Tag: sleep medicine

SAN ANTONIO - Dr. Kelly Carden was announced as the 34th president of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine's board of directors. She assumed the role during SLEEP 2019, the annual meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies LLCS, a joint venture of the AASM and the Sleep Research Society. Carden will serve a one-year term leading the 10,000 physicians, scientists, advanced practice providers and allied health professionals who make up AASM's membership. She has been an AASM member since...

DARIEN, Ill. ­- The American Academy of Sleep Medicine has launched the SleepTM app to directly connect patients to sleep medicine professionals and accredited sleep centers through its SleepTM telemedicine platform. The app provides patients with convenient access to sleep medicine services on their mobile devices, AASM says. “The AASM SleepTM app promotes affordable, convenient, patient-centered care by eliminating common health care obstacles such as distance, travel costs and wait...

SAN DIEGO - ResMed has donated $5 million to the University of California San Diego to establish the Peter C. Farrell Sleep Center of Excellence in addition to the Peter C. Farrell Chair in Pulmonary Medicine. Farrell is the founder of ResMed and chairman of the board. The center, at UC San Diego School of Medicine, will support sleep medicine and research, according to local reports.