Dr. Tononi’s lecture is during
the Plenary Session and will
follow the welcome address and
AASM and SRS presentations.
Giulio Tononi, MD, PhD
received his medical degree
and specialized in psychiatry at
the University of Pisa, Italy. After
serving as a medical officer in the
Army, he obtained a PhD in neuroscience as a fellow of the
Scuola Superiore, based on his work on sleep regulation. From
1990 to 2000, he was at The Neurosciences Institute, first in
New York and then in San Diego. He is currently Professor
of Psychiatry, Distinguished Professor in Consciousness
Science, and the David P. White Chair in Sleep Medicine at
the University of Wisconsin, Madison. In 2005 he received
the NIH Director’s Pioneer Award for his work on sleep. His
laboratory studies consciousness and its disorders as well as
the mechanisms and functions of sleep.
Dr. Tononi is a frequent lecturer and invited speaker at
scientific symposia. He is the author of approximately 200
scientific publications, co-editor of the volume
Selectionism
and the Brain
(with Olaf Sporns), and author of two recent
books on the neural basis of consciousness:
A Universe of
Consciousness
(with Gerald M. Edelman) and
Galileo and
the Photodiode
. His latest book on consciousness,
PHI: A
Voyage from the Brain to the Soul
, was published in August
2012.
ANDREW RENDA, MD, MPH
Managed Care Perspective on Long-term
Treatment, Outcomes and Economics of
Sleep Disorders
Monday, June 2, 2014
GIULIO TONONI, MD, PHD
Sleep and the Price of Plasticity
Monday, June 2, 2014
Dr. Renda’s lecture is during
the Plenary Session and will
follow the welcome address and
AASM and SRS presentations.
Andrew Renda, MD, MPH,
is Program Manager for the
Chronic Care Strategies Team
at Humana. He is responsible
for strategy and solutions, as
well as monitoring spend, trend and utilization, for respiratory
and metabolic conditions.
Dr. Renda has designed and implemented population
health clinical interventions for chronic conditions ranging
from messaging campaigns and self-care interventions to
clinician-led disease management programs. Significant
projects include: metabolic syndrome support service,
asthma and COPD disease management and self-care
programs, sleep apnea diagnostics and management
strategy, flu/pneumonia campaign, tobacco cessation
service integration and outreach.
He also serves on several Humana boards and committees,
including: Humana Active Outlook Medical Advisory
Board, Comprehensive Health Insights Research Advisory
Committee, Clinical Disparities and Cultural Diversity
Committee.
Dr.Rendahasabachelor of science inpsychologyandbiology
from the University of Kentucky where he was a National
Science Foundation Undergraduate Fellow. He received his
medical degree and a diploma in clinical psychiatry from the
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, followed by a masters
in public health from Harvard University.
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