Sleep Health Across the Lifespan: Assessment, Behavioral, Medical, and Surgical Treatments

October 12, 2026

Please note: this course will take place at 5:30pm ADT


For more information or any questions, please contact Cathy Finn: [email protected]

This program will cover best practices for managing sleep disorders across the lifespan. Expert presenters from MGB will cover the importance of evaluation and treatment of sleep issues. Panelists will discuss effective therapies that include behavioral approaches, device-based therapies, medications, and surgical interventions. The program will include case-based learning focused on multidisciplinary and collaborative approaches to caring for patients with sleep disorders.  There will be a Q&A with MGB presenters and two local providers (a pulmonologist and dentist who treats sleep-disordered breathing).

Target Audience

This course in intended for Bermudian primary care physicians, pediatricians, pulmonary specialists, dental professions treating sleep disordered breathing, public health professions from MoH and Bermuda Health Board.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  1. Define sleep and identify its disorders.
  2. Summarize cornerstones of good sleep.
  3. Develop an approach to diagnose sleep disturbances.
  4. Decide on treatment of sleep disorders or referral to subspecialty clinics.

Additional Information

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Course summary

Available credit: 
  • 2.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 2.50 Participation
Course opens: 
08/17/2026
Course expires: 
11/12/2026
Event starts: 
10/12/2026 - 5:30pm EDT
Event ends: 
10/12/2026 - 8:00pm EDT
Cost:
$0.00
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5:00pmRegistration (BUEI Lobby)
5:30

Introductory Remarks | David T. Martin, MD, FRCP

5:40pm - 7:00pm
Program Session 1
 

Review of common otologic conditions | Daniel J. Lee, MD, FACS

 

Audiologic considerations in children | Rupal Bhakta, Au.D., CCC-A

 

Diagnosis and management of sudden sensorineural hearing loss | Elliott D. Kozin, MD

 

New concepts in the diagnosis and management of tinnitus; Noise related hearing loss – an audiologic perspective; What is new with hearing aids? | Meaghan Reed, AUD, CCC-A

 

Dementia and hearing loss | Elliott D. Kozin, MD

7:00pm - 7:30pm
Program Session 2
 

Panel Discussion Q & A and Case Discussions | Daniel J. Lee, MD, FACS; Rupal Bhakta, Au.D., CCC-A; Meaghan Reed, AUD, CCC-A; Elliott D. Kozin, MD

 Closing Remarks | Daniel J. Lee, MD, FACS
7:30pmAdjournment of Educational Activity

 

7:30pm - 9:30pm: Harbourfront catered buffet dinner for all (BUEI Lobby)

Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute, Auditorium
40 Crow Lane
Hamilton, HA
Bermuda

Course Director

 

James Mojica, MD
Pulmonary, Sleep, and Critical Care Medicine
Clinical Director and Vice Chief, Division of PCCM
MGH Distinguished Physician,
Massachusetts General Hospital
Medical Director, The Sleep Center at Spaulding

 

Speakers

   

Bernard Kinane, MD
Chief, Pediatric Pulmonary Unit,
Director of Sleep Pediatric Program,
Mass General Brigham for Children

 

Phillip Huyett, MD
Director of Sleep Surgery, Mass Eye and Ear;
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Harvard Medical School

 

 

In support of improving patient care, Mass General Brigham is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
 

Credit Designation Statement

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (for physicians)

Mass General Brigham designates this live activity for a maximum of 2.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Available Credit

  • 2.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 2.50 Participation

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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