Special Announcement

1^st International Pediatric and Adolescent

Sleep Disorders Course and Symposium

(PG Course -Saturday 4th April 2009)

(Symposium- Sunday & Monday, 5th and 6th April 2009)

(Riyadh Military Hospital)

Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

In collaboration with

Saudi Sleep Medicine Group, SSMG

&

Gulf Society Of Pediatric Respirology, GSPR

We are pleased to announce that the Departments of Pediatrics and Medical Studies, Riyadh Military Hospital, Saudi Arabia, will be hosting the 1^st International Pediatric and Adolescent Sleep Disorders Course and Symposium.

PG Sleep Course, April 4^th ,2009

• Basics of sleep medicine, sleep functions and physiology
• Classification of childhood sleep disorders
• Control of breathing during sleep and awake
• Evaluation of sleep disorders in children and adolescents
• Review of normal human sleep stages
• Polysomnography (PSG); scoring and interpretation
• Case-based scenarios

Symposium, April 5^th &6^th 2009

• Sleep-related breathing disorders
• Circadian rhythm disorders
• Parasomnias in children and adolescents
• Narcolepsy and hypersomnia
• Sleep-related movement disorders
• Sleep and chronic diseases in children and adolescents
• Sleep disorders in children with neuromuscular diseases

Target Audience

• Pediatric Pulmonologists
• Sleep Technicians
• Pediatric Psychologists/Psychiatrists
• Pediatric Neurologists
• Behavioral Pediatricians
• Pediatric ENT Surgeons
• Pediatric Nurses
• Pediatric Respiratory Therapists
• Family Physicians
• Adolescent Medicine Physicians

For Registration & Information:

Please visit

http://www.rmh.med.sa/pedsleepsymposium

or contact

Department of Medical Studies, Riyadh Military Hospital

P.O. Box 7897 Riyadh 11159 , Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Phone: +966-1-477 7714 Ext 24933 / 25452, Fax: 966-1-476 0853

E-mail: med.std@rmh.med.sa

adel.alharbi@rmh.med.sa

_________________________________________________________

Adel Salem Alharbi, MD
Consultant, Pediatric Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine
Clinical Tutor, Department of Pediatrics
Pediatric Pulmonology Unit, Department of Pediatrics
Riyadh Military Hospital,Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Work +966-14777714, ext 25452, pager 0347

Mobile +966555132571

Admin, Arab Paediatric Pulmonologists
&

Ahmed BaHammam, FRCP, FCCP
Professor of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine
Director, Sleep Disorders Center
College of Medicine, King Saud University
Associate Editor, Ann Thoracic Med
http://sleep-sa.net
http://faculty.ksu.edu.sa/ahmedbahammam/default.aspx
Tel: 966 1 467 1521
Fax: 966 1 467 2558