Dr. Quan is a Senior Physician in the Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the McGinnis Professor of Sleep Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He was the founding editor of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine and has served as the president of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. His current research activities focus on the epidemiology of sleep and sleep disorders.

This presentation initially will provide a brief review of the clinical manifestations and epidemiology of obstructive sleep apnea. Subsequently, there will be a discussion of new diagnostic and therapeutic approaches. Coverage will include clinical phenotypes, use of screening questionnaires, limited channel testing, promising pharmacologic interventions and surgical approaches.