Today several members of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine board of directors are on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., conducting 23 targeted meetings with federal lawmakers from both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. AASM leaders are discussing the importance of healthy sleep with these legislators and emphasizing the need to support sleep physicians and their patients at the political level.

AASM President-Elect Dr. Nathaniel Watson, Secretary/Treasurer Dr. Ronald Chervin and President Dr. Timothy Morgenthaler on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, May 20, 2015