American Sleep Apnea Association

Educational and Non-profit Organizations

• American Sleep and Breathing Academy http://www.americansleepandbreathingacademy.com/
• American Sleep Medicine Foundation http://www.discoversleep.org/
• Association for the Study of Dreams http://www.asdreams.org/
• Awake in America http://www.awakeinamerica.info/
• Better Sleep Council http://www.bettersleep.org/
• Circadian Sleep Disorders Association http://www.circadiandisorders.org/
• Disruptive Women in Healthcare http://www.disruptivewomen.net/
• Drowsy Driving http://drowsydriving.org/
• Harvard Sleep Health on Sleep Apnea http://healthysleep.med.harvard.edu/sleep-apnea
• Healthy Sleep http://healthysleep.med.harvard.edu/
• Insomiacs UK http://www.insomniacs.co.uk/
• My Daddy Snores http://www.mydaddysnores.com
• Narcolepsy Network http://www.narcolepsynetwork.org/
• National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention* http://www.hearthealthystrokefree.org/
• National Library of Medicine - Medline Plus http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/sleepapnea.html
• National Library of Medicine - Research http://tinyurl.com/3pmcmlh
• National Patients Safety Foundation http://www.npsf.org/askme3/
• National Quality Forum* http://www.qualityforum.org/Home.aspx
• National Sleep Awareness Roundtable* http://www.nsart.org/
• National Sleep Foundation http://www.sleepfoundation.org/
• National Womens Health Resource Center http://www.healthywomen.org/
• Obesity Action Coaltion http://www.obesityaction.org/home/index.php
• Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease* http://www.fightchronicdisease.org/
• Quiet Sleep (Oral Appliance Information) http://www.quietsleep.com
• Research!America* http://http://www.researchamerica.org/
• Restless Leg Foundation http://www.rls.org
• Sleep Education http://www.sleepeducation.com/
• Sleep Home Pages http://www.sleephomepages.org/
• Sleep in Infants, Children, Adolescents, and Pregnant Women Knowledge Path http://www.mchlibrary.info/KnowledgePaths/kp_Sleep.html
• Sleep Medicine Home Page http://www.users.cloud9.net/~thorpy/
• Sleep Net http://www.sleepnet.com/
• Sleep.com http://www.sleep.com/
• STOP Obesity Alliance* http://www.stopobesityalliance.org/
• The Sleep Well http://www.stanford.edu/~dement/
• University of Maryland Medical Center Sleep Disorders http://www.umm.edu/pulmonary/sleep_disorders.htm
• Wake Up to Sleep http://wakeuptosleep.org
• Your Sleep from the AASM http://yoursleep.aasmnet.org/

*ASAA is a participating organization

Professional Societies

• Academy of Orofacial Myofunctional Therapy http://www.myoacademy.com/
• American Academy of Craniofacial Pain http://www.aacfp.org
• American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine http://www.aadsm.org/
• American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery http://www.entnet.org
• American Academy of Sleep Medicine http://www.aasmnet.org/
• American Association for Medical Chronobiology and Chronotherapeutics http://www.aamcc.net/
• American Association for Respiratory Care http://www.aarc.org/
• American Association of Physiological Medicine & Dentistry http://www.aapmd.org/
• American Association of Sleep Technologists http://www.aastweb.org/
• American Board of Sleep Medicine http://www.absm.org/
• American College of Chest Physicians http://www.chestnet.org/accp/
• American Society of Anesthesiologists http://www.asahq.org/
• American Thoracic Society - Sleep Assembly http://thoracic.org/assemblies/srn/index.php
• Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists http://www.brpt.org/
• British Sleep Society http://www.sleeping.org.uk/
• Canadian Sleep Society http://www.css.to/
• European Respiratory Society http://ersnet.org
• European Sleep Research Society http://www.esrs.eu/
• Indian Sleep Disorder Association http://www.isda.co.in/index.htm
• Indian Society for Sleep Research http://www.issr.in/
• International Association for the Study of Dreams http://www.asdreams.org/index.htm
• International Pediatric Sleep Association http://www.pedsleep.org/
• Sleep Professional Association http://www.sleeppro.org/
• Sleep Research Society http://www.sleepresearchsociety.org/
• Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine http://anesthesiaandsleep.org/
• Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine http://www.behavioralsleep.org/
• World Association of Sleep Medicine http://www.wasmonline.org/
• World Federation of Sleep Research & Sleep Medicine Societies http://www.wfsrsms.org/

