Every Night Matters: The Importance of Follow-Up Care and Nightly Monitoring to Maximize Outcomes
Jerald Simmons, MD – Creator, Sleep Education Consortium

How do we know whether our sleep treatments are truly effective? Join Dr. Jerald Simmons as he explores the latest innovations in sleep monitoring technology and their importance in evaluating CPAP and oral appliance therapy. Discover how advances in home monitoring, wearable devices, and objective sleep data can help identify residual breathing disturbances, assess treatment effectiveness, and guide personalized care. Learn why ongoing monitoring—not simply prescribing treatment—is essential to improving patient outcomes and strengthening collaboration between medicine and dentistry.

Dr. Jerald Simmons, MD, is a nationally recognized sleep medicine specialist, educator, and pioneer in sleep research and technology. Fellowship-trained at Stanford University and triple board-certified, he is the founder of Comprehensive Sleep Medicine Associates and the Sleep Education Consortium, which have promoted interdisciplinary education for over 23 years. A longtime advocate for collaboration between medicine and dentistry, Dr. Simmons has served on the AAPMD Board of Directors and is dedicated to advancing sleep diagnostics, innovative monitoring technologies, and improved patient outcomes.

1 CE credit available to AAPMD members