Professor Ali Azarbazin
Lead Investigator, Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard
About this event
- Date and time Wed 7 Jun 2023 from 9:15am to 6:00pm
- Location Royal Society of Medicine
- Organised by Odontology, Sleep Medicine
The Sleep Symposium will bring together a multidisciplinary range of specialists to address the patient with underlying sleep disorders.
The meeting will commence with a focus on diagnosis and therapy of sleep apnoea, followed by non-respiratory topics covering clinical hypersomnias and the treatment of insomnia. By the end of the meeting participants will have been updated and introduced to the standard of care on the latest use of oral appliance therapies. The meeting will also cover the delivery of the NHS England ‘Optimal Sleep Pathway’.
The purpose of this meeting is to provide an update on the national and international treatment guidelines of obstructive sleep apnoea, identification of respiratory and multidisciplinary aspects of patients with sleep disorders and exploring the pathway delivery of NHS England optimal sleep pathway.
Before the meeting begins participants are welcome to attend the masterclass 'Relevance of arousals for risk stratification in obstructive sleep apnoea' hosted by Professor Ali Azarbazin. View the full programme below for more information.
This meeting will be available as an on-demand recording. To register to watch the on-demand webinar, please click here.
Benefits of attending:
- Learn about the standard diagnostics and therapeutics of obstructive sleep apnoea
- Know the current guidelines on non-CPAP therapies
- Find out about the new NHS England ‘Optimal Sleep Pathway’
- Understand the multidisciplinary nature of patients with sleep disorders
- Hear the latest update on treatment with oral appliance therapies
This event is being held in association with the British Society of Dental Sleep Medicine and the British Sleep Society.
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We would like to thank our sponsors Acurable, Intus Healthcare Limited, Panthera Dental, ProSomnus Sleep Technologies, Signifier Medical Technologies, SomnoMed UK and Stowood Scientific Instruments Ltd for their support of this event. Please note that the main scientific programme and content has not been influenced in any way by the sponsors.
Key speakers
Dr Edward Sall
Otolaryngologists, Community Memorial Hospital-Hamilton and Upstate University Hospital
Professor Olivier Vanderveken
Ear, Nose, and Throat and Head and Neck Surgeon, Antwerp University Hospital
Agenda
View the programme
Optional masterclass
Relevance of arousals for risk stratification in obstructive sleep apnoea
Professor Ali Azarbazin, Lead Investigator, Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard
Masterclass closes
Registration, tea and coffee
Welcome and introduction
Dr Aditi Desai, President, Odontology Section, Royal Society of Medicine and Professor Joerg Steier, Consultant Respiratory Physician, Lane Fox Unit, and British Sleep Society
Non continuous positive airway pressure therapies: ERS guidelines
Professor Joerg Steier
Beyond the AHI: The rise of the hypoxic burden
Professor Ali Azarbazin
Panel discussion
Tea and coffee break
“Nasal obstruction and its role in oral appliance therapy: Preliminary results of the SOS” study
Dr Edward Sall, Otolaryngologists, Community Memorial Hospital-Hamilton and Upstate University Hospital
Sleepio - progress in insomnia management
Dr Dimitri Gavriloff, Senior Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Course Tutor, Sleep Medicine, University of Oxford
Panel discussion
Lunch
Transformation of sleep services: NICE and NHS-England
Dr Sophie West, Consultant Respiratory Physician and Lead, Newcastle Regional Sleep Service and Dr Allie Hare, Consultant Physician, Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Royal Brompton Hospital and Dr Nicola Read, Respiratory Registrar, Royal Brompton Hospital
Fillling the gap: Providing MAD in severe OSA – the FLOSAT study
Professor Olivier Vanderveken, Ear, Nose, and Throat and Head and Neck Surgeon, Antwerp University Hospital
Panel discussion
Tea and coffee break
Hypoglossal nerve stimulation implant for treatment of moderate to sever obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) - First UK cases experience
Dr Yakubu Karagama, Ear, Nose and Throat Consultant and Laryngologist, Guys and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Question and answer session
Closing remarks
Close of meeting
Drinks reception
Sponsors
Location
Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole St, Marylebone, London, W1G 0AE, United Kingdom
Registration for this event will close at 1:00am on Tuesday 6 June 2023. Late registrations will not be accepted.
The agenda is subject to change at any time
If the event is recorded, we are only able to share presentations that we have received permission to share. There is no guarantee that all sessions will be available after the event, this is at the presenter’s and RSM’s discretion.
All views expressed at this event are of the speakers themselves and not of the Royal Society of Medicine, nor the speaker's organisations.
This event will be recorded and stored by the Royal Society of Medicine and may be distributed in future on various internet channels.
