Steering Committee
Profiles
Deirdre Conroy, PhD (Chair)
Dr. Conroy obtained her Ph.D. in
Psychology from City University
of New York. She completed her
clinical training in sleep disorders
medicine at New York Methodist
Hospital and Columbia Presby-
terian Medical Center. She then
completed a 2-year postdoctoral
fellowship at the University of
Michigan Addiction Research
Center. Dr. Conroy is a licensed
clinical psychologist who is
board certified in Clinical Sleep
Disorders by the American Board
of Sleep Medicine, in Behavioral
Sleep Medicine by the American
Academy of Sleep Medicine, and
in cognitive behavioral therapy
by the American Board of
Professional Psychology. At the
University of Michigan, she is a
Clinical Associate Professor and
Clinical Director of the Behav-
ioral Sleep Medicine Clinic. She
is interested in the role of sleep
disturbance in the evaluation
and treatment of psychiatric
disorders, such as in substance
use disorders and depression.
2013 - 2014
chair
Deirdre Conroy, PhD
vice-chair
Zhaoming Chen, MD, PhD
members
Beverly Fang, MD
Mary Rose, Psy D
Rebecca Q. Scott, MD
Fahd A. Zarrouf, MD
AASM Membership Sections Newsletter
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Issue # 4
American Academy
of Sleep Medicine
8
Insomnia
Greetings AASM members! In the constantly evolving field of sleep
medicine, the insomnia section seeks not only to keep up with the chang-
es, but to assist our members in their own educational clinical growth. In
this insomnia section newsletter, we offer some ideas about how we can
continue to redefine our research, educational, and clinical mission to
the current needs of the society.
One of our goals for the Insomnia section meeting that took place
in Baltimore was to solicit feedback from the attending clinicians and
researchers. A theme emerged: to develop a “well-rounded” sleep clinic
with adequate education about insomnia and its treatment. Attendees
were seeking more educational and self-help resources about insomnia
for their own knowledge and their patient’s. Therefore, in this newsletter,
Dr. Rebecca Scott provides the most up-to-date resources for the patient
and Dr. Fahd Zarrouf reviews up-to-date resources for the insomnia
clinician. Though there are changes on the horizon with respect to the
ICSD-3, Drs. Rose and Conroy remind our clinicians to not forget the
data supporting the most effective treatments we have for insomnia.
Last, Dr. Chen discussed the utility of having our fellow nurse practi-
tioners and physician assistants involved in sleep centers and how they
can help us develop our well-rounded sleep clinics.
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Helping Our Patients To Distill All Of Those Self-
Help Resources
Rebecca Q. Scott, Ph.D., CBSM, D, ABSM
By the time a patient with insomnia walks into our office, they’ve
often spent countless hours researching insomnia and treatments. With
the click of a mouse, one could literally lose days and nights in search
of better sleep. And while the blind Google search can yield useful and
powerful information, too often the Internet is wrought with misinfor-
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