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AASMMembershipSectionsNewsletter
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Issue #5
AmericanAcademy
of SleepMedicine
Parasomnias
Agenda: ParasomniasSectionMeeting
MinneapolisConventionCenter
Monday, June 2, 2014 (5:15pm–6:15pm)
I.
Call toOrder
• Dr.Avidan
(Chair)
II.
General Business –
(5minutes)
• Introductionof 2013-2014Parasomnias SectionSteeringCommittee
–– IntroductionofDr.AleksandarVidenovic,MD
(2014-2015Chair)
• Call forVolunteers: 2014-2015Parasomnias SteeringCommittee
III.
Clinical PracticeGuideline Suggestions –
(5minutes)
IV.
Section InvestigatorAwardPresentation–
(15minutes)
•
EffectsOfDeepBrainStimulationOnSleep InParkinson’sDisease
–– SeanRotolo,MD–UNCHealthcare
V.
OtherBusiness/Discussion– (35minutes)
• ICSD-3ParasomniasUpdates
–– Michel Bornemann
VI.
Adjournment
SteeringCommittee
Profiles
AlonAvidan, MD, MPH
(Chair)
Dr.Avidan isProfessor of Neurology
at UCLAwhere he serves asDirector
of theUCLASleepDisordersCenter
andDirector of theUCLANeurology
Clinic. He received hisBachelor
of Science degree inBiology from
UCLAand attendedMedical School
at theGeorgeWashingtonUniversity
School of Medicine andHealth
Scienceswhere he also obtained
aMaster of PublicHealth. He
completedhisNeurologyResidency
at theGeorgetownUniversity
Medical Center, where he served
asChief Resident.After residency,
he completed aFellowship in
Clinical Neurophysiology andSleep
Disorders at theClevelandClinic
Foundation.
AleksandarVidenovic,MD,MSc
(ViceChair)
Dr. Videnovic is aMovement
Disorders andSleepMedicine
neurologist at Massachusetts
General Hospital andAssistant
Professor of Neurology at Harvard
Medical School. He obtained his
medical degree at theUniversity
of BelgradeSchool of Medicine.
Dr. Videnovic completed residency
training inNeurology at Northwestern
University. Subsequently he trained
inMovement Disorders at Rush
SteeringCommitteeProfiles
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AASMParasomniasSteeringCommitteeBulletin
InternationalClassificationof SleepDisorder- 3rdEdition (ICSD-3)
ICSD-3UPDATEONPARASOMNIAS
ICSD-3ParasomniasTaskForceTeam:
Michel A. CramerBornemann,MD-Minneapolis/Saint Paul,MN
Carlos Schenck,MD-Minneapolis/Saint Paul,MN
MarkPressman, PhD- Philadelphia, PA
GeraldRosen,MD- ICSD-3Pediatrics Liaison-Minneapolis/Saint Paul,MN
MarkMahowald,MD-DSM-5Parasomnias Liaison-Minneapolis/Saint Paul,MN
The
International Classificationof SleepDisorders
is theprimarydiagnostic, epidemiological
and coding resource for clinicians and researchers inSomnology andSleepMedicine.The
recentlypublished
International Classificationof SleepDisorders- 3
rd
edition
(ICSD-3)was
producedby theAmericanAcademyof SleepMedicine (AASM)Parasomnias have longbeen
defined inprevious editions of the ICSD as
undesirable physical events or experiences that
occur during entry into sleep, within sleep, or during arousals from sleep.
Though this definition
2013–2014
CHAIR
AlonAvidan,MD,MPH
VICE-CHAIR
AleksandarVidenovic,MD,MSc
MEMBERS
MichelCramerBornemann,MD
RamadeviGourineni,MD
ErikK. St. Louis,MD
