In this CMEO Journal Club, expert faculty will present and discuss the very latest research abstracts from the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) 2025 Annual Meeting and the Associated Professional Sleep Societies (APSS) SLEEP 2025 Annual Meeting, including the latest information on psychiatric and CV/CM comorbidities for patients living with IH and narcolepsy, the impact of these comorbidities on patients’ QoL, and how to customize treatment that mitigates risk.
In this CME Outfitters Journal Club, expert faculty will present and discuss the very latest research on international diagnostic and treatment guidelines as well as clinical trial data from published abstracts on the latest treatment options for CIDP.
In this CME Outfitters Journal Club, expert faculty will present and discuss the very latest research abstracts from the 2024 Peripheral Nerve Society Annual Meeting (June 2024), including the latest research on the role of the complement system in CIPD, clinical and electrophysical variants of CIDP, and standard vs. emerging treatment options for CIDP.
In this second installment of a two-part Journal Club series, An Expanded View of Alzheimer’s Disease Neuropathology: Translation to the Early Identification of Disease, expert faculty will evaluate the latest data from ATT clinical trials and discuss strategies for identifying appropriate patients based on both pathological and clinical characteristics to ensure timely and optimal management of patients with early symptomatic AD.
In this first installment of a two-part Journal Club series, An Expanded View of Alzheimer’s Disease Neuropathology: Translation to the Early Identification of Disease, expert faculty will present the latest information on the neuropathological changes associated with AD, their relevance to the cognitive and functional decline of early AD, as well as the role of phosphorylated tau biomarkers as early indicators of both amyloid and tau accumulation.
This CMEO Journal Club activity is the first in a three-part series that focuses on the presentation of EDS and evidence-based measures to assess its impact on QoL.
Terri Weaver is dean emerita at the University of Illinois Chicago College of Nursing. She is recognized nationally and internationally for her research on the effect of daytime sleepiness on daily behaviors and assessment of treatment outcomes. Her research career has been honored with many accolades, including induction into the Sigma Theta Tau International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame. Distinguished as a leader in nursing education, Dr. Weaver was also elected in 2017 to a two-year term on the board of directors of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing. In 2018, she was named to the first class of fellows of the American Thoracic Society.
As a researcher, Dr. Weaver has been supported with funding from the National Institutes of Health, the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute and the National Institute of Nursing Research. She has produced two notable disease-specific functional status measures, one for chronic pulmonary disorders and the other for sleep disorders. The latter, the Functional Outcomes of Sleep Questionnaire, has become the gold standard for the evaluation of evaluating the impact of treatments for sleep disorders to improve quality of life and; it has been translated into 51 languages and used internationally in clinical trials.
Dr. Weaver earned her BSN at the University of Pittsburgh and her MSN and PhD from the University of Pennsylvania. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, where she previously served as a member of its Board of Directors. Additionally, she is the Training and Education Chair for the World Federation of Sleep Research & Sleep Medicine Societies and the former chair of the national board of directors of the American Lung Association. She has also held leadership positions in the American Thoracic Society, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine and the Sleep Research Society.
Dr. Bogan is the President of Bogan Sleep Consultants, LLC. He is also Associate Clinical Professor at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine and Associate Clinical Professor at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, SC.
Dr. Bogan received his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Wofford College and his MD degree from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. He served his internship and residency, as well as Chief Medical Resident, at the University of Alabama Hospital and Clinics in Birmingham. Thereafter, he completed a fellowship and assistant professorship in the Pulmonary Division of the Department of Medicine at the University of Alabama School of Medicine. He has been certified by the American boards of Sleep Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Pulmonary Diseases.
Dr. Bogan has served as principal investigator on numerous clinical trials in the past and continues to do so now. He has a variety of publications and research interests that focus on topics such as narcolepsy, insomnia, sleep apnea, shift work sleep disorder, restless legs syndrome/periodic limb movement disorder, chronic fatigue/fibromyalgia, and circadian rhythm abnormality.