First NY Professional Sleep Medicine Conference To Be Held in Albany, NY Oct. 1-2, 2010: Medical Reporters Welcome
[Newswise] — The New York State Society of Sleep Medicine (NYSSSM) will hold its first annual meeting and sleep conference, featuring speakers who are nationally recognized experts in clinical sleep medicine, on October 1-2, 2010 in Albany, NY.
Among the topics at the two-day conference for physicians, psychologists, dentists and technologists are:
• “Recent Advances in the Treatment of Excessive Sleepiness,” Michael Thorpy, MD, first president of NYSSSM and Director, Sleep-Wake Disorders Center, Montefiore Medical Center (MMC) and Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AECOM), Bronx, NY.
• “What Animals Can Tell Us About Sleep,” George Zhao, Neurology Fellow, Sleep-Wake Disorders Center, MMC, Bronx, NY.
• “Sleepiness and Depression,” Jon Freeman, PhD, Director of Laboratory Services, Sleep Disorders Institute, New York, NY.
• “Sleepiness in Women,” Joyce Walsleben, RN, PhD, NYU School of Medicine, NYU Sleep Disorder Center, New York, NY.
• “Short and Long Sleep Time and Health Risks,” James Gangwisch, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY.
Reporters and medical writers are welcome, for free, but must register by contacting Jerilyn Saalman, JSAALMAN@montefiore.org. Clinicians can register by contacting Stephen Feld, sfeld@montefiore.org. A full schedule of events for the conference, including corporate sponsors, is available at the NYSSSM web site: www.nysssm.org.
