2017 Speaker Handouts

Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine (SASM) 
7^th Annual Meeting: Perioperative and Sleep Medicine: Controversies and Challenges October 19-20.2017 
Hilton Boston Logan Airport 
Boston, MA 

Annual Meeting Speaker Handouts 

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• Most Influential Publications in Perioperative Sleep Medicine in 2015-17 - Susana Vacas, MD, PhD 
  • Designing Clinical Trials in Perioperative Sleep Medicine: A Rationale and Pragmatic Approach - Daniel J. Gottlieb, MD, MPH 
  • Sleep Labs are Obsolete for Perioperative Assessment of Sleep-Disordered Breathing: Pro - Lawrence J. Epstein, MD 
  • Sleep Labs are Obsolete for Perioperative Assessment of Sleep-Disordered Breathing: Con - Susheel Patil, MD, PhD 
  • Postoperative Monitoring for Patients with Sleep Apnea: The Good, The Bad and the Useless - Satya Krishna Ramachandran, MD, MBBS 
  • Novel Ways of Diagnosing Sleep-Disordered Breathing - KobySheffy, PhD
  • KEYNOTE: The Opioid Epidemic, Chronic Pain Syndromes and the Patient with Sleep-Disordered Breathing - Chad Brummet, MD 
  • KEYNOTE: Traditional and Novel Ways to Monitor Patients in the Post-Operative Period - Dean R. Hess, PhD, RRT 
  • The Influence of Sleep-Disordered Breathing on Pain Perception and Response to Pain Management - Making Sense of it All - Anthony Doufas, MD, PhD
  • Postoperative Delirium and Sleep Apnea - Sakura Kinjo, MD
  • Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure in the Early Post- Operative Period - Toby Weingarten, MD
  • Sleep-Disordered Breathing Influences Early Postoperative Recovery: Pro - Ellen Soffin, MD, PhD
  • Legal Aspects of Perioperative Care of the Patient with Sleep Apnea - Gene Hong, MD, JD
  • Perioperative Management of the Patient with Narcolepsy - Dennis Auckley, MD
  • Intraoperative Management of the Patient with Sleep Apnea: Airway Management - Mahesh Nagappa, MD
  • Intraoperative Management of the Patient with Sleep Apnea: Anesthesia Techniques - Crispiana Cozowicz, MD 

• 2nd Place Abstract - Lukas Pichler, MD
• 3rd Place Abstract - Crispiana Cozowiza. MD
• 2016 Research Grant Recipient - Vidya Raman, MD