10:00 AM : Registration
12:30 PM : Opening Remarks — Ana C. Krieger, MD, MPH & Michael Thorpy, MD
12:45 PM : Opening Session — Narcolepsy, pregnancy and the use of medications — Michael Thorpy, MD
1:30 PM : Shift Work and Circadian Rhythm — Charmane Eastman, PhD
2:15 PM : Time Use, Sleep Loss and Performance — Mathias Basner, MD, PhD, MSc
3:00 PM : Break
3:20 PM : Parasomnia — Mark Pressman, PhD
4:05 PM : Pediatric Sleep Issues — Carin Lamm, MD
4:35 PM : "Mandatory Home Sleep Testing" the Massachusetts Experience — Sandra Horowitz, MD Panel discussion to follow including Stacia Sailer, MD and Stasia Wieber, MD
5:05 PM : Exhibits and Cocktail Reception (Cash Bar)
6:30 - 7:40 PM : Sleep Deprivation and Sleep Disorders in the Occupational Area-Where are we? What are the next steps?? (Dinner Lecture) — Allan Pack, MD
8:00 - 9:00 PM : Joint meeting of the NESS and Sleep Medicine State Societies Leadership — Lee Brooks, MD and Michael Thorpy, MD
Saturday, March 31
7:00 - 7:30 AM : Breakfast
Split Sessions — RPSGT
7:30 AM : CPAP Adaptation — Matt Ebben, PhD
8:15 AM : Recognition of epileptiform discharges and artifacts on polysomnographic studies — Nitin Sethi, MD
9:00 AM : CPAP/Bi-level/ASV Titration — Francoise Roux, MD, PhD
Split Sessions — MD
7:30 AM : Insomnia Management — Arthur Spielman, PhD
8:15 AM : Surgical Treatments of Sleep Apnea — Erich Voigt, MD
9:00 AM : RLS/PLMD Update — Melissa Nirenberg, MD, PhD
9:45 AM : Break — Exhibit Hall/Exhibits
10:00 AM : Stroke and CV Disease Update — Henry Klar Yaggi, MD
10:45 AM : When Problems Arise with CPAP — Meir Kryger, MD
11:15 AM : Lunch & Check-out
11:45 AM : Final Lecture with Boxed Lunch — Practicing Sleep Medicine in a Changing Environment — Ana C. Krieger, MD, MPH
12:30 PM : Adjourn — Final Remarks
12:40 PM : Optional — Business Meetings of the Societies — President of each Society
The purpose of the 26th annual North East Sleep Society (NESS) meeting is to bring together members of AASM-affiliated state sleep societies in ten northeastern states and other sleep professionals to foster regional networking and educate sleep professionals in the latest innovations in the study of sleep disorders. Speakers include thought leaders in sleep medicine discussing developments in conditions impacting restful sleep in adults, adolescents, and pediatrics to include insomnia, shift work, RLS, circadian rhythm, OSA and how comorbidities such as diabetes, obesity, pregnancy, and cardiovascular disease impact treatment strategies. Attendees will gain understanding of where sleep medicine began and what to expect into the future as well as difficulties with consistently and comparatively scoring respiratory events.