State & Regional Sleep Societies

• California Sleep Society http://www.californiasleepsociety.org
• Carolina Sleep Society http://www.carolinasleepsociety.org
• Colarado Sleep Society http://sites.google.com/site/coloradosleepsociety/
• Connecticut Sleep Society http://www.ctsleep.org
• Deleware Sleep Society http://www.delawaresleepsociety.org
• Florida Sleep Medicine Society http://www.sleepflorida.org
• Georgia Association of Sleep Professionals http://www.gasleep.org
• Idaho Sleep Disorders Association http://www.idsleep.com
• Illinois Sleep Society http://www.illinoissleepsociety.org/
• Indiana Society of Sleep Professionals http://www.indianasleep.com
• Iowa Sleep Society http://www.iasleepsociety.org
• Kansas Association of Sleep Professionals http://www.kansas-sleep.com
• Kentucky Sleep Society http://www.kyss.org
• Louisiana Academy of Sleep Medicine http://www.lasmnet.org
• Maryland Sleep Society http://www.marylandsleepsociety.org
• Massachusets Sleep Society http://www.masleepsociety.org
• Minnesota Sleep Society http://www.mnsleep.org
• Mississippi Sleep Society http://www.mssleepsociety.com
• Missouri Sleep Society http://www.mosleep.org
• Montana Sleep Society http://montanasleepsociety.web.officelive.com/default.aspx
• Nebraska Sleep Society http://nebraskasleepsociety.googlepages.com/home
• New England Sleep Society http://www.nepolysomnographic.org/index.asp
• New Hampshire Sleep Society http://www.nhsleep.org
• New Jersey Sleep Society http://www.njsleep.com
• New York State Society of Sleep Medicine http://www.nysssm.org
• North Carolina Association of Sleep Technologists http://www.ncastsleep.org
• North East Sleep Society http://www.northeastsleep.org
• Ohio Sleep Society http://www.ohiosleepsociety.org
• Pacific Northwest Sleep Society http://www.pnsleep.net
• Pennsylvania Sleep Society http://www.pasleep.org
• South Carolina Sleep Society http://southcarolinasleepsociety.club.officelive.com/default.aspx
• Southern Sleep Society http://www.southernsleepsociety.org
• Tennesee Sleep Society http://www.tnsleep.org
• Texas Society of Sleep Professionals http://www.txssp.org
• The Alabama Association of Sleep Professionals http://www.aasp.us
• Virginia Academy of Sleep Medicine http://www.vasleepmedicine.org
• Washington DC Sleep Society http://dcsleepsociety.org
• Wisconsin Sleep Society http://www.wisleep.org

Non-US Sleep & Sleep Apnea Patient Organizations

• Apnoevereniging http://www.nvsap.nl
• Canadian Lung Association of Saskatchewan http://www.sk.lung.ca/index.php/lung-diseases-mainmenu-248/sleep-apnea-mainmenu-252
• European Lung Foundation http://www.european-lung-foundation.org/index.php?id=31
• Federation Francaise des Associations et Amicales de malades, Insuffisants ou handicapes Respiratoire (FFAAIR) http://www.apneedusommeil.net/
• Institut Sommeil Vigilance (ISV) http://institut-sommeil-vigilance.org/index.php
• Irish Sleep Apnoea Trust http://www.isat.ie/
• Italian Association of People with Sleep Apnea http://www.sleepapnea-online.it/
• Landesverband Schlafapnoe Thuringen (Germany) http://http://www.schlafapnoe.org/
• Sleep Apnea Association of Curacao http://drumibon.blogspot.com/
• Sleep Apnoea Association of New Zealand http://www.sleepapnoeanz.org.nz/
• Sleep Apnoea Scotland http://www.scottishsleepapnoea.co.uk/
• Sleep Apnoea Trust http://www.sleep-apnoea-trust.org/
• Sleep Disorders Australia http://sleepoz.org.au/
• The Sleep Health Foundation http://sleephealthfoundation.org.au/index.html
• Trucker Health UK http://www.truckershealth.org.uk
• Vereniging Apneu Patienten (VAPA) http://www.slaap-apneu.be/index.html
• Welsh Sleep Apnoea Society http://www.welshsas.org/index.asp

U.S. Government Agencies

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Sleep pages http://www.cdc.gov/sleep/index.htm
• Clinical Trials Search Engine http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/results?term=sleep+apnea
• Department of Transportation - Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/safety-security/sleep-apnea/sleep-apnea.aspx
• Healthfinder.gov http://healthfinder.gov/scripts/SearchContext.asp?topic=928
• National Center of Sleep Disorders Research http://rover.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/ncsdr/
• National Heart Lung and Blood Institute http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/index.htm
• National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/sleep_apnea/sleep_apnea.htm
• National Library of Medicine http://www.nlm.nih.gov/

Employment

• Job Accomodation Network http://askjan.org/
• Patient Advocate Foundation http://www.patientadvocate.org/
• U.S. Department of Justice - American With Disabilities Act http://www.ada.gov/
• U.S. Department of Labor - Family and Medical Leave Act http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/benefits-leave/fmla.htm
• U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission http://www.eeoc.gov/
• Workplace Fairness http://www.workplacefairness.org/

Insurance

• Affordable healthcare under Hill Burton Act http://www.hrsa.gov/gethealthcare/affordable/hillburton/
• Center for Medicare Advocacy http://www.medicareadvocacy.org/
• Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) http://www.medicare.gov/
• Health Assistance Partnership http://www.healthassistancepartnership.org/
• Healthcare 411 http://www.healthcare411.ahrq.gov/
• Healthcare.gov http://www.healthcare.gov/
• Medicare Quality Care Finder http://www.medicare.gov/quality-care-finder/
• Medicare Rights Center http://www.medicarerights.org/
• National Association of Community Health Centers http://www.nachc.com/findahealthcenter.cfm
• National Association of Free Clinics http://www.freeclinics.us/
• Patient Advocate Foundation http://www.patientadvocate.org/
• The Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight http://cciio.cms.gov/

Pulmonary (Lung) Disease Patient Organizations

• American Lung Association http://www.lungusa.org/
• http://emphysemafoundation.org/ http://emphysemafoundation.org/
• http://www.2ndwind.org/ http://www.2ndwind.org/
• http://www.aafa.org/ http://www.aafa.org/
• http://www.aanma.org/ http://www.aanma.org/
• http://www.alpha-1foundation.org/ http://www.alpha-1foundation.org/
• http://www.alpha1.