Conference Agenda
Technical Course for Allied Health Professionals
April 21, 2022
“Meeting the Challenges of the Future through Innovative Pathways”
8 Continuing Education Credits
Course Objectives
- Define the future for sleep technologists
- Identify best practices in Pediatric Sleep Medicine and Technology
- Review advanced practices in sleep apnea
- Describe the role of Artificial Intelligence in polysomnography
Thursday, April 21, 2022
| 7:00-8:00 AM | Breakfast | |
| 8:00-8:45 AM | “Health Coaching and Management of OSA” | Kara Dupuy McCauley, MD |
| 8:45-9:30 AM | “A Perceptive Understanding of Circadian Rhythms — Teaching Others to Embrace Good Sleep” | Stephen Justin Thomas, PhD |
| 9:30-10:15 AM | “AAST and BRPT Strategy to Capitalize on Opportunities and Embrace Threats to the Profession” | Laree Fordyce, RPSGT, RST, CCSH Andrea Ramberg, RPSGT, CCSH |
| 10:15-10:30 AM | Refreshment Break | |
| 10:30-11:15 AM | “Overcoming Disparities in Healthcare” | Elise Maher, RPSGT, FAAST |
| 11:15-12:00 PM | “Exceeding the Ventilation Threshold — Is it Ventilation Drive or Ventilation Output?” | Tammy Muth-Davis BS, RPSGT, RRT |
| 12:00-1:00 PM | Lunch Provided | |
| 1:00-1:45 PM | “The Technologist Role in HNS Therapy in the Sleep Center” | Seth Hollen, RPSGT |
| 1:45-2:30 PM | “Using Digital Technology to Monitor Adherence” | Joseph Anderson, RPSGT, RST, RPFT, CRT-NPS, CCSH |
| 2:30-2:45 PM | Refreshment Break | |
| 2:45-3:45 PM | “Friend or Foe? Should Sleep Technologists Embrace or Fear Artificial Intelligence? Pros and Cons.” | Andrea Ramberg, RPSGT, CCSH Robyn Woidtke, MSN, RN, RPSGT, CCSH, FAAST |
| 3:45-4:15 PM | “The Technologist Role in Telehealth” | Joseph Anderson, RPSGT, RST, RPFT, CRT-NPS, CCSH |
| 4:15-5:00 PM | “Restructuring the Sleep Laboratory for a 2030 Strategy: One Lab’s Story” | Daniel Herold, RPSGT, FAAST |
| 5:00-5:30 PM | “Troubled Nappers and All-Night Criers: Practical Tips for Successful Pediatric Sleep Studies” | Brian Rogers, RPSGT |
| 5:30-7:00 PM | Opening Reception with Exhibitors | Exhibit Hall |
Southern Sleep Society 44th Annual Meeting
April 22-24, 2022
“Opportunities and Challenges Shaping the Future of Sleep Medicine”
6.75 Credits
Course Objectives
- Manage sleep apnea with appropriate therapy
- Identify medical conditions and disease processes directly related to sleep disorders
- Review Pediatric Sleep Medicine
- Define approaches for managing dementia by improving sleep insufficiency
- Describe methods for developing a dental sleep medicine practice
- Define the role of sleep technologists in the future of sleep medicine
Friday, April 22, 2022
| 7:00-8:00 AM | Breakfast/Visit Exhibitors | |
| 8:00-8:45 AM | “Prioritizing the Patient — Reinventing Inpatient Psychiatry Safety to Improve Sleep and Suicide Outcomes” | Michelle A. Patriquin, PhD, ABPP |
| 8:45-9:30 AM | “Recognition and Assessment of Complex Nocturnal Behaviors” | Romy Hoque, MD |
| 9:30-10:15 AM | “Leveraging the Electronic Health Record to Expeditiously Facilitate Shared-Medical Decision Making in a Large Health System: Response to the PAP Recall” | Colleen G. Lance, MD |
