Scientific Program | Monday
Plenary Session
8:00am – 10:00am
The Plenary Session includes a welcome address,
AASM and SRS presentations and two Keynote
Addresses. Details of the Keynote Addresses are
below. See page 47 for more information about the
Keynote Speakers.
I01: Sleep and the Price of Plasticity
Giulio Tononi, MD, PhD
Psychologist Level of Content:
Intermediate
Objectives:
1. Discuss the role of sleep in synaptic plasticity;
2. Describe how sleep affects restoration of cellular
homeostasis; and
3. Analyze the interaction between sleep and
learning and memory.
I02: Managed Care Perspective on
Long-term Treatment, Outcomes and
Economics of Sleep Disorders
Andrew Renda, MD, MPH
Psychologist Level of Content:
Intermediate
Objectives:
1. Describe sleep disorder analytics: identification,
stratification and outcome metrics;
2. Discuss the managed care approach to the
economics of sleep disorder management; and
3. Recognize collaboration opportunities between
clinicians, managed care and other stakeholders
that will drive engagement and outcomes.
Exhibit Hall Open
10:00am – 4:00pm
Refreshment Break in the
Exhibit Hall
10:00am – 10:30am
General Sessions
O03: Sleep Questionnaires: New
Developments
10:30am – 11:30am
Psychologist Level of Content:
Intermediate
Objective:
Review new developments in sleep
questionnaires.
W01: RLS in Childhood, Migraine and
Growing Pains: Close Relationship or Casual
Association?
10:30am – 12:30pm
Co-chairs:
Oliviero Bruni, MD; and Daniel Picchietti, MD
Faculty:
Rosalia Silvestri, MD; and Arthur Walters, MD
Psychologist Level of Content:
Intermediate
Objectives:
1. Explain the new clinical criteria for the definition of
pediatric restless legs syndrome (RLS);
2. Review how to perform diagnosis of RLS in children
with specific diagnostic instruments;
3. Recognize the “hidden” symptoms and the common
mimics of pediatric RLS;
4. Evaluate the association between growing pains and
RLS; and
5. Describe the comorbidity between migraine, growing
pains and RLS in childhood.
Poster Set-Up
7:00am – 8:00am
Posters should be set-up during this time and should not
be removed until 6:00pm.
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