AASM Membership Sections Newsletter Issue #3
11
Movement Disorders Section
2012–2013
CHAIR
Mauro Manconi, MD, PhD
VICE-CHAIR
Denise Sharon, MD, PhD
MEMBERS
Lynne Marie Trotti, MD
Brian Koo, MD
Xiang Gao, MD, PhD
Most of the recent efforts of the
Movement Disorders Section
Committee have been focused
on preparing for the upcoming
SLEEP 2013, 27
th
Annual Meeting
of the APSS in Baltimore. During
the past months the committee
proposed topics to be discussed
at SLEEP 2013, two of which
will be presented during the
meeting. The first topic concerns
the difficult issue of management
of restless legs syndrome (RLS)
during pregnancy, which is to
be presented as a symposium
on Monday, June 3
rd
at 10:30am.
The second will be a clinical
workshop addressing the
pathophysiology, diagnosis,
treatment and long-term
management of RLS, which will
be held on Tuesday, June 4
th
at
2:45
pm. We hope that both of the
topics will meet the interest of the
audience and will stimulate an
exciting discussion.
Preliminary Agenda: Movement Disorders
Section Meeting
Baltimore Convention Center
Tuesday, June 4, 2013 from 5:15pm – 6:15pm
I.
Call to Order – Mauro Manconi, MD, PhD,
Chair
5:15
pm
II.
General Business
5:15
pm-5:20pm
Introduction of 2012-2013 Movement Disorders Steering
Committee
Call for Volunteers: 2013-2014 Steering Committee
III.
Update on
ICSD
Dr. Denise Sharon
5:20
pm-5:25pm
IV.
Update on Standards of Practice
5:25
pm-5:35pm
V.
Section Investigator Award Presentation
5:35
pm-5:45pm
VI.
Task Force: Respiratory Related Leg Movement Disorder
5:45
pm-5:55pm
VII.
Update on Outcome Assessment Measures for RLS
5:55
pm-
6:00
pm
VIII.
Article of the Year on Sleep Related Movement Disorders
6:00
pm-6:05pm
IX.
SLEEP 2014 Proposals
6:05
pm-6:15pm
X.
Adjournment
6:15
pm
Highly important for the
nearly 1,000 members of the
Movement Disorders Section is
the annual Movement Disorders
Section meeting, scheduled
during SLEEP 2013 on Tuesday,
June 4
th
from 5:15 pm-6:15
pm. We will have a busy and
motivating agenda, starting
from the presentation of the new
section chair and followed by a
call for volunteers for the 2013-
2014
Steering Committee. We
strongly encourage those who are
interested in giving their support
to apply to the call. Afterward,
Dr. Denise Sharon (Vice Chair
of the Section Committee) will
give an update on the process
of revision of the
International
Classification of Sleep Disorders
(
ICSD
)
for sleep related
movement disorders. The section
will also receive an update on
recent clinical practice guidelines
related to movement disorders.
The section investigator award
will be presented and the winner
will briefly present his/her
results. Subsequently, a debate
on the opportunity to revise the
scoring rules of the respiratory