1. business and industrial
2. business operations
3. business plans

Your All-Inclusive Package
to Practice Dental
Sleep Medicine
Course Description
The inaugural meeting of the Canadian Academy of Clinical Sleep Disorders Disciplines
welcomes all healthcare providers who are focused on increasing patient flow, diversifying
patient populations, and working collaboratively across the Dental Sleep Medicine field to
answer the growing need for Dental Sleep Medicine practitioners in the Canadian context.
Course Presenters
Qasim Alikhan, MD,
FRCPC, DABSM
Marcel Baltzan, MDCM,
DABSM, FRCPC, FAASM
Joanne Friedman, BSc., RHN
Working Together to
Keep the World Awake
The Importance of
Collaboration
Patient Comfort and Compliance
and Your Dental Laboratory
Jacques Hébert, DMD,
C.DSM
Daniel Lane, RPSGT, CCSH
Mitch Livingston, BSc.,
PEng
David Rawson, DDS,
DABCP, DACSDD, FAACP
How did I get here?
Scoring: Understanding a
Sleep Study
The Business of Dental
Sleep Medicine and
Change
How NOT to turn a Snorer
into a Silent Apneic
DSG Americus is designated as an Approved PACE Program Provider
by the Academy of General Dentistry. The formal continuing education
programs of this program provider are accepted by AGD for Fellowship,
Mastership, and membership maintenance credit. Approval does not
imply acceptance by a state or provincial board of dentistry or AGD
endorsement. The current term of approval extends to 6/30/15.
Your All-Inclusive Package
to Practice Dental
Sleep Medicine
Learning Objectives
The conference is marked by four groundbreaking discussions brought into the Canadian
Dental Sleep Medicine conversation for the first time, ever:
• Dental Sleep Medicine in Canada as Collaborative: what you need to know about teamwork,
how to work together, and how to increase revenue via partnerships.
• Canadian-specific practice systems that ensure treatment efficacy and Compliance: what you
need to know about policy and patient compliance in Dental Sleep Medicine, and how to
build systems that are successful and sustainable.
• Dental Sleep Medicine expertise as an important Commodity in the Canadian healthcare
context: what you need to know about running a profitable practice and how to keep it that
way within the Canadian system.
• Clinical guidance specific to the Canadian community of practitioners: what you need to
know about particular clinical topics, benefitting from the expertise of others around you
through discussion and debate.
Dates, Location, and Price
When:
Friday
Saturday
May 22nd, 2015
May 23rd, 2015
Where:
Four Points by Sheraton
Toronto Airport
6257 Airport Road | Mississauga, ON
Room rate of $110/night
How much: $395/practitioner
$295/guest
5PM-9PM
7AM-5PM
Friday and Saturday General Sessions
Friday, May 22nd, 2015:
5:00pm - 9:00pm
5:00pm - 5:20pm
5:30pm - 5:45pm
5:45pm - 6:05pm
Registration
David Rawson, DDS: Welcome and Opening Remarks
Meet the CACSDD Advisory Council
6:15pm
Presentation #1
Dr. Marcel Baltzan, MDCM, DABSM, FRCPC, FAASM Sleep Physician; Montreal, PQ
“The Importance of Collaboration”
Sponsor Time
Question and Answer
7:00pm
7:10pm
8:00pm - 9:00pm
Social Time: Time to meet our Sponsors, Speakers, Advisory Council of CACSDD
and fellow colleagues working in the field of Dental Sleep Medicine.
Saturday, May 23rd, 2015:
7:00am - 5:00pm
7:00am - 8:00am
8:00am - 8:10am
8:15am - 8:25am
Time with Exhibitors and Continental Breakfast
David Rawson, DDS: Welcome and Opening Remarks
Michael Krahe, PhD: Greetings to Canada!
8:30am
Presentation #2
Mr. Mitch Livingston, BSc., PEng
Business Development and Entrepreneurship; Ottawa, ON
“The Business of Dental Sleep Medicine and Change”
Sponsor Time
Question and Answer
9:10am
9:20am
Saturday General Session (cont’d)
9:30am
10:10am
10:20am
Presentation #3
Mr. Daniel Lane, RPSGT, CCSH
Registered Sleep Technologist and Sleep Lab Director; Long Beach, CA
“Scoring: Understanding a Sleep Study”
Sponsor Time
Question and Answer
10:30am - 11:00am
Time with Exhibitors and Morning Refreshment Break
11:00am
11:40am
11:50am
Presentation #4
Ms. Joanne Friedman, BSc., RHN
Dental Services Group, Canadian Territory Manager; Toronto, ON
“Patient Comfort and Compliance and Your Dental Laboratory”
Sponsor Time
Question and Answer
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Time with Exhibitors and Lunch Break
1:00pm
Presentation #5
Dr. David Rawson, DDS, DABCP, DACSDD, FAACP
Dental practice limited to TMJ, Chronic Pain, and Sleep Disorders; London, ON
“How Not to Turn a Snorer into a Silent Apneic”
Sponsor Time
Question and Answer
1:40pm
1:50pm
2:00pm
2:40pm
2:50pm
Presentation #6
Dr. Qasim Alikhan, MD, FRCPC, DABSM
Sleep Physician; Ottawa, ON
“Working Together to Keep the World Awake”
Sponsor Time
Question and Answer
3:00pm - 3:30pm
Time with Exhibitors and Afternoon Refreshment Break
3:30pm
4:10pm
4:20pm
Presentation #7
Dr. Jacques Hébert, DMD, C.DSM
General Dentist; Longueuil, PQ
“How Did I Get Here?”
Sponsor Time
Question and Answer
4:30pm
5:00pm
Panel Discussion
Closing remarks