I just returned from Sao Paulo to give lectures at the 6th International Symposium on Snoring and Sleep Apnea at the Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein.  Surprisingly, the organizing team keeps asking me to return and are not sick of hearing from me yet.  Brazil is home to some of the leading sleep surgeons and sleep… Read more »

There is an impressive—and disturbing—amount of misunderstanding and misinformation available on the Internet, medical journals, and elsewhere about the surgical treatment of snoring and obstructive sleep apnea.  This is even more concerning because it comes from many who claim to be experts in the treatment of these disorders.  Surgery is a viable treatment option for… Read more »