GASP Annual Meeting

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
	Don Bliwise, PhD Professor of Neurology, Emory Director, Program in Sleep, Aging and Chronobiology Education: Clark University, Worcester, MA B.A. 1974 Psychology University of Chicago, Chicago, IL M.A. 1978 Behavioral Science University of Chicago, Chicago, IL Ph.D. 1982 Behavioral Science Licensure: Ph.D. Diplomate, American Academy of Sleep Medicine; Psychology Licensure (California, Georgia) Publications: Please click here.
	Nancy Collop, M.D. Dr. Collop graduated summa cum laude from Edinboro State University in Pennsylvania. She was the first graduate from the All College Honors Program and the recipient of the Dean Well Award for Outstanding Student in the Health Sciences. Dr. Collop earned her medical degree from Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, where she was awarded the Roche Clinical Psychiatry Research Award and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. Dr. Collop completed her internal medicine internship and residency at the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond, and a pulmonary/critical care fellowship at the University of Florida In Gainesville. She was the recipient of the Research Fellowship Award from the American Lung Association of Florida. Dr. Collup, a nationally recognized expert in sleep medicine, was recently named director of the Emory Sleep Center. She also will have a primary appointment in the Emory School of Medicine as professor of medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, and a secondary appointment as professor of neurology. Collop comes to Emory from Johns Hopkins University, where she served as a professor of medicine in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and as the medical director of The Johns Hopkins Hospital Sleep Disorders Laboratory. Collop graduated summa cum laude from Edinboro State University in Edinboro, Pennsylvania and earned her medical degree at Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, where she was awarded the Roche Clinical Psychiatry Research Award and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. Collop completed her internal medicine internship and residency at the Medical College of Virginia and a pulmonary/critical care fellowship at the University of Florida. She was a recipient of the Research Fellowship Award from the American Lung Association of Florida. She has been awarded several prestigious honors including “Best Doctors in America,” Baltimore’s “Top Doctor” in pulmonary and critical care medicine and sleep medicine, the Al Soffer Award for Editorial Excellence and the College Medalist by the American College of Chest Physicians, Distinguished Alumna for Natural Sciences (Edinboro University), and the Helmut S. Schmidt Award (American Board of Sleep Medicine). Collop has served on the Board of Directors for the American Board of Sleep Medicine since 1998 and was the president from 2002-2009. She is on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and is currently the president elect; she is also on the Board of Directors for the American Sleep Medicine Foundation. She was on the founding committee of the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Sleep Medicine Examination Committee and also serves on the ABIM Pulmonary Self Evaluation Process committee. Collop is an associate editor of the journal Chest and serves on the editorial board of Pulmonary Reviews. Her research interests include diagnostic testing for sleep-disordered breathing and standards for polysomnography.

FACULTY
	Marietta B. Bibbs, BA, RPSGT Marietta is Manager of Sleep and Neurodiagnostics at Morton Plant Mease Healthcare in Clearwater, FL. Marietta has worked in the field of sleep medicine for 36 years, is past president of the BRPT, past chair of the BRPT Exam Development Committee and past chair of the BRPT Education Advisory Committee. Marietta is a recipient of both the Weitzman Award and the MacGregor Award.
	Daniel Brown, J.D. Daniel Brown, J.D., is the legal expert on the faculty of the Atlanta School. A specialist in healthcare law, Mr. Brown is the co-author of the publication "Sleep and the Law". Mr. Brown is a partner at Brown, Dresevic, Gustafson, Iwrey, Kalmowitz and Pendleton, THE HEALTH LAW PARTNERS, LLC, a nationally recognized health law firm with offices in New York, Michigan and now Atlanta. Mr. Brown has extensive experience advising clients on the legal and regulatory issues impacting sleep physician groups, laboratories and independent diagnostic testing facilities. His presentation to Atlanta classes on the Legal Aspects of Sleep is a primer on the implications of establishing and operating a sleep center. Mr. Brown earned a law degree from the University of Tennessee and a B.A. from Vanderbilt University. He is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association and the Health Law Section of the Georgia Bar. Dan has been practicing law for nineteen years.
	Kim Goins, RPSGT Worked in the field of sleep medicine since 1997 and became registered by the BRPT in 1999. I am currently the Supervisor of the Sleep Center at Egleston, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, a leading pediatric hospital. My primary focus for the last 11 years has been pediatric sleep medicine.
	Ed Grandi Edward Grandi serves as the Executive Director of the American Sleep Apnea Association. He began his non-profit career as a director of development after 25 years as an insurance executive. His background in sales and marketing has transformed the association; making it more dynamic and responsive to the needs of the various constituents of the organization. He is frequently quoted in local and national media on the prevalence of sleep apnea and diagnostic and treatment options available to address this chronic disease.
	Byron Jamerson, RPSGT Byron is the Director of Sleep Disorders Services for Coffee Health Group in Florence, AL and has been a sleep tech since 1986. He became registered by the BRPT in 1989. Since then he has served as an examiner on the BRPT part 3 exam, has served on the editorial board of the national newsletter, was co-chair of the first APT Technologist recognition week, and served as the Education Chair for the Alabama Association of Sleep Professionals. In 1994 Byron began teaching and doing private consulting work. His students have a very good record on the registry exam and he has also taken five different sleep programs through the AASM accreditation. Byron tries to take a “plain English” approach to his teaching and believes that truly understanding the foundational standards is the key to making a great sleep tech.
	Manoj Maggan DDS Dr. Manoj Maggan received his dental degree from the University of Tennessee in 1995. His practice, in Alpharetta, Ga, is limited to the treatment of TMJ disorders, Orofacial Pain and Dental Sleep Medicine. Dr. Maggan is Board Certified in Dental Sleep Medicine with a Diplomate from the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine. He is also a Diplomate in the American Academy of Pain Management and has earned a fellowship in the American Academy of Craniofacial Pain and the International College of Craniomandibular Orthopedics.
	J. Mark Parrish, C.R.T., RPSGT Has worked in the field of sleep medicine for 24 years. Registered Technologist since 1993. Was the original Director for central Georgia's largest sleep disorders center. Currently works as the Program Chair and Lead Instructor for the Polysomnographic Technology Program at Central Georgia Technical College.
	Hitendra K. Patel, MD Currently Medical Director of the Wellstar Sleep Program, and partner at Wellstar Pulmonary Medicine, Marietta, GA. Previously Director of Cabell Huntington Hospital Sleep Lab and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Joan C Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, WV.
	Mayoor Patel DDS, D.ABDSM Dr. Mayoor Patel received his dental degree from the University of Tennessee in 1994 and then completed a one year residency in Advanced Education in General Dentistry (AEGD). He has earned a Fellowship in the American Academy of Craniofacial Pain, the International College of Craniomandibular Orthopedics & Academy of General Dentistry along with being a Diplomate in the American Academy of Pain Management. He is one of four in Georgia to be Boarded in Dental Sleep Medicine with a Diplomate from the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine. Dr Patel has taken well over 1000 hours of postgraduate education courses in the area of Sleep Medicine, Craniofacial Pain, Sleep disorders and Orthodontics. Presently, Dr Patel has enrolled in a Masters in Science program with Tufts University in Boston and plans to complete it in 2011. Since December 2008, he has been appointed as the Director of the Dental Sleep Medicine Program at Fusion Sleep in Suwanee, Georgia. Dr Patel was born and raised in Harare, Zimbabwe. After moving to Atlanta he has worked in the Metro area since 1995. He has served as a part time clinical instructor at Georgia Perimeter College and presently sits on the Dental Advisory Committee. In addition, Dr Patel is a Peer reviewer for Penn Well Publications. Since 2003, he has limited his practice to the treatment of TMJ Disorders, Headaches, Facial Pain, Sleep apnea and Snoring. Along with a busy practice Dr Patel also lectures on topics in Temporomandibular disorders and Dentists role in dental management of Sleep Apnea and snoring.
	Emmanuel J. Porquez BS, RPSGT Emmanuel J. Porquez has been affiliated with the Atlanta School of Sleep Medicine and Technology since 2004. As a Registered Polysomnographic Technologist, he has taught and participated in Physician’s Board Reviews, Technicians Board Reviews, Technician’s A-Step Program, various webinar lectures, including lecturing in pediatric courses, all through the Atlanta School of Sleep Medicine. Porquez has participated in more than 15 different pharmaceutical research protocols during his tenure at Neurotrials Research Inc., and is a published author in The Focus Journal, Sleep Review Journal and RT Manual for Decision Makers. He currently works for Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, one of the leading pediatric hospitals in the country, where he continues to expand his knowledge and focus on the pediatric age group. Porquez has also been an employee at Piedmont Heart Institute since 2007 where he works PRN. Emmanuel is a national and regional speaker and serves on the Editorial Review Board for Sleep Review Journal.
	Beth Richey, RRT 12+ years in Respiratory care with experience in various areas including:General acute staff respiratory care, Nursing Home care Pulmonary Rehab instructor, Pulmonary Function Testing and Home Care. Currently is the Area Clinical Manager - Southeast for ResMed Corporation, Providing clinical education relating to sleep disordered breathing to Physicians, Respiratory Care Practitioners, Nurses, Polysomnography Techs, and general public. Area covered includes the Southeast U.S. – From Texas to East Coast and PR.
	Richard S. Rosenberg, PhD Richard Rosenberg received his PhD in 1980 from the University of Chicago where he worked in the laboratory of Dr. Allan Rechtschaffen. After a postdoctoral fellowship at Argonne National Laboratory he served as co-director of the University of Chicago Sleep Center and then director of the Evanston Hospital Sleep Center. He was a member of the AASM Board of Directors from 1999 to 2003. He joined the AASM staff in 2004 and worked with the Education, Accreditation and Standards of Practice Committees. He is now Director of Professional Education and Training at the AASM.
	Arthur S. Walters, M.D. Arthur S. Walters, M.D. completed his medical degree at Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, his Neurology Residency at Downstate Medical Center Brooklyn, NY and subsequently his Movement Disorder Fellowship at the Neurological Institute, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, NY, NY. He served as Assistant and Associate Professor of Neurology at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and then as full Professor of Neuroscience at the Seton Hall University School of Graduate Medical Education, both in New Jersey, from 1998-2008. In 2008 he joined the Vanderbilt faculty as Professor of Neurology and as Associate Director of the Vanderbilt Sleep Disorders Center. Dr. Walters has been awarded the 2010 American Academy of Neurology Sleep Science Award for excellence in sleep research and will be featured in the textbook "Pioneers and Thought Leaders in Sleep Medicine." Dr. Walters also holds a distinguished faculty medical license in Tennessee.
	Susan Keller Yenney, RPSGT Susan Keller Yenney, RPSGT has been working in the field of sleep medicine and technology for the past 24 years. She has worked on projects with many pioneers in the field including Dr. Bill Dement. She has many years of sleep lab management experience and currently serves as a site visitor for the CoA PSG segment of the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs and as a technical board member of the Georgia Association of Sleep Professionals. She has been working with Philips Respironics as a Sleep Consultant since 2009.

	Chiaki Fukuhara, PhD Ketema N Paul, PhD J. Christopher Ehlen, PhD Morehouse School of Medicine, Sleep Research Octavian C. Ioachimescu, MD, PhD Veterans Affairs Hospital, Sleep Research

Nancy Collop, M.D.