Arkansas Sleep 2024

Meeting Agenda

Friday, March 8th, 2024

 

7:00 a.m.                            Registration - Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Hall

Plenary Sessions

7:50-8:00 a.m.               Welcome and Announcements

8:00-9:00 a.m.               P1: Michael E. Yurcheshen, MD, FAASM – Asleep on Capitol Hill: Telebills, the Golden Hour, and 100 Senators Who Almost Got it Right

9:00-10:00 a.m.             P2: Joe Bussell, DDS – Airway Obstruction & Tongue Function

10:00-10:15 a.m.          Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall

10:15 -10:45 a.m.          P3: Patrick L Fraley, MD – The Floppy Epiglottis

10:45-11:45 p.m.           P4: Praveen Nandamuru, MD – Gamma-hydroxybutyrate: History and Modern-Day Use

11:45-12:45 p.m.          Lunch in Exhibit Hall

12:45-1:45 p.m.             P5: Caris Fitzgerald, MD – This is the Rhythm of the Night: A Circadian Update

1:45-2:45 p.m.               P6: Ryan T. Fitzgerald, MD – Radiology and Sleep: Finding Common Ground Between Infrequent Bedfellows

2:45-3:00 p.m.              Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall

3:00-4:00 p.m.               P7: Adrian Williamson III, MD – Laryngotracheal Stenosis and Sleep Apnea

4:00-4:30 p.m.              P8: Jeffrey P. Kirsch, MD, FACS – Hyoid and Tongue Suspension for Obstructive Sleep Apnea

4:30-5:30 p.m.               P9: Adrian Williamson III, MD & Jeffrey Kirsch, MD - Panel discussion on the approach and management of Laryngotracheal Stenosis, Floppy Epiglottis, and Hyoid Suspension

5:30-6:00 p.m.              SPA Business Meeting (ATTENDEES WELCOME)

Arkansas Sleep 2024

Meeting Agenda

Saturday, March 9th, 2024

 

7:00 a.m.                  Registration – Continental Breakfast in Exhibit Hall

Plenary Sessions

7:50-8:00 a.m.              Reminders and Announcements

8:00-9:00 a.m.               P1: Sushma Dharia, MD, FCCP, FAASM, ATSF – Asthma & Obstructive sleep apnea

9:00-10:00 a.m.             P2: Shahrokh Javaheri, MD – What are the reasons for divergent outcomes of the SERVE-HF vs ADVENT-HF?

10:00-10:15 a.m.          Refreshment Break in Exhibit Hall

10:15 -11:15 a.m.          P3: Shahrokh Javaheri, MD – Opioids-associated sleep apnea, an update

11:15-12:15 p.m.           P4: Jennifer Peszka, PhD & David Mastin, PhD – Sleep Research Past, Present, and Future at UALR and Hendrix

12:15-1:15 p.m.            Lunch/Networking in Exhibit Hall

 

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of The American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the Missouri Sleep Society. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

AASM designates this live activity for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™:

Arkansas Sleep 2024- Maximum of 12.00

AASM Continuing Education Credits (CECs) for sleep technologists are offered for this live activity. AASM designates this live activity for AASM CECs:

Arkansas Sleep 2024- Maximum of 12.00

The AASM will issue all other non-physicians a letter of attendance for activities designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

Physicians and all other participants should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

AARC

Applicant Name:   Washington Regional Center for Sleep Disorders & Sleep Professionals of Arkansas

Title of Activity:   Arkansas Sleep 2024

Course Number:   191599000

Peer Review Action:   Approved

Approved Contact Hours:   12.00

ASET

Please be advised that the educational program, Arkansas Sleep 2024 to be held on 3/8 & 3/9/2024, as a seated day program, has been approved as follows:

Arkansas Sleep 2024: 12 ASET CEU total

Planner Disclosures:

The following planners have no relevant financial relationships with any ineligible companies to disclose:

Charli Evans, RST, RPSGT
Caris Fitzgerald, MD
Michele Blocker, RPSGT, RST
David Davila, MD
Alyssa Ebersole (AASM)