2019 AASP Annual Sun, Sand, & Sleep Conference
Orange Beach Event Center
Orange Beach, Alabama
Friday, April 12, 2019 through Saturday, April 13, 2019
We at the AASP are getting geared up for our annual spring conference!! We have some great speakers lined up who are going to be sharing some new and exciting topics with us. The venue for this year’s event is the Orange Beach Event Center which is located next door to our host hotel, Springhill Suites at The Wharf. Both locations are beautiful and boast a gorgeous landscape and scenery. The hotel and event center are conveniently located across the street from The Wharf which is known for its great shopping, dining, and entertainment. We are also providing a small block of rooms that are beach front at Island House, a Doubletree Hotel by Hilton.
AASP will have two time slots available for you to get registered and pick up your welcome packet. Registration will be from 4-6PM on Thursday or Friday morning before our speakers begin. Be sure to take advantage of the special rates we have negotiated with the hotels. The link to book your reservation in below. Please be sure to do this before the deadline date as we cannot guarantee availability and special pricing after the date listed as passed. We will be having a private party on the terrace at Bayes Southern Bar and Grill on Friday event, which is located on the same grounds our host hotel. Dinner, drinks, and dessert, as well as live entertainment! We hope you will make plans to spend your evening with us!
Specialty room rates are only available until March 11, 2019 or until our group block is sold out. Be sure to reserve your room now to get the lowered rate of $189.00-$199.00. We look forward to seeing you all in April!
Tentative Agenda
| 2019 AASP Annual Meeting Agenda | |||||
| April 12-13, 2019 | |||||
| Orange Beach Event Center | |||||
| Thursday, April 11, 2019 | |||||
| Time | |||||
| 2:00PM | Vendor Setup | ||||
| 4-6PM | Registration | ||||
| Friday, April 12, 2019 | |||||
| 7:00AM | Registration | ||||
| 8:00AM | Opening Remarks | ||||
| 8:15AM | Michael P. Houston, M.D. | ||||
| Narclolepsy & Treatments | |||||
| 9:30AM | Robbie Williamson, RPSGT, RRT | ||||
| CPAP Mask-Full Face vs. Nasal Mask | |||||
| 10:30AM | Justin Thomas, PhD | ||||
| Behavioral Sleep Medicine: Treatment without the Unpleasant Side Effects | |||||
| 11:45AM | Lunch/Vendors | ||||
| 1:00PM | Adrian Divittorio, M.D. | ||||
| Pulmonary Hypertension and OSA | |||||
| 2:15PM | Panel Discussion on Accreditation | ||||
| David Moore | |||||
| 3:15PM | Christopher R. Hope, M.D., M.H.A. | ||||
| Tele-Sleep in Alabama: Potentials and Pitfalls | |||||
| 4:15PM | Joseph Anderson, RPSGT, RST, CCSH, CRT-NPS | ||||
| Medical Marijuana and Its Affect on Sleep | |||||
| 5:15PM | Closing Remarks | ||||
| 5:30PM | Dinner Party at Bayes | ||||
| Saturday, April 13, 2019 | |||||
| 8:00AM | Joseph Anderson, RPSGT, RST, CCSH, CRT-NPS | ||||
| An Acitive Shooter in the Sleep Lab: How to Respond | |||||
| 9:15AM | Jennifer Pilkington | ||||
| Kindness at the Bedside | |||||
| 10:15AM | Dru Watkins, RPSGT, CCSH | ||||
| 101 Things You Do Not Know About PAP Therapy | |||||
| 11:30AM | Business Meeting and Issuance of Certificates | ||||