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The Treatment of Sleep Apnea with an Implanted Neuro-Stimulator: A Collaborative Approach
January 29, 2019 @ 9:00 pm - 10:00 pm EST
Patients with moderate to severe sleep apnea who found CPAP therapy not effective and oral appliance therapy not indicated had only one available option: surgery. Now there is another option – an implanted neuro-stimulator that reacts to changes in breathing and gently stimulates the muscles of the upper airway. Learn how this new device is being used as part of a team treatment approach.
Pat McBride, MA, RDA, CCSH has spent 39 years as a full time clinician and educator in the fields of dentistry, respiratory medicine, sleep medicine and public health. Her publications span both medical and psychosocial spectrums. She sits on the Board of Directors for the American Academy of Physiological Medicine and Dentistry in New York, and is the Director of Education for the North American Association of Facial Orthotropics. Pat has recently joined the Inspire Medical Team for their Northwest Territory, and she continues to work hands on with renowned Stanford Sleep physicians in an effort to provide curative pathways for sleep and breathing patients.
She is a Ph.D. candidate at Fielding Graduate University