Program
Thursday 27th March 2008

Sleep Apnea, a public health problem

Chairpersons:
Dr. José María Marín. (Pneumologist) Miguel Servet Hospital (Zaragoza, Spain)
Dr. Luis Seijo. (Pneumologist) University Clinic of Navarra. (Pamplona, Spain)

08:00 - 09:00 Documentation
09:00 - 09:10 Presentation Dr. Francisco Javier Álvarez-Cienfuegos
Medical Director of the University Clinic of Navarra.
(Pamplona, Spain)
09:10 - 10:00 History of Sleep Apnea Dr. Christian Guilleminault (Sleep Medicine)
Psychiatry and Behaviorral Science-Sleep Center. Standford School of Medicine.
(Standford, C.A. USA)
10:00 - 10:30 Epidemiology of the OSAS Dr. Joaquín Terán (Pneumologist)
Sleep Respiratory Unit. General Yagüe Hospital.
(Burgos, Spain)
10:30 - 11:15 Etiology and Physiopathology of the OSAS in Adults Dr. Joan Santamaría (Neurologist)
Neurosciences' Clinical Institute. Clinical Hospital.
(Barcelona, Spain)
11:15 - 11:45 Coffee
11:45 - 12:30 Optimization of resources in Sleep Apnea as a public health problem Dr. Juan Fernando Masa (Pneumologist)
Pneumology Service. San Pedro de Alcántara Hospital.
(Cáceres, Spain)
12:30 - 13:15 OSAS, Significance and Urgency of Diagnosis Dr. Francisco Javier Puertas (Neurophysiologist)
Sleep Unit. Neurophysiology Service. Ribera Hospital.
(Alzira-Valencia, Spain)
13:15 - 13:30
Symposium's Official Inauguration
13:30 - 15:00 Lunch
Diagnostic Studies in Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Chairpersons:
Dr. Diego García-Borreguero. (Neurologist) Sleep Reseach Institute. (Madrid, Spain)
Dr. César Viteri. (Neurologist) University Clinic of Navarra. (Pamplona, Spain)
15:00 - 15:30 Clinical Signs of Sleep Apnea / Differential Diagnosis of OSAS Dr. Joaquín Durán-Cantolla (Pneumologist)
Sleep Unit. Txagorritxu Hospital.
(Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain)
15:30 - 16:00 Polysomnography in the OSAS: Diagnosis and Management Dr. Ramón Rubio (Neurophysiologist)
Sleep Unit. Txagorritxu Hospital.
(Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain)
16:00 - 16:30 ENT exploration and cephalometric analysis in patients with OSAS Dr. Nelson B. Powell (ENT Surgeon)
Facial Reconstructive Surgical and Medical Center. Stanford University Sleep Disorders and Research Center. (Stanford, CA. USA)
Dr. Stephen A. Schendel (Maxillofacial Surgeon)
Craniofacial Surgery Program. Stanford University.
(Stanford, CA. USA)
16:30 - 17:00 Coffee
17:00 - 17:45 Drug induced sleep endoscopy (DISE) Dr. Winfried Hohenhorst (ENT Surgeon)
ENT Department, Facial Plastic Surgery, Interventional Sleep Medicine. St. Antonius Clinic.
(Wuppertal, Germany)
17:45 - 18:30 Imaging studies in the OSAS Dr. David Hatcher (Radiologist)
Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology. DDI Imaging Center.
(Sacramento, CA. USA)
 
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