Sleep-related breathing disorders and non-cardiac post-operative complications - Supat Thammasitboon, MD |
| 9:15 - 9:35 a.m. |
Preop and inpatient screening for OSA- Terry M. Brown, DO |
| 9:35- 10:10 a.m. |
Refreshment Break/Visit Exhibits |
| 10:10-10:30 a.m. |
Recent developments in pediatric sleep medicine -John Herman, PhD |
| 10:30-10:50 a.m. |
Pediatric Sleep-disordered Breathing: Evaluation for Tonsillectomy and Adenoidectomy - Ruckshanda Majid, MD |
| 10:50-11:10 a.m. |
The scope of insomnia and parasomnia in the autistic child -Shahriar Shahzedi, MD |
| 11:10-11:30 a.m. |
Nocturnal sleep related-breathing disorder - Dr. Weihong Pan |
| 11:30-11:50 a.m. |
Unusual movement disorders during sleep - Ali Bozorg, MD |
| 11:50-12:10 p.m. |
Indications for NPSG for Insomnia and managing insomnia symptoms in the OSA patient- Mary Rose, PsyD |
| 12:10-12:30 p.m. |
Sleepy, drowsy, tired, pooped: What are we measuring - Max Hirshkowitz, PhD |
| 1:00 - 6:30 p.m. |
Annual Golf Tournament -Raven Course |
| 8:00 -10:00 p.m. |
Founder's Awards Banquet |
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Southern Sleep Society Meeting Agenda
Symposium:
"Grandfathering: Are we training enough sleep medicine specialists
to meet America's needs in the future?"
Moderator: Gregory Carter, MD, FAASM
| 7:30 - 8:00 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 - 9:00 a.m. |
The current and projected future status of sleep medicine care and training in the United States - Gregory Carter, MD |
| 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. |
The history of sleep medicine training and certification: Why sleep medicine needed to evolve and what we have gained - Michael H. Silber, MD |
| 10:00-10:30 a.m. |
Refreshment Break |
| 10:30-10:45 a.m. |
Poster viewing and awards presentation #3 |
| 10:45-11:30 a.m. |
Grooming technologists through unique training programs - James Andry, MD, RPSGT |
| 11:30-12:00 noon |
Panel discussion |
| Noon |
Adjourn |
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