The Washington State Sleep Conference is just one week away! Have you registered? It's not too late!

The last day to sign up in Wednesday, October 10. DON'T DELAY! This is a great regional opportunity for sleep health specialists to collect 14 CECs toward their credential requirements at an affordable rate! 

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 Presented by the WASHINGTON STATE SLEEP SOCIETY 

This year’s event features the ever-popular tag team of
Teofilo Lee-Chiong MD and Nic Butkov RPSGT
in presentations that cover a wide range of
current PAP and sleep apnea interests among sleep technologists 

Topics* at this year’s conference include: 

• Advanced Bi-level Modalities • Prazosin and PTSD • Pediatric PAP Titrations • Common Artifacts Associated with ECG • CBT-i in the Sleep Lab • Optimizing Patient Response to Positive Airway Pressure Therapy • Restless Legs Syndrome • Obstructive Sleep Apnea: State of the Art Care • Novel Technology in Personalized Care • The New "Restless Sleeper" Sleep Disorder Designation •
Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation •  Diagnostic Aspects of Sleep Disordered Breathing • New Rules on Electrode Placement • Neuromuscular Disease and Sleep Breathing • 

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 Conference FAQs 

Date: Friday October 12 to Saturday October 13, 2018  

Time: 745am to 6pm both days 

Fee: $200. Registration ends October 10. Registration on the day of the conference increases to $225. *Fee includes lunch, coffee and two full days of educational programming which culminate in 14 AAST CECs and a certificate at the end of the conference. 

NEW THIS YEAR! Single-day registration available for $112.50 either day.  

Location: Embassy Suites Seattle Tacoma InternationalAirport, Seattle WA

Who is invited: Sleep technologists, sleep physicians, sleep health educators, respiratory therapists, nurses interested in sleep medicine, dental sleep medicine professionals

We look forward to seeing you at this year's conference!  

Questions?    

E-mail: info@washingtonstatesleepsociety.com or visit the Ganesco Team contact page

*Topics, speakers, and schedules subject to change.

Welcome to the conference: Nic Butkov, RPSGT

DON'T MISS OUT! REGISTER NOW!

Two lectures on Friday, October 12:
"Diagnostic Aspects of Sleep-Disordered Breathing"

"Optimizing Patient Response to Positive Airway Pressure Therapy"

Nic Butkov RPSGT is an internationally recognized educator in sleep medicine and technology and favorite speaker at the Washington State Sleep Conference. 

Butkov is Director of the School of Clinical Polysomnography (Medford, OR) and a longstanding faculty member of the School of Sleep Medicine (Palo Alto, CA). 

He currently serves as education coordinator at the Rogue Valley Sleep Center in Medford. 

Butkov is also CEO of Synapse Media and a major contributor to two critical sleep technology texts:
• Atlas of Clinical Polysomnography (Synapse Media, author)

• Fundamentals of Sleep Technology (AAST, co-editor) 

A native Russian speaker, he assisted in launching the first clinical sleep facility in Russia in the 1990s. He is a recipient of both the Sharon Keenan PhD Award for Excellence in Education and the Elliot D. Weitzman MD Service Award for contribution to the growth and development of the sleep technology profession.

Save some money on your next Washington State Sleep Conference!

Don't forget! Early birds save 10 percent!

The Washington State Sleep Society offers this early bird discount for those planning now to attend the 2018 conference:  

Early Bird Discount!
(register by next Wednesday, August 15)
$180.00

Pricing includes 14 CECs, lunch for both Saturday and Sunday. Regular registration at $200 opens on August 16, 2018. 

Save additional money by reserving a room in our special rates block!

Our host hotel, Embassy Suites International Sea-Tac in Seattle WA, offers reduced rates here; rates include morning breakfast and evening bar reception. Note: the WSSS does not provide breakfast or drinks after the event.  

To save even more money, reserve a room with a friend and split the cost! 

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The 2018 Washington State Sleep Conference is confirmed for Friday October 12 and Saturday October 13, 2018 and will take place at the Embassy Suites International Sea-Tac in Seattle, WA.

See you there!

The WSSS is looking for sleep technology vendors and exhibitors for the fall meeting

Call for Exhibitors || Washington State Sleep Conference

October 12-13, 2018 in Seattle, WA

The Washington State Sleep Society invites you to exhibit at the Washington State Sleep Meeting.

This two-day meeting for members of the Sleep Medicine community provides a critical analysis of, and learning opportunity in, the evolving field of sleep medicine.

This conference attracts Sleep Technologists and Respiratory Therapists across the Pacific Northwest as well as providers involved in the delivery of sleep medicine care.

Ganèsco is this year's sleep meeting event management company. We expect 150+ attendees this year. 

REGISTRATION & PAYMENT DEADLINE: September 30, 2018

Levels of support currently available:

□ Silver - $775.00        □ Gold - $1,000.00        □ Platinum - $1,200.00

If you are a vendor interested in an exhibition booth and you:

• want to receive a registration form
• have forms that your company requires
• have exhibitor registration questions

contact Nancy Nunley at Ganèsco at 931.284.9033 or via email: nancyn@ganesco.com. Registration forms may be sent in by mail, emailed to Nancy or sent by FAX to 904.212.2044. 

Reminders: 

It's critical to complete your internal company documentation quickly as internal approval processes can take some time; Ganèsco cannot confirm your space until commitment is formally approved.

You may be provided other forms to fill out depending upon accrediting agency requirements.

You may register your attendees now or later if preferred, but all attendee information must be submitted by September 30, 2018.

SAVE THE DATE for the Washington State Sleep Society 2018 conference!

We are pleased to announce that our Fall 2018 meeting has been scheduled for this coming October!

Sleep technologists, respiratory therapists, and other sleep-related healthcare professionals from throughout the Pacific Northwest are invited to attend!

HOST

The Washington State Sleep Society

WHAT

The Washington State Sleep Society Meeting, a two-day conference for members of our regional Sleep Medicine community providing a critical analysis of, and learning opportunity in, the evolving field of sleep medicine

SPEAKERS 

To be determined (look for updates at this blog as we complete our programming

WHEN

Dates: Friday October 12 and Saturday October 13, 2018

Times: 8am to 530pm for both days 

WHERE

All exhibits and lectures will be held at the Embassy Suites Seattle Tacoma International Airport, Seattle, Washington, with offers of discounted lodging in the same facility

WHO MAY ATTEND

This conference is intended for Sleep Technologists and Respiratory Therapists as well as all other providers involved in the delivery of sleep medicine care from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Alaska, and southwestern Canada

CECs

We are working on programming to grant 10+ CEC hours of practical education (valid for both AAST and AARC) in a community learning environment, with an additional 4 CECs that attendees can earn online

REGISTRATION FEE

TBD (look for early bird rate announcements soon); the fee will continue to reflect an affordable price-per-credit value and will include lunch buffet on both days and full access to vendors

LODGING

We are working with conference planners to offer discounted room rates at the Embassy Suites Seattle Tacoma International Airport hotel and will post these details as they are finalized.

For Sleep Meeting 2018 updates as they happen, follow this blog (see right hand column), or follow us in Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/wasleepsociety/) or on Twitter at @wasleepsoc. 

Job opportunity in the Seattle area

Highline Sleep Disorder Center in Burien (Highline Medical Center) has an immediate full-time night position for a registered polysomnographic technologist they hope to fill ASAP. 

Schedule: Full-time, 7pm-7am, 72 hours per 2-week pay period, every other weekend required 

If you’re interested please apply here: 

http://jobs.chifranciscan.org/sleep-technologist-sleep-center-full-time-nights/job/6766995