| 10:15-10:30 AM | Founders: “Improving Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy Adherence Through Early Telemedicine Follow-up” | Joseph Ashmore, MSN, APRN, DNP Candidate |
| 10:30-11:00 AM | Refreshment Break | |
| 11:00-11:45 AM | “Noninvasive Ventilation Strategies: Impact of Obesity on the Pulmonary System” | Kara Dupuy McCauley, MD |
| 11:45-1:00 PM | Jazz Pharmaceuticals Product Showcase and Sponsored Luncheon: “A Treatment for Adult Patients with Idiopathic Hypersomnia” | James W. Roy, MD, PhD |
| 1:00-1:15 PM | Founders: “Impact of Discrimination on Daytime Sleepiness in a Sample of Smokers” | Sofia Mildrum Chana, BS |
| 1:15-1:30 PM | Founders: “Insurance Dilemma” | Robert J. Murray, DO |
| 1:30-2:15 PM | “Sleep Related Gastroesophageal Reflux: Is This a Distinct Clinical Entity?” | William C. Orr, PhD |
| 2:15-3:00 PM | “Managing Disorders of Hypersomnia in Kids” | Michael Strunc, MD |
| 3:00-3:30 PM | Refreshment Break | |
| 3:30-4:15 PM | “Relationship Between Myotonic Dystrophy and Idiopathic Hypersomnia” | David B. Rye, MD, PhD. |
| 4:15-5:00 PM | “Non-Pharmacologic Therapy for Sleep Dysfunction in Neurodegenerative Disease” | Amy Amara, MD, PhD |
| 5:00-7:00 PM | SSS Annual Membership Meeting Followed by Founders’ Reception Supported by MVAP Medical Supplies and Somnoware |
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Saturday, April 23, 2022
3.7 Credits
| 7:30-8:30 AM | Sponsored Breakfast Symposium, Moderator: Mary Rose, PsyD | |
| 8:30-9:15 AM | “Creating a Cohesive Partnership between Sleep Medicine and Dental Sleep Medicine” | Jeff Rodgers, DMD |
| 9:15-10:00 AM | “The Missing Link for OSA: Dental Sleep Medicine — Is It Just for Mild to Moderate OSA” | Amy Hartsfield, DMD |
| 10:00-10:20 AM | Refreshment Break with Exhibitors | |
| 10:20-11:00 AM | “Indications and Contraindications for Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation to treat Sleep Apnea — The Importance of Choosing the Right Patient” | Kirk Withrow, MD |
| 11:00-11:45 AM | “Novel Stories in RLS: A Better Opioid and the African-American Experience” | David B. Rye, MD, PhD |
| 11:45-12:30 PM | Gregory S. Ferriss Lecture: “Sleep Insufficiency and Increased Risk of Dementia: Focus on the Glymphatic System” | Carlos Schenck, MD |
| 1:00-5:00 PM | Historical Tours: On Your Own | On Your Own |
| 1:00-6:00 PM | Southern Sleep Society Annual Golf Outing | Oxmoor Valley CC |
Sunday, April 24, 2022
3.5 Credits
| 7:30-8:00 AM | Continental Breakfast, Moderator: | |
| 8:00-8:45 AM | “Sleep and Neurodevelopmental Disorders” | Krisztina Harsanyi-Jilling, MD |
| 8:45-9:30 AM | “Establishing Criteria for Referring a Child with OSA to Surgery and Its Outcome After Surgery” | Shahriar Shahzeidi, MD |
| 9:30-10:15 AM | “Sleep, Circadian Rhythms and Epilepsy” | Jennifer DeWolfe, DO |
| 10:15-10:45 AM | Break | |
| 10:45-11:30 AM | “Sports Medicine and Sleep” | Sophia Lal, DO |
| 11:30-12:00 PM | “Sleep Disorders and Cognition” | Ashley W. LeMaire, PhD, ABPP |
