My life’s mission has been to increase awareness of Sleep Related Breathing Disorders, raise clinical competence for anyone who wants to treat them and advocate for legislative, regulatory and professional change in the field of Dental Sleep Medicine.
My life’s mission has been to increase awareness of Sleep Related Breathing Disorders, raise clinical competence for anyone who wants to treat them and advocate for legislative, regulatory and professional change in the field of Dental Sleep Medicine.
My Experiences
From 2007 – 2010 I served the ADA on the Council for Annual Sessions and was Chair of the 2010 ADA meeting. Since 2011, I’ve lectured exclusively on sleep, designed sleep courses and given keynotes to the most well known organizations in the DSM space. I am a guest lecturer at University of the Pacific, Spear Education and Louisiana State University Dental Schools. From 2014 to 2019 I was Editor-in-Chief of Dental Sleep Practice Magazine. In 2019, Dr. Ken Berley and I wrote The Clinician’s Handbook of Dental Sleep Medicine published by Quintessence.
Career Accomplishments
My proudest career accomplishment to date is the advocacy work I did for sleep and breathing wellness which led to a new ADA policy statement in 2017. The policy identified Sleep Related Breathing Disorders as a set of potentially serious medical conditions and went on to declare that all dentists have an obligation to screen every patient for airway problems. Finally, it emphasized that “dentists are the only health care provider with the knowledge and expertise to provide oral appliance therapy (OAT).”
I live outside of Seattle in Redmond Washington with Midge (my wife of 37 years), Angel & Ginger (our dogs) AND Ossie & Too (our cats). I am a music and movie enthusiast. My vinyl record collection numbers over 1000 and my film library has hundreds of titles. During our downtime, if we aren’t in our home theater with friends & family, you can usually find Midge and I at a live concert in Seattle.