NEW JERSEY SLEEP SOCIETY (NJSS)

Annual Educational Symposium & Sleep Board Exam Mini-Review Course

Saturday, November 3, 2007

The Heldrich

10 Livingston Avenue

New Brunswick, New Jersey

732-729-4670

Approved for 6 Continuing

Education Credits

DISCOUNTED REGISTRATION FOR NJAST MEMBERS!

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NJSS Program Agenda

7:15-8:20 AM          Registration, Continental Breakfast & Visit Displays

8:20-8:30 AM          Opening Remarks and Program Review

 Mark Jay Atkins, MD, President NJSS

8:30-9:30 AM          Normal Sleep, Variants, and Pharmacology

 Timothy Roehrs, PhD, Wayne State University

9:30-10:30 AM        Clinical and Laboratory Assessment of Sleep Disorders

 Max Hirshkowitz, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine

10:30-11:00 AM      Break & Visit Displays

11:00-12:00 AM      Insomnia: A Behavioral Sleep Medicine Perspective

 Kenneth Lichstein, PhD, University of Alabama

12:00-1:15 PM        Luncheon & Visit Displays

NJ Association of Sleep Technologists Annual Meeting

1:15-2:15 PM          Narcolepsy and Other Causes of Hypersomnolence

Charles Cantor, MD, University of Pennsylvania

2:15-3:15 PM          Identification and Treatment of Common Parasomnias, Movement Disorders and Seizures During  Sleep

 Jeffrey Durmer, MD, PhD, Fusion Sleep, Suwanee, Georgia

3:15-3:30 PM          Break

3:30-4:30 PM          Sleep Apnea and Behavioral Sleep Disorders in Children

 Lee J. Brooks, MD, University of Pennsylvania

Planning Committee

Mark Jay Atkins, MD                         Kenneth Hilsen, DDS  

Lee Brooks, MD                                Mangala Nadkarni, MD

Sally Gallagher, RPSGT                    Jeffrey Nahmias, MD       

Rita Newman, MD                             John Penek, MD 

Philip Geron, DMD                            Kathleen Ryan, MD

The objectives of this symposium are to update the participants on the diversity of sleep disorders in health and disease, to discuss their pathophysiology, and to review management strategies to ameliorate their impact.  This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the Medical Society of New Jersey (MSNJ) through the joint sponsorship of Saint Clare’s Hospital and the New Jersey Sleep Society, Inc.  Saint Clare’s Hospital designates this educational activity for a maximum of 6 AMA PRA credits. Each physician should claim only those credits commensurate with the extent of participation in the activity.  Saint Clare’s Hospital is accredited by the Medical Society of New Jersey to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

• The American Association of Sleep Technologists designates this activity for a maximum of 6 Continuing Education Credits.

• Application has been made to the New Jersey Board of Dentistry for continuing education credits.

• The American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) designates this activity for a maximum of 6 CRCE credits. 

To claim credits for AAST or AARC, bring your member number to the meeting to complete the attendance sheet.