Delegate: Tarek Asaad
Affiliations: Ain Shams University /Arab Society of Medical Awareness / Egyptian Sleep association
Activity:
Institute of Psychiatry, Ain Shams University, in collaboration with Arab Society of Medical Awareness & Egyptian Sleep Association,organized a workshop on 17/3/2017, celebrating the World Sleep Day, including presentations related to “Physiologic functions of sleep”, “Importance of sleep apnea for various physicians”, “Polysomnography in clinical practice” and “Myths & Truths about sleep”.
Attendees included : neuro-psychiatrists, pulmonologists, ENT surgeons, pediatricians, internal medicine specialists, psychologists and house officers.
This was followed by discussion in a TV program in AL-Hayat channel about importance of sleep & its problems, which is an inter-active program receiving calls from shares,answering their questions and inquires.
Location: Institute of Psychiatry, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
Date: 17/3/2017-18/3/2017
Submitted by: Institute of Psychiatry, Ain Shams university/ Arab Society of Medical Awareness/Egyptian Sleep Association
Short Bio: Professor of Psychiatry, ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
director of Psychophysiology & Sleep Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, Ain Shams University
President of the Arab Society of Medical Awareness (ASMA)
Member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, World Academy of Sleep Medicine, Egyptian Sleep Association, WPA section of Sleep and Wake Disorders…
Chief Editor of Middle East Current Psychiatry Journal
