AASM Membership Sections Newsletter Issue #3
4
American Academy
of Sleep Medicine
Circadian Rhythms Section
2012–2013
CHAIR
R. Robert Auger, MD
VICE-CHAIR
Katherine M. Sharkey, MD, PhD
MEMBERS
Tina Burke, PhD
John H. Herman, PhD
The Circadian Rhythms Section
Steering Committee is looking
forward to SLEEP 2013! A quick
glance at the meeting program
reveals excellent representation
of circadian rhythms topics in the
realms of invited lectures, post-
graduate courses, oral and poster
presentations, symposia, discus-
sion groups, bench to bedside
and meet the professor sessions.
Some of these offerings would
not have appeared without the
input of steering committee and
section members.
We hope that our section
meeting on Tuesday, June 4
th
at
5:15
pm will be included in your
schedule. Among the highlights
will be the introduction of the
section investigator awardee fol-
lowed by a presentation of his/her
research. A data blitz will round
out the meeting and will invari-
ably serve to highlight the excit-
ing and diverse nature of current
circadian rhythms research.
We hope also to initiate
important discussions that di-
rectly impact clinical practices.
Outpatient monitoring direc-
tives for the assessment of sleep
disordered breathing and related
cost-saving measures within
sleep medicine as a whole chal-
Preliminary Agenda: Circadian Rhythms
Section Meeting
Baltimore Convention Center
Tuesday, June 4, 2013 from 5:15pm – 6:15pm
I.
Call to Order – Robert Auger, MD,
Chair
5:15
pm
II.
General Business
5:15
pm-5:20pm
•
Introduction of 2013-2014 Circadian Rhythms Chair
•
Introduction of 2012-2013 Circadian Rhythms Steering
Committee
•
Call for Volunteers: 2013-2014 Steering Committee
III.
Section Investigator Award Presentation
5:20
pm-5:30pm
IV.
Update on Standards of Practice
5:30
pm-5:35pm
V.
Update on
ICSD
5:35
pm-5:40pm
VI.
OCST Trends and Impact on Section
5:40
pm-5:45pm
VII.
Data Blitz
5:45
pm-6:15pm
VIII.
Adjournment
6:15
pm
lenge our ability to champion
reimbursement for lesser-utilized
diagnostic tools, despite the fact
that objective assessments are
viewed as integral to the future
evolution of circadian rhythms
clinical medicine. Actigraphy
will be further emphasized as
a diagnostic tool for circadian
rhythms sleep disorders within
the upcoming
International
Classification of Sleep Disorders,
3
rd
edition
(
ICSD-3
).
However,
reimbursement for actigraphy
remains variable or nonexistent,
despite the establishment of a
Current Procedural Terminology
Category I code. As such, many
sleep centers do not include ac-
tigraphy among their diagnostic
tools. Physiologic assessments
of circadian phase will also be
highlighted in
ICSD-3
,
but have
not yet made inroads into routine
clinical practice.
Within these challenges lie op-
portunities for clinical research.
Proponents of these assessment
tools bear the burden of proof
that they are superior to less
expensive alternatives (e.g., sleep
diaries) or are especially impor-
tant in certain subsets of patients.
Methodological descriptions
within research should include
technical details for the reporting