It is estimated that 25 percent of children in the United States have a sleeping disorder and the importance of recognizing the disorder is often underestimated. Children who are left untreated may suffer long-term consequences.
To educate health care workers and to stimulate research collaborations regarding pediatric sleep disorders, the department of pediatrics has organized a symposium offering up-to-date information on the subject. The symposium is aimed at a wide audience, including physicians, advanced practice nurses, respiratory therapists and other health care professionals.
The half-day conference will cover:
• the diagnosis and treatment of common sleep disorders
• an overview of sleep studies
• sleep problems of neurologically challenged children
• the pediatric otolaryngologist’s perspective of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)
• the role of noninvasive ventilation in children with OSA
Featured guest speakers include: Christopher M. Makris, M.D., M.P.H., professor of pediatrics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and medical director of the Sleep Disorders Center at Birmingham Children’s Hospital; Daniel G. Glaze, M.D., professor of pediatrics and neurology at Baylor College of Medicine; Juan A. Bonilla, M.D., of the Pediatric Ear, Nose and Throat Institute of South Texas; and Karen Hentschel-Franks, D.O., assistant professor of pediatrics and director of the Pediatrics Sleep Lab at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Children’s Hospital.
The educational program is accredited for continuing medical education, continuing nursing education, and continuing respiratory care education.
The conference will occur from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sept. 30, at the CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Center for Children and Families (Goldsbury Building), 333 N. Santa Rosa. It is supported in part by an educational grant from CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health Care. A modest breakfast will be provided. There is no registration fee.
To register, visit:
www.pediatrics.uthscsa.edu/pediconference2005/index.asp.
