DouglasKirsch, MD,
Chair
HarvardMedical School
Boston, MA
KennethWright Jr., PhD,
IncomingChair
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO
CharlesAtwood, MD
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
Neil Freedman, MD
NorthShoreUniversityHealthSystem
Bannockburn, IL
CharleneGamaldo, MD
JohnsHopkinsUniversity
Baltimore, MD
Robert Greene, MD, PhD
Universityof TexasSouthwesternMedical Center
Dallas, TX
MoniqueLeBourgeois, PhD
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO
Michael Littner, MD
VAGreater LosAngelesHealthcareSystems
Sepulveda,CA
HansVanDongen, PhD
WashingtonStateUniversity
Spokane,WA
Phyllis Zee, MD, PhD
NorthwesternUniversityMedical School
Chicago, IL
ValerieCrabtree, PhD,
Psychologist Reviewer
St. JudeChildren’sResearchHospital
Memphis, TN
JeromeA. Barrett
ExecutiveDirector
Below aredescriptionsof the session typesofferedat
SLEEP2014.
Thosewith an * are free sessions includedwithyour
registration. Therearemore than 90 free sessions this
year!
EducationalOpportunities
APSSProgramCommittee
BSM ICON
—
Sessionswith this icon focuson
thebehavioral therapies for sleepdisorders.
PostgraduateCourses
— Intensive reviews of
topics presented ina half-day or full-day session
format prior to the scientific program.
* Bench-to-Bedside IntegratedSessions
—Two-
hour sessions focusing on the latest advances in
translational science and clinical applications ona
specific topic.
* ClinicalWorkshops
—Reviews of patient-related
and business-related aspects of sleep centers.
Workshops address difficult clinical situations,
business challenges and trends that clinicians
experience in their daily practices.
* DiscussionGroups
—Forums for informal
presentations of a specific topic, whichmay include
conversations on controversial subjects or pro/con
discussions and presentations.
* InvitedLecturers
—One-hour lectures during
which senior-level investigators/clinicians present in
their areas of expertise.
LunchDebates
— Large-group lunch sessions
duringwhich two experts in the field debateon a
single topic.
Meet theProfessors
—Small-group lunch sessions
duringwhich an expert in the field leads an informal
discussion on a single topic.
*Oral Presentations
—Fifteen-minute
presentations duringwhich investigators present their
latest research and new ideas in the field.
* Poster Presentations
—Visual representations of
the latest research and new ideas in the field.
* BrownBagReport Sessions
—Review of
challenging cases by an expert panel.
* Symposia
—Two-hour sessions focusingon the
latest data and ideas in the field.
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