21st Annual Sleep Medicine Update

Registration Fee

Healthcare Professionals: $75     
CHI Health Professionals: $55 (Use code CHI55 at checkout)
Fellows, Residents, and Full-Time Students: $30 (Use code ST30 at checkout)

Description

The 21st Annual Sleep Medicine Update is designed to update attendees regarding the evidence supporting best current clinical practices in sleep medicine.  The information presented is intended to enhance clinical competence in the diagnosis and treatment of various sleep disorders as well as improved care of patients.

Objectives:

• Explore endophenotypic guided treatment for obstructive sleep apnea.]
• Review pharmaceutical agents used in sleep disorders.
• Learn about advanced positive airway pressure modes in complex sleep disordered breathing.
• Recognize various medications associated with sleep disordered breathing.
• Comprehensively review obesity management in sleep apnea patients.
• Understand how to troubleshoot common problems with PAP therapy.
• Discuss the impact of OSA on daytime functioning and cognition.
• Learn about sleep problems in women.
• Explore the outcomes of combination of upper airway surgery with neurostimulation therapy.
• Elaborate strategies to improve outcomes of hypoglossal nerve stimulator therapy.

Designed For

Primary Care Physicians, Hospitalists, Pulmonologists, Intensivists, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Pharmacists, Nurses, Respiratory Therapists, Sleep Technologists, EMS Personnel, Fellows, Residents, Students and Other Interested Health Care Providers.

Jointly Provided By

• Creighton University School of Medicine
• CHI Health
• Creighton University College of Professional and Continuing Education

Schedule

Friday, October 31, 2025

7 a.m.  
Registration, Continental Breakfast and Visit Exhibits

7:30 a.m.  
Welcome and Introduction 
Naresh A. Dewan, MD
Minky Saini, MD

Sleep Medicine Part I

7:45 a.m.
Keynote: Sleep Apnea: Personalized Approach to Treatment and their Outcomes
Shahrokh Zavaheri, MD  

8:45 a.m.
Pharmacotherapeutics in Sleep Medicine: An Update 2025
Mark A. Malesker, PharmD, FCCP, FCCP, FCCM, FASHP, BCPS

9:30 AM               
Break and Visit Exhibits

Sleep Medicine Part II

9:45 AM     
Complex Sleep Disordered Breathing and Hypoventilation Disorders: Advances in NIV, PAP and High Flow Oxygen
Bernardo Selim, MD

10:45 AM   
Sleep Disordered Breathing Associated with Medications: An Update 
Shahrokh Zavaheri, MD  

11:30 AM   
Weight Loss and OSA: An Update 2025
Ankur Saini, MD

Noon
Q & A

12:05 PM   
Lunch and Visit Exhibits

Sleep Medicine Part III

1:00 PM   
Challenges in Downloading Data, Case-based Presentations, and Troubleshooting
Bernardo Selim, MD

1:45 PM   
Daytime Sleepiness and Cognitive Impairment in OSA: A Case Study
Naresh A. Dewan, MD

2:25 PM   
Sleep in Women
Minky Saini, MD

3:05 PM   
Q&A

3:10 PM         
Break and Visit Exhibits

Sleep Medicine Part IV

3:30 PM 
Role of Adjunctive Nasal Surgery with Upper Airway Stimulation Therapy
Adam Pleas, MD

4:00 PM   
Upper Airway Stimulation Therapy: Optimizing Evaluation and Outcomes
Stanley Thomas, DO

4:30 PM   
Q & A and Post-Course Evaluation     
Minky Saini, MD
Naresh A. Dewan, MD

5:00 PM     
Adjournment

Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Creighton University Health Sciences Continuing Education and CHI Health. Creighton University Health Sciences Continuing Education is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.