Welcome to the conference: Nic Butkov, RPSGT

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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.

Sneak Peek: Speakers and Topics for the 2018 Washington State Sleep Conference

Two favorite headliners return to our fall sleep meeting!

Two favorite speakers will be returning to the WSSS stage this coming fall!

Teofilo Lee-Chiong, MD (aka "Dr. Lee") is a well-known sleep medicine educator and frequent speaker at sleep medicine conferences. He is a board certified internist in Denver, Colorado affiliated with National Jewish Health. 

Dr. Lee is also a professor and the author of many references familiar to sleep technologists of sleep medicine professionals: 

• Sleep Medicine: Essentials and Review (Oxford University Press, USA) 
• Sleep: A Comprehensive Handbook (Wiley-Liss)
• Fundamentals of Sleep Technology (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins)
• Sleep Medicine (Hanley & Belfus)
• Sleep Medicine Essentials (Wiley Blackwell)
• Focus on Sleep Medicine: A Self-Assessment (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins)

Nic Butkov, RPSGT is an internationally recognized educator in sleep medicine and technology. He 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.

DON'T MISS OUT!
SAVE THE DATE! October 12-13, 2018

Registration portal coming soon

WSSS Fall Sleep Meeting brochure PDF to share

If you have friends who would like to attend our upcoming sleep conference on October 21-22, here's one way you can pass along the information: consider downloading this PDF of the brochure provided by this year's conference organizer, Ganésco. You can print it out or share it digitally in email or via social networks. 

SAVE THE DATE! Washington State Sleep Meeting, Oct 21-22, 2016!

At long last, we are pleased to announce that registration is open for our Fall 2016 sleep meeting! Sleep technologists, respiratory therapists, and other sleep-related healthcare professionals 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 (*keynote)
Kevin Asp, RPSGT; Nic Butkov, RPSGT; Steve Carstensen, DDS; Catherine Darley, ND; Lina Fine, MD; Ken He, MD; Laura Hurmence, RRT, RPSGT; Jennifer Kapur, PharmD; Vishesh Kapur, MD; Teofilo Lee-Chiong*, MD;  Barbara McCann, PhD; Dan McCormick, RPSGT, RST; Dan O’ Hearn, MD; Brian Palen, MD; Richard Simon, MD; JoAnne Yadao, RRT, RCP

WHEN
Dates: Friday October 21 and Saturday October 22, 2016
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

CECs
The live meeting will grant 12 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
$160 (onsite registration is $185); fee reflects $10/CEC and includes lunch buffet on both days and full access to vendors hall

LODGING
We are pleased to offer discounted room rates at the Embassy Suites Seattle Tacoma International Airport hotel for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday; a rate of $169-189 includes a large breakfast buffet. Discounts will be honored if reserved by September 20, 2016.  Reserve your room by calling (425) 227-8844 and refer to the Washington State Sleep Society Meeting, or make your reservations online.

DEADLINES

• Register for the conference online by October 20, 2016; onsite registration also available
• Reserve your discounted room at the host hotel by September 20, 2016 (see Lodging)

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