Program Dates
Wednesday afternoon, November 5 – Saturday morning, November 8, 2025
The program at Pediatric Sleep Medicine 2025 includes courses, symposia, keynote, and abstracts.
Courses are scheduled for the afternoon of Wednesday, November 5 and all day on Thursday, November 6, 2025.
Keynote presentations, symposia, and abstracts will be scheduled for Friday, November 7 and Saturday, November 8, 2025.
Find the latest schedule details below!
Schedule Table of Contents
Keynotes
Chandra Jackson, PhD, MS
Senior Investigator, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Title: Toward characterizing the pediatric sleep exposome in the era of artificial intelligence: A biopsychosocial-spiritual framework
Friday | 8:15am – 8:40am
Dimitri Christakis, MD, MPH
Principal Investigator, Seattle Children’s Research Institute – Child Health, Behavior and Development
Title: Health equity for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Friday | 10:20am – 10:45am
Ariel Williamson, PhD, DBSM
Assistant Professor, The Ballmer Institute for Children’s Behavioral Health and Department of Psychology, The University of Oregon
Title: Community engaged and health equity-focused pediatric sleep research
Friday | 2:25pm – 2:50pm
Wednesday Afternoon Courses
Last updated July 17, 2025. Schedule information subject to change.
Pediatric Polysomnography
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
1:00pm – 6:00pm
12:55pm – 1:00pm
Welcome and Logistics
Christopher Cielo, DO; Dominic Gault, MD
1:00pm – 1:40pm
Infant sleep-disordered breathing
Christopher Cielo, DO
1:40pm – 2:20pm
Cardiac rhythms and arrythmias in the sleep lab
Andrew Ligsay, MD
2:20pm – 2:30pm
Session 1 Q and A
2:30pm – 2:45pm
Break
2:45pm – 3:25pm
The caveats of performing MSLTs and MWTs
Kiran Maski, MD, MPH
3:25pm – 4:05pm
Artificial intelligence in polysomnography
Anuja Bandyopadhyay, MD
4:05pm – 4:15pm
Session 2 Q and A
4:15pm – 4:30pm
Break
4:30pm – 5:10pm
Advanced pediatric PAP titration
Iris Perez, MD
5:10pm – 5:50pm
Mastering PAP masks
Dominic Gault, MD
5:50pm – 6:00pm
Session 3 Q and A
Pediatric Behavioral Sleep Medicine
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
1:00pm – 6:00pm
1:00pm – 1:05pm
Welcome and Logistics
Part 1: Insomnia Across Development
1:05pm – 1:25pm
Infant and toddler sleep disturbances
Jodi Mindell, PhD, DBSM
1:25pm – 1:45pm
Preschool sleep disturbance
Graham Reid, PhD
1:45pm – 2:05pm
Adolescent insomnia
Valerie Crabtree, PhD, DBSM
2:05pm – 2:25pm
Group Q and A
2:25pm – 2:40pm
Break
Part 2: Clinical Topics
2:40pm – 3:00pm
Hypersomnia
Eric Zhou, PhD
3:00pm – 3:20pm
Objective/subjective assessment of pediatric sleep
Lisa J. Meltzer, PhD, DBSM
3:20pm – 3:40pm
PAP adherence
Melissa S. Xanthopolous, PhD, MS
3:40pm – 4:00pm
Group Q and A
4:00pm – 4:15pm
Break
Part 3: DEI Issues
4:15pm – 4:35pm
Adapting behavioral interventions for socio-demographically diverse populations
Ariel Williamson, PhD, DBSM
4:35pm – 4:55pm
Sleep and foster care
Candice Alfano, PhD
4:55pm – 5:15pm
Sleep and trauma
Michal Kahn, PhD
5:15pm – 5:35pm
Group Q and A
Thursday Full-Day Course
Best Practices in Pediatric Sleep Medicine
Thursday, November 6, 2025
8:00am – 4:30pm
8:00am – 8:10am
Introduction
8:10am – 8:40am
Pediatric OSA
Christopher Cielo, DO
8:40am – 9:10am
Central sleep apnea
Olufunke Afolabi-Brown, MD
9:10am – 9:30am
Coffee break
9:30am – 10:15am
Management of narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnia
Kiran Maski, MD, MPH
10:15am – 11:00am
RSD and RLS in children
Roberta Leu, MD
11:00am – 11:45am
Parasomnias and nocturnal seizures
Madeline Grigg-Damberger, MD
11:45am – 12:45pm
Lunch (included with course ticket)
12:45pm – 1:15pm
Sleep in neurodevelopmental disorders
Althea Robinson Shelton, MD, MPH
1:15pm – 1:45pm
Updated technology mitigation strategies
Lisa Meltzer, PhD, DBSM
1:45pm – 2:15pm
Circadian rhythm disorders
Valerie Crabtree, PhD, DBSM
2:15pm – 2:35pm
Coffee break
2:35pm – 3:20pm
Non-pharma management of insomnia
Ariel Williamson, PhD, DBSM
3:20pm – 4:05pm
Medical management of insomnia
Judith Owens, MD
4:05pm – 4:30pm
Question and answer
Main Program
Friday, November 7, 2025
8:00am – 8:15am
Welcome
8:15am – 8:40am
Keynote: Toward characterizing pediatric sleep exposome in the era of aritifial intelligence: A biopsychosocial-spiritual framework
Chandra Jackson, PhD, MS
8:40am – 9:55am
Symposium: Novel treatment applications for sleep problems in youth
Chair: Michal Kahn, PhD
9:55am – 10:20am
Break
10:20am – 10:45am
Keynote: Health equity for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Dimitri Christakis, MD, MPH
10:45am – 12:00pm
Symposium: What’s new in treating pediatric sleep medicine
Chair: Christopher Cielo, DO
12:00pm – 1:30pm
Industry-Sponsored Lunch Session
Not eligibe for CME/CE credits
1:30pm – 2:25pm
Poster Session
2:25pm – 2:50pm
Keynote: Community engaged and health equity-focused pediatric sleep research
Ariel Williamson, PhD, DBSM
2:50pm – 3:30pm
Oral Abstract Session 1, Part 1
3:30pm – 3:50pm
Break
3:50pm – 4:30pm
Oral Abstract Session 1, Part 2
Saturday, November 8, 2025
7:15am – 8:00am
Trainee Event
8:00am – 8:05am
Opening Remarks
8:05am – 8:35am
Panel: Funding in Pediatric Sleep Medicine
8:35am – 9:50am
Symposium: Help where it is needed: Pediatric sleep interventions developed for high-risk populations of children and adolescents
Chair: Brian Gillis, PhD, LMFT
9:50am – 10:15am
Break
10:15am – 11:35am
Oral Abstract Session 2
11:35am – 11:55am
Break
11:55am – 1:10pm
Symposium: Navigating difficult conversations in pediatric sleep medicine
Chairs: Beth Malow, MD, MS; Roberta Leu, MD
1:10pm – 1:20pm
Closing
Continuing Education Credits
CME:
The AAFP has reviewed Pediatric Sleep Medicine 2025 Conference and deemed it acceptable for up to 20.25 Live AAFP Prescribed credit(s). Term of Approval is from 11/05/2025 to 11/08/2025. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
CSTE:
The Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists (BRPT) has approved the Pediatric Sleep Medicine 2025 Conference for 20.25 CSTE credits.
CE for Psychologists:
An application has been filed for CE credits for psychologists, but it remains pending.