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Issue #5
AmericanAcademy
of SleepMedicine
SteeringCommittee
Profiles
RichardPKnudsen, MD
(Chair)
Dr. Knudsen is dually Fellowship
trained inPediatricNeurology and
AdvancedClinical Neurophysiol-
ogy. He iswith theUniversity of
CaliforniaDavis, Sacramento, CA
in theDepartment of Neurology. His
primary interests are inpediatric
sleepmedicine andepileptology. He
is especially invested in the central
hypersomnias and thenocturnally
activated epilepsy syndromes. He is
published regardingHypersomnias
and is invited to speak internationally
regardingNarcolepsy.
VyesDauvilliers, MD, PhD
(ViceChair)
Dr. DauvilliersProfessor of Neurolo-
gy andPhysiology, andHead of the
clinical and research activity of the
sleep laboratory at theUniversity of
Montpellier, France since 2005. He
obtained hisMD in neurology in 2000
(Montpellier) and hisPhD in neuro-
sciences in2004 (Montpellier). He
has been involved in several inter-
national projects on sleepdisorders
with theDepartment of Sleep at the
Montreal UniversityHospital-Canada
(Professor J. Montplaisir) andwith
theDepartment of Genetic at theGe-
nevaUniversityHospital-Switzerland
(ProfessorM. Tafti). Since 2007,
SteeringCommitteeProfiles
Continued>>
Narcolepsy
Agenda:NarcolepsySectionMeeting
MinneapolisConventionCenter
Tuesday, June 3, 2014 (5:15pm–6:15pm)
I.
Call toOrder
• Dr. Knudsen
(Chair)
II.
General Business –
(5minutes)
• Introductionof 2013-2014NarcolepsySectionSteeringCommittee
• Call forVolunteers: 2014-2015NarcolepsySteeringCommittee
III.
Clinical PracticeGuideline Suggestions –
(5minutes)
IV.
Section InvestigatorAwardPresentation–
(15minutes)
•
TheUtilityOfThe SustainedSleepLatencyOnPolysomnography (PSG)And
TheMultiple SleepLatencyTest (MSLT) InTheDiagnosisOf PatientsWith
HypersomnolenceOf CentralOrigin
–– CarmelaGonzales,MD -UniversityHospitals, CaseMedicalCenter
V.
OtherBusiness/Discussion–
(35minutes)
• Analyses ofWorstCase Scenarios –CanDatabases guaranteeQuality
Assurance andBenchmarkComparisons?
–– Dr. Ipsiroglu
• Misdiagnoses/mismanagement of diagnosticallyunfulfilled “pseudo”NWC/
NWOC
–– Dr.Hoffman
• Latediscoveries in thepharmacotherapy forNWC/NWOC
–– Dr.Dauvilliers
• Update regarding theneuroimmunologyofNWC/NWOC
–– Dr. Knudsen
VI.
Adjournment
Formembers planning to attend theupcomingAPSSSLEEP2014Minneapolis,MN
sessions, this guidemap focuses explicitlyon the subject of narcolepsy andwill help steer you
towards the related sessions, courses andposters available at themeeting.This guidemap is
intended to aid thosedevoted togleaningknowledge concerning this particular topic, and its
breakthroughupdates, in the right directionwhile attendingSLEEP2014.
2013–2014
CHAIR
RichardP. Knudsen,MD
VICE-CHAIR
VyesDauvilliers,MD, PhD
MEMBERS
AlanHoffman,MD
