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Marietta
Bellamy Bibbs, BA, RPSGT: Marietta
began her career in polysomnography at Baylor
College of Medicine, Houston Texas back in
1976. In one of the first sleep labs in the
country, she worked closely with Dr. Ismet
Karacan and other well known sleep researchers,
Dr. Catesby Ware and Dr. Max Hirshkowitz.
She was one of the early technologists to
be registered by the BRPT in 1982 and continued
to work in the Houston area at the VA Medical
Center and Baylor College of Medicine until
2005. From there she moved to Florida to partner
and develop Sleep Management Centers, LLC
and Apnea Management Services, LLC. |
Marietta has been intimately involved in education
throughout her career in polysomnography.
She has trained countless sleep technologists,
fellows, residents, medical students and physicians
during her tenure at Baylor and the VA. Marietta
has published numerous articles and has participated
in meetings and made presentations on polysomnography
all over the world.
She has also remained steadfast in education
within polysomnography, initially with the
Education Committee of The Association of
Polysomnographic Technologists (APT) and continuing
with the Board of Registered Polysomnographic
Technologists (BRPT), where she has served
in many capacities.
Marietta believes that the pathway to maintaining
a strong profession in polysomnography is
through superior and sophisticated education
for sleep technologists. This can only be
achieved by providing the best educators to
train the technologists of the future in the
rapidly growing field of sleep medicine. She
has been able to put together an influential
faculty at the Florida Sleep School that will
ensure the technologists who choose to take
the courses here are provided a strong background
as they enter the field of polysommography. |
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Dr.
Everett H Alsbrook, MD, FCCP: Dr.
Alsbrook received his Internal Medicine training
at North Carolina Baptist Hospital, his Critical
Care Medicine training at the University of
Florida and his Pulmonary Medicine training
at Bowman Gray School of Medicine in Winston-Salem,
North Carolina. He is board certified in Internal
Medicine and Sleep Medicine with a subspecialty
certification in Critical Care Medicine. Dr
Alsbrook has been practicing in Florida for
the last 25 years. |
Instructors
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Andrea
L Clark, MSW, RPSGT: Andrea has 30
years experience in many facets of sleep medicine
including sleep center development, operations
management, corporation founder and served
on numerous sleep related organizations and
committees.
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Dennis
DeBruler, RPSGT: Dennis has 13 years
experience in sleep ranging from multi-site
lab management, clinical coordinator, pharmaceutical
research projects, staff continuing education
and patient DME services.
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John
D Cottengim, RPSGT: John has 6 years
experience in sleep as a lead technologist
and sleep laboratory manager and is also a
Registered Emergency Medical Technician.
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Guest Faculty
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W. McDowell Anderson, MD,
has worked in sleep disorders for 25 years
and is Medical Director for Sleep Medicine
at the University Of South Florida College
Of Medicine, Professor of Medicine in the
Department of Internal Medicine and Chief
of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
at the James A. Haley VA Hospital. |
| Selim
Benbadis, MD, DABSM is Professor
of Neurology in the departments of Neurology
and Neurosurgery at the University of South
Florida and Director of the University of
South Florida /Tampa General Hospital Comprehensive
Epilepsy Program. |
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Richard Berry, MD, DABSM
is Professor of Medicine Pulmonary, Critical
Care, and Sleep Medicine at the University
of Florida College of Medicine, Chief, Pulmonary
Section, Malcom Randall VAMC and Medical Director,
Sleep Disorders Center Shands at AGH, Gainesville,
FL. |
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Alex Chediak, MD, DABSM,
has worked in sleep disorders medicine for
over 18 years and is current President of
the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM),
Chief of the Sleep Disorders Center and Associate
Professor of Medicine at Mt. Sinai Medical
Center in Miami Beach and Medical Director
of the Miami Sleep Disorders Center. |
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Martin Cohn, MD, DABSM, has
been involved with sleep medicine since 1975
and is presently Director of the Sleep Disorders
Center of SW Florida in Naples and is involved
in diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders
as well as clinical research and pharmaceutical
drug trials. |
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Sudanhsa Chokroverty, MD, FRCO, FACP,
has been seriously involved in sleep medicine
since the early 1990s. He is current Professor
and Co-Chair of Neurology, Program Director
of Clinical Neurophysiology and Chairman of
Sleep medicine, co-directing the Sleep Fellowship
Program at NJ Neuroscience Institute at JFK-Seton
Hall University. |
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John Herman, PhD, DABSM,
has been involved in sleep Medicine since
1967 and is current Professor of Pediatrics,
Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the
Sleep Medicine Fellowship Program at the University
of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas,
TX. |
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Max Hirshkowitz, PhD, DABSM,
has worked in sleep medicine for 33 years
and is Associate Professor at Baylor College
of Medicine, Department of Medicine and Department
of Psychiatry. He also directs the Sleep Disorders
and Research Center at the Michael E. DeBakey
Veteran Affairs Medical Center and is Training
Director of the Baylor Sleep Medicine Fellowship
Training Program. |
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Cindy Nichols, PhD, FAASM, CBSM,
has been involved in sleep research and clinical
practice in sleep medicine since 1983 and
is a pediatric-adolescent sleep specialist
at Munson Medical Center in Traverse City,
MI. |
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Carlos H. Schenck, MD, is
Professor of Psychiatry at the University
of Minnesota Medical School and has been a
member of the Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders
Center for the past 25 years. He is world-renown
for his involvement in clinical research of
REM sleep behavior disorder, sleep related
eating disorder, and other parasomnias. |
| Amir
Sharafkhaneh, MD, is Medical Director
of the Sleep Disorders Center at the Michael
E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX
and Assistant Professor of Medicine at Baylor
College of Medicine, Houston, TX. |
| Guest
Faculty - Technologists |
| Debbi
Akers, RPSGT, has 24 years of sleep
experience in Polysomnography that includes
technical, education, research, and management.
She has served on several professional committees
and contributed to the publication of the
Fundamentals of Sleep Technology
textbook. |
| Todd
Eiken, RPSGT, has over 20 years experience
in the field of sleep disorders medicine and
has served as Director for several accredited
full-service sleep centers and Program Director
for national training programs for physicians
and technologists. |
| Cameron
D. Harris, BS, RPSGT, has 29 years
of experience in sleep medicine and has served
on boards of directors for organizations in
the sleep medicine community, including past
President of the APT and the BRPT and currently
serves on the Co-PSG Board. |
| Dan
Herold, RPSGT, has 22 years experience
in the field of sleep medicine as a technologist,
manager, and clinical instructor and has been
instructing students and technologists for
20 years. He is past Chair and served on the
BRPT Board of Directors for 12 years. |
| Bonnie
Robertson, CRT, RPSGT, has over 25
years experience in sleep medicine and is
President of Robertson Sleep Medicine Consulting,
Indianapolis, Indiana. She has served on the
BRPT Board for 18 years and has the distinction
of being the only person to preside over the
BRPT twice. |
| Patrick
Sorenson, RPSGT, has almost 20 years
of clinical experience in the field of sleep
disorders and pediatric polysomnography. He
is Director of Education for the Ascension
Healthcare System Sleep Laboratories in the
Greater Boston area and is an adjunct professor
for the Northern Essex Community College.
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