Event Details

• Venue: Harbourview Hotel, North Sydney
• Topic: Snoring and Sleep Apnoea - Answered and Unanswered questions
• Speaker: Professor Ron Grunstein
• Time: 6:30pm – Light Catering provided

FREE to all Members and Students

Speaker Bio:

Ron Grunstein is currently Professor of Sleep Medicine and Head, Sleep and Circadian Research Group, Woolcock Institute of Medical Research at the University of Sydney, Australia. He also heads the NHMRC Centre for Integrated Research and Understanding of Sleep (CIRUS) and the NHMRC Australasian Sleep Trials Network. He has been a Practitioner Fellow of the NHMRC since 2002. Professor Grunstein is a staff specialist physician in Respiratory and Sleep Medicine at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and has a honorary appointment in respiratory and sleep medicine at St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney. He has a strong interest in translational clinical research in sleep health and was involved in the early development of nasal CPAP and non-invasive ventilatory support for sleep-breathing disorders. His current main interests involve in metabolic and neurobiological effects of sleep loss. As well he leads research in the simplification of sleep apnea diagnosis and new treatment interventions in sleep disorders. Dr Grunstein has been a visiting scientist at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden and other overseas universities.