Illinois Sleep Society Conference 2014
In Conjunction with Chicago Medical Society
April 26, 2014
Advocate Christ Medical Center
Conference Center-Auditorium
7:50am Welcome
Debra Guerrero, RPSGT, RRT
Program Coordinator, Polysomnography Technology Program
Moraine Valley Community College
Ms. Guerrero has disclosed that she does not have any relevant financial relationships with commercial interests.
8:00am-9:00am Keynote Address: Promoting Good Sleep to Enhance Transportation Safety:
NTSB Investigations and Recommendations
Mark Rosekind Ph.D.
Member, National Transportation Safety Board
Dr. Rosekind has disclosed that he does not have any relevant financial relationships with commercial interests.
9:00am-10:00am Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment of Insomnia: Areas of Strength and
Weakness Relative to Hypnotics
James Wyatt, Ph.D.
Director, Sleep Disorders Service and Research Center Rush University Medical Center, Associate Professor
of Behavioral Sciences Rush Medical College
Dr. Wyatt has disclosed that he does not have any relevant financial relationships with commercial interests.
10:0am-10:20am BREAK and VENDORS
10:20am-11:20am Advanced PAP for the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Neil Freedman, MD
Medical Director, North Shore University Health System Sleep Center at Bannockburn, Bannockburn IL
Dr. Freedman has disclosed that he does not have any relevant financial relationships with commercial interests.
11:20am-12:20pm New Insights into Cognitive Deficits in Pediatric OSA
David Gozal, MD
Herbert T. Abelson Professor and Chairman of Pediatrics Physician-in-Chief University of Chicago
Dr. Gozal has disclosed that he does not have any relevant financial relationships with commercial interests.
12:20pm- 1:20pm LUNCH and VENDORS
TRACK 1 Auditorium
1:20pm-2:20pm Sleep Apnea and Dental Sleep Medicine-The Dentist’s Role
Harold Smith, DDS
Smith-Brauer Dentistry
Dr. Smith has disclosed that he does not have any relevant financial relationships with commercial interests.
Illinois Sleep Society Conference 2014
In Conjunction with Chicago Medical Society
TRACK 2 Room 0629
1:20pm-2:20pm Five Case Presentations
Usman Khan, MD, Sleep Medicine Fellow, University of Chicago
Kenneth Lee, MD, Sleep Medicine Fellow, Northwestern University
Puja Sethi, MD, Rush University Medical Center
Lisa Wolfe, MD, Moderator Associate Professor, Medicine-Pulmonary, Northwestern University Feinberg
School of Medicine.
Drs. Khan, Lee,and Sethi, have disclosed that they do not have any relevant financial relationships with
commercial interests. Dr. Wolfe has disclosed that she is a grant recipient of ResMed and Respironics and also
serves as a consultant for ResMed.
AUDITORIUM
2:25pm-3:25pm Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy: Incorporating a Critical Element in the
Treatment of Disordered Breathing, Sleep Disorders and Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Kimberly Benkert, RDH, MPH
President & CEO, Midwest Orofacial Myology
Ms. Benkert has disclosed that she is CEO and a USA distributor for MYO USA Inc., a speaker for the Henry
Schein, Inc., Crown Seating, Hu-Freidy and Colgate.
3:25pm-4:25pm Circadian Aspects of Shift Work
Helen Burgess, Ph.D.
Professor, Dept. of Behavioral Sciences Director, Biological Rhythms Research Laboratory Rush University
Medical Center
Dr. Burgess has disclosed that she does not have any relevant financial relationships with commercial interests.
Target Audience:
Medical Specialty
Sleep medicine specialists, internal medicine, pulmonologists, pediatricians, and neurologists.
Dentists with educational, research, and non-clinical administrative responsibilities
Other Healthcare Professionals:
Dentists, sleep technologists, respiratory therapists, nurses, electroneurophysiology technologists,
administrative professionals.
Global Desired Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this CME activity, participants should be able to:
1. Adopt new ways to identify ideal patients with chronic insomnia for either cognitive behavioral
therapy (CBT-I) or pharmacotherapy. Moreover, the participants will learn the appropriate
indications for referral and implementation of CBT-I.
2. Identify the latest evidence-based treatments for sleep disorders, including sleep dentistry,
myofunctional therapy, and positive airway pressure therapy.
3. Assess the physiological and safety risks for your patients with untreated excessive daytime
sleepiness, particularly as it relates to transportation and shift work.
Illinois Sleep Society Conference 2014
In Conjunction with Chicago Medical Society
The following planning members for the IL Sleep Society (ISS) have disclosed that they do not have any
relevant financial relationships with commercial interests: Babak Mokhlesi, MD, MSc, Course Director, and
Debra Guerrero, MS, RPSGT, RRT
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of the
Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of the
Chicago Medical Society and the Illinois Sleep Society. The Chicago Medical Society is accredited by the
ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Chicago Medical Society designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.0 AMA PRA Category 1
Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the
activity.
The following planning members for the Chicago Medical Society (CMS) have disclosed that they do not have
any relevant financial relationships with commercial interests: Ajay K. Chauhan, MD, Chairman, Howard Axe,
MD, Vickie L. Becker, MD, Adrienne L. Fregia, MD, Robert W. Panton, MD, Loren S. Schechter, MD, Kathy M.
Tynus, MD and Cecilia Merino, Director of Education.