Activity Title

The Mask & Beyond: Personalized and Individualized Approaches to Sleep-Disordered Breathing

Program Goals

In this educational activity, attendees will understand why PAP alone cannot reverse the metabolic, behavioral and neuro- cognitive roots of sleep-disordered breathing (DB). This webinar highlights four complementary frontiers: oropharyngeal myofunctional training, pharmacologic modulation of airway collapsibility, approaches to weight related components of OSA, and digitally connected care pathways that can scale labor intensive components of OSA management. Attendees will gain a practical framework for matching therapy to patient phenotype and for counselling those who ask, “What else is there besides CPAP?”.

Target Audience

This activity is intended for healthcare professionals involved in the management of obstructive sleep apnea that include Pulmonologists, Pneumologists, Respirologists, Respiratory Physiotherapists, Respiratory Therapists (Hospital, Home), Neurologists, Pediatricians, Otorhinolaryngologists, Sleep Technicians, Home Healthcare Providers, Critical Care Medicine Specialists, Internal Medicine Specialists, Primary Care Physicians (General and Family Practitioners), Advanced Practice Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, Physicians Assistants, Managed Care Medical Directors, and other Practitioners and Payers.

Educational Objectives

After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:

1. Discuss non-PAP approaches to management of obstructive sleep apnea.
2.  Identify how weight management approaches including their outcomes impact sleep apnea.
3.  List pharmacologic approaches to management of OSA that are independent of weight management. 
4. Describe ways that digital connectivity may enhance the scalability of multi-component management of sleep apnea.

Faculty

Timothy I. Morgenthaler, MD
Professor Medicine
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
Director, Center for Sleep Medicine, Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN USA

Elisa Perger, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of Milan-Bicocca
Milan, Italy

Stephania Redolfi, MD, PhD
Associate Professor in Respiratory Diseases
University of Cagliari
Cagliari CA, Italy

Edilson Zancanella MD, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Campinas
Campinas, Brazil

Program Agenda

Educational Presentation (2 hours 16 minutes)
Post Test and Evaluation (5 minutes)
Total Activity (2 hours 21 minutes)

European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME)

EACCME Accreditation Statement

The Mask & Beyond: Personalized and Individualized Approaches to Sleep-Disordered Breathing made available and organized by Dane Garvin Ltd., is accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) to provide the following CME activity for medical specialists. Only those e-learning materials that are displayed on the UEMS-EACCME® website have formally been accredited.

Through an agreement between the Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EACCME® credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM . Information on the process to convert EACCME® credit to AMA credit can be found at https://edhub.ama-assn.org/pages/applications.

EACCME Term Offering

March 3, 2026 to March 3, 2028

Information regarding the conversion of EACCME® credits
Credit will be converted based on one (1) hour of participation equalling one credit for all activities. Physicians wishing to convert EACCME® credits to AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ will be required to access the AMA website at https://edhub.ama-assn.org/pages/applications to obtain the necessary paperwork and instructions. Physicians and other health care professionals will be required to pay a processing fee to the AMA.

For other countries, please contact the relevant national/regional accreditation authority.

American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) Accreditation

AARC Designation Statement

This Non-traditional program has been approved for 2.25 contact hour Continuing Respiratory Care Education (CRCE) credit by the American Association for Respiratory care; 9425 N. MacArthur Boulevard, Suite 100, Irving TX 75063.

Term Offering - AARC

AARC Term Offering
This activity was released on December 15, 2025 and is valid for two years. Requests for credit must be made no later than December 15, 2026.

Other Allied Healthcare Professional

Participation Statement
Dane Garvin Ltd. has awarded 2.0 Participation Credit(s) for qualified attendees in the enduring activity The Mask & Beyond: Personalized and Individualized Approaches to Sleep-Disordered Breathing.

Educational Grant

This educational activity is independently produced and is financially supported with an unrestricted educational grant by Philips Respironics.

Copyright

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