Washington state sleep conference hotel info for those traveling next weekend

Things to know about this year's host hotel

Embassy Suites by Hilton Seattle Tacoma International Airport

~ FRI Oct 12 & SAT Oct 13 ~

15920 West Valley Highway

Seattle, WA 98188

425.227.8844 ~ [ WEBSITE ]

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Services & Amenities

• The hotel's business center can handle any FAXing, printing, and copying needs you might have.

• There's an ATM onsite. 

• Hotel guests have access to the fitness room and the indoor pool. 

• The hotel concierge can help you with locating transportation, making dinner arrangements, or holding baggage after checkout.

Meals

• Conference attendees who are guests at the hotel receive free cooked-to-order breakfast via the hotel on Friday and Saturday morning before the conference.
• The WSSS provides lunch on both days from 12:30 to 1:30pm.
• Conference attendees are responsible for dinner on both nights; the conference ends at 6pm on both days. 

• The Embassy Suites offers Basil's, a restaurant and adjacent lounge, on site for dining options after 11:30am. Also, hotel guests are welcome to the free Manager's Reception where they can enjoy adult beverages and snacks in the late afternoon.

• Nearby dining options are plentiful in the nearby Westfield Southcenter Mall campus and along Southcenter Parkway, including Blue C Sushi, Bahama Breeze, Famous Dave's, and more. 

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Check out these vendors at next week's Washington State Sleep Conference!

Thank You to Our Sponsors and Exhibitors for the 2018 Washington State Sleep Society Conference. We couldn't host this event without you! 

If you're attending the conference, please visit these important industry supporters and tell them thank you for helping us to keep the price of registration affordable for techs in the Pacific Northwest. 

Welcome to the conference: Amy Korn-Reavis RRT RPSGT CCSH

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Two lectures on Saturday, October 13:
"Common Artifacts Associated with ECG"
"New Rules on Electrode Placement"

Amy Korn-Reavis RRT RPSGT CCSH (Emery Medical Solutions, Orlando FL)  is a sleep clinic manager who has overseen more than 6,000 sleep studies (in both hospitals and independent testing facilities).

As a self-titled "sleep geek," she is especially interest in PSG research and trends.

Korn-Reavis earned her MBA in Health Administration in 2015 and has taught college-level courses on polysomnography and EEG topics.

She has 23 years experience as an RRT, and has been an RPSGT for 18 years. She is also one of the original founders of the Florida Association of Sleep Technologists and served as its President from 2010-13. 

Korn-Reavis currently volunteers with the Epilepsy Association of Central Florida running EEG machines. 

Welcome to the conference: Dr. David Corley

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Lecture on Friday, October 12:
"Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation" 

David Corley MD (Harrison HealthPartners Sleep Medicine and Pulmonology, Poulsbo) is a board-certified sleep physician and pulmonologist with background in critical care medicine and internal medicine.

He is the medical advisor for the Washington State Sleep Society. 

Dr. Corley received his medical degree from Georgetown University and has worked in the sleep field for 28 years. 

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.

Northwest sleep techs: We listened to you regarding parking at the Washington State Sleep Conference

In previous years, attendees to our conference were unhappy with the cost and availability of parking.

This year, we offer two solutions:

1. We have arranged with the host hotel, the Embassy Suites (SeaTac) to waive parking for commuting attendees.

Once you arrive at the conference, you will need to check with the conference organizers (Ganesco) at the registration table about getting a parking voucher. This will ensure that your parking during this event is complimentary.

2. For those guests who stay at the Embassy Suites, parking has been reduced to just $5 a night.

We hope these solutions will make your trip more affordable and hassle free. See you at the conference!

• Haven't registered yet? Visit the conference registration page now. 
  
• Are you a vendor looking to reserve a space in the exhibition hall? Check our our vendors information now. 
  
• Need to reserve your hotel? Visit the hotel information page now. NOTE: To receive reduced conference rates, you must secure you reservation at the Embassy Suites by no later than September 17, 2018.

Welcome to the conference: Dr. Fletcher Taylor

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Lecture on Friday, October 12: "Prazosin and PTSD"

Fletcher Taylor MD is a board-certified psychiatrist and neurologist with more than two decades of experience treating people with trauma-related problems which extend into sleep disorders. Taylor divides his time between clinical research and his adult psychiatry practice at Rainier Associates in Tacoma. 

He has also received formal training in cognitive and behavior therapies, which help him better serve patients with specific kinds of sleep problems related to anxiety and mood disorders and attention deficit hyperactivity disorders. He focuses specifically on sleep physiology.

He has also served as Assistant Clinical Professor for UW's, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and as a physician at St. Joseph's Hospital in Tacoma.

Taylor is one of the first researchers to look at pharmacological treatments for the condition of PTSD and was lead author of the study "Prazosin Effects on Objective Sleep Measures and Clinical Symptoms in Civilian Trauma PTSD: A Placebo-Controlled Study" published in Biological Psychiatry in 2008. 

Northwest sleep techs: Check out our updated conference lineup!

2018 Washington State Sleep Conference
Oct 12-13, 2018

The Washington State Sleep Society invites you to attend the Washington State Sleep Conference.

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

The Washington State Sleep Conference attracts Sleep Technologists and Respiratory Therapists as well as providers involved in the delivery of sleep medicine care.  

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FULL CONFERENCE PROGRAM & BROCHURE

Regular Registration $200

On-site Registration $225 for the full weekend

Single day registration $112.50 for either Friday or Saturday

• Pricing includes 14 CEUs, lunch for both Saturday and Sunday.
• Checks must be received by September 21st, or an additional fee of $25 will be applied to the rates listed above.  
• Cancellation Policy: A registration fee, less $35 administration fee, is refundable if the cancellation request is made by 10/5/2018 – cancellations are made online at same site as your registration - ganesco.cvent.com/2018WSSS. 
  

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Need to contact us directly? washingtonstatesleepsociety@gmail.com

Welcome to the conference: Dr. Joshua Benditt

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Lecture on Saturday, October 13: "Neuromuscular Disease and Breathing"

Joshua Benditt MD is a University of Washington professor and directory of the UW Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine. 

Benditt is interested in research designed to improve care for people with neuromuscular respiratory failure (such as patients with muscular dystrophy, ALS, spinal cord injury). 

He sees a wide variety of patients with respiratory conditions and is internationally known for his passion in serving their needs, considered one of a very small number of physicians who specializes in this field. 

Benditt is particularly interested in efforts to advance the frontier of noninvasive ventilation (PAP therapies, in example) for people with neuromuscular disease in order to improve their quality of life and extend their expectancy. 

He has also served as chair of the American College of Physicians Home Care Network and on the Board of the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association Washington Chapter. Benditt has also served as lead investigator for the National Emphysema Treatment Trial study. 

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.

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