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AASMMembershipSectionsNewsletter
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Issue #5
BrianKoo, MD
Dr. Koo is an instructor inNeurology
at YaleUniversitySchool of
Medicine. Dr. Koo’smain research
interest lies in the association among
the restless legs syndrome/periodic
limbmovements during sleep and
cardiorespiratory changes and
outcomes.
M. SuzanneStevens, MD, MS
Dr. Stevens is anAssistant Clinical
Professor of Neurology at the
University of KansasMedical Center.
Dr. Stevens completedmedical
school at theUniversity of Missouri-
KansasCitySchool of Medicine.
She completed an Internship in
internal medicineatWashington
University, St. Louis, MO, followed
by a residency inNeurology anda
fellowship inSleepMedicine at Rush-
Presbyterian-St. Luke’sMedical
Center, Chicago, IL.
LynnMarieTrotti, MD, MSc
Dr. Trotti is anAssistant Professor
of Neurology at EmoryUniversity
School of Medicine inAtlanta, GA.
Hermovement disorders related
research interests includeRLS/PLMS
and sleep inpatientswithParkinson’s
disease. ■
somnographicpractical session focused
on sleep relatedmotor disorders (SRMD),
includingREMbehavior disorder. Partici-
pantswill receive thebasicknowledge to re-
cord, recognize, score and interpret frequent
SRMD such asPLM, bruxism andRBD, as
well as the less frequent disorders such as
propriospinalmyoclonus, neckmyoclonus,
muscular cramps and rhythmicmovement
disorders.This proposal aims to expand the
interest of the audience to reachbeyond
restless legs syndrome (RLS),which is also
oneof the establishedgoals of the section
committee this term.
Saturday, May31st
PostgraduateCourse
C04:Video-PolysomnographicEvaluation
(Diagnosis andScoring)of SleepRelated
MovementDisorders
8:00am–12:00pm
The secondproposal is a clinicalwork-
shop focusedon the still-unsolvedproblem
of the augmentationphenomena in rest-
less legs syndrome (RLS). Augmentation
is a severedrug-related exacerbationof
symptoms, occurring in the settingof
long-termdopaminergic treatment forRLS
and representing themain reasonof late
dopamine-agonists discontinuation.This
remains oneof themost recurrent challeng-
es in clinical practice and is still largelymis-
understood.This sessionwill alsoprovide
practical clinical guidelines to recognize and
manage augmentation.
Monday, June2nd
ClinicalWorkshop
W02:More isLess andLess isMore:
AugmentationPhenomena inRestless
LegsSyndrome
3:00pm–5:00pm
Oneof our goals for theMovement
Disorders SectionMeeting is to increase the
number of attendees.This annual, formal
meeting is highly important for itsmembers
and represents auniqueoccasion to share
knowledge andopinions onmovement
disorders among experts in this field, as
well as theopportunity todiscuss specific
topics of interest and toproposediscussion
topics for futuremeetings.Ourmeeting
is scheduled forTuesday, June 3rd from
5:15pm–6:15pmCT.TheMovement
Disorders section committeemembers for
thenew termwill bepresented andwill
be followedby a call for volunteers for
the 2014-2015SteeringCommittee. We
encouragepeople interested to apply to
the call.Afterward, abrief updateon the
following topicswill bediscussed:
• New ICSD and scoring criteriaon
MovementDisorders
• Standards of Practiceupdate for sleep
centers
• Qualitymetrics forMovement
Disorders
Following thesediscussions, thewinner
of theMovementDisorders Section
InvestigatorAwardwill be announced, and
he/shewill provide abrief presentation
of the award-winning abstract.A second
awardwill thenbe given to thebest original
articlepublished in2013 in the twoAASM-
affiliated journals,
SLEEP
and the
Journal
of Clinical SleepMedicine
(JCSM).Thefinal
part of themeetingwill address topics tobe
proposed for SLEEP2015.
The sectionmeeting is awonderful
opportunity tomeet otherswith similar
interests, circulate ideas, knowledge and
suggestions on the interestingfieldof sleep-
relatedmovement disorders, and tobecome
involved in the latest developmentswithin
this very important sectionof theAASM.
We strongly encourage all sectionmembers
to joinourmeeting and to contribute
enthusiastically to thedebate.
