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9.12.2018

Washington State Sleep Conference is now one month away! Are you registered?



 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 • 

 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 (PLEASE SIGN UP BY SEPTEMBER 22 to receive WSSS room discount!) 

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?    


*Topics, speakers, and schedules subject to change.






8.22.2018

Welcome to the conference: Dr. Brandon Peters


Lecture on Saturday, October 13: "Useful CBT-I Practices for Technologists in the Lab"

Brandon Peters MD (Virginia Mason Medical Center, with clinical affiliation at Stanford University) is board certified in both neurology and sleep medicine. 

He worked in clinical sleep medicine and was trained as a polysomnographic technician prior to starting medical school. 

Peters has published a number of research studies including areas such as university student sleep habits, parasomnias, sleep ethics, and circadian rhythms disorders in the blind population. 

Peters' extensive sleep-related journalism includes more than 1000 articles on Verywell.com and contributions to book chapters and other publications. Most recently, Peters published Insomnia Solved: A Self-Directed Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBTI) Program. 

He lectures internationally and discusses sleep health frequently on radio programs and works as a business consultant for related industries.