Sleep Medicine A Comprehensive Guide for Transitioning Pediatric to Adult Care

1. A Brief History of Sleep Medicine in Children and Adults.- 2. Neurological aspects of sleep medicine how sleep evolves and regulation of function.- 3. Cardiorespiratory changes as they relate to sleep in transition from pediatric to adulthood.- 4. Sleep tools.- 5. Sleep-Disordered Breathing: Diagnosis.- 6. Transitional Care of Sleep-disordered breathing: Management.- 7. Technology approaches for chronic non-invasive ventilatory support in chronic respiratory conditions.- 8. Chronic Noninvasive Ventilatory Support in Various Chronic Respiratory Conditions Including Protocols.- 9. Insomnia Across the Life Span.- 10. Parasomnias: Diagnosis and Management.- 11. Movement Disorders: Diagnosis and Management.- 12. Circadian Rhythm Disorders in Children and Adults.- 13. Transitional Care Aspects of The Diagnosis And Management Of Narcolepsy And Other Primary Disorders of Hypersomnia.- 14. Transition of sleep care in patients with neuromuscular and neurodegenerative disorders.- 15. Cystic Fibrosis: A Successful Model of Transition of Care and Lessons Learned.- 16. Sickle Cell Disease: Lessons Learned.

Amir Sharafkhaneh, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine,

Staff Physician, Sleep Disorders & Research Center,

Medical Care Line, Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center

2002 Holcombe Blvd.,

Houston, Texas, 77030 

Office: 713-794-7318

Email: amirs@bcm.edu

David Gozal, MD, MBA, PhD (Hon), Marie M. and Harry L. Smith Endowed Chair, Chairperson, Department of Child Health, Pediatrician-in-Chief, MU Women’s and Children’s Hospital, University of Missouri School of Medicine

400 N Keene St, Suite 010, Columbia, MO 65201, USA

Office: 573-882-6882

Email: gozald@health.missouri.edu