Season 6 | Episode 14

DRS. SHALINI PARUTHI AND SACHIN SHAH, GUESTS

As technology continues to permeate every aspect of our lives, the subset of sleep-related technology continues to expand. The AASM Emerging Technology committee continues to assess both clinical and consumer sleep technology. We have previously discussed consumer and clinical sleep technology that largely centered around snoring and OSA. In this episode, we talk with committee members Drs. Shalini Paruthi and Sachin Shah about the latest sleep technology for insomnia.

Shalini Paruthi, MD, is adjunct professor at Saint Louis University School of Medicine. She is currently on the Emerging Technology Committee of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. She has previously been on the Education Committee of the AASM and Program Committee for the Associated Professionals Sleep Societies national meeting and chaired the SLEEP meetings in 2021 and 2022. She sees patients of all ages and was a site PI for the ChildHood Adenotonsillectomy Trial.

Sachin Shah, MD, MS, is an assistant professor of medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine and clinical representative of the MedTech Commercialization Program at Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI). He worked as a nocturnist for several years before switching into sleep medicine full-time. He has a background in biomedical engineering and finance with a focus on medical device design and business development. He is currently a member of the AASM Emerging Technology Committee.

Resources

  1. Schutte-Rodin S, Deak MC, Khosla S, Goldstein CA, Yurcheshen M, Chiang A, Gault D, Kern J, O’Hearn D, Ryals S, Verma N, Kirsch DB, Baron K, Holfinger S, Miller J, Patel R, Bhargava S, Ramar K. Evaluating consumer and clinical sleep technologies: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine update. J Clin Sleep Med. 2021 Nov 1;17(11):2275-2282. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.9580. PMID: 34314344; PMCID: PMC8636367. https://doi.org/10.5664/jcsm.9580
  2. Khosla S, Deak MC, Gault D, Goldstein CA, Hwang D, Kwon Y, O’Hearn D, Schutte-Rodin S, Yurcheshen M, Kirsch DB. Consumer sleep technologies: how to balance the promises of new technology with evidence-based medicine and clinical guidelines. J Clin Sleep Med. 2019;15(1):163–165. https://doi.org/10.5664/jcsm.7598
  3. Khosla S, Deak MC, Gault D, Goldstein CA, Hwang D, Kwon Y, O’Hearn D, Schutte-Rodin S, Yurcheshen M, Rosen IM, Kirsch DB, Chervin RD, Carden KA, Ramar K, Aurora RN, Kristo DA, Malhotra RK, Martin JL, Olson EJ, Rosen CL, Rowley JA; American Academy of Sleep Medicine Board of Directors. Consumer sleep technology: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine position statement. J Clin Sleep Med. 2018;14(5):877–880.
  4. #SleepTechnology resource (AASM members only access)
  5. Emerging Technology (resources developed by the AASM Emerging Technology Committee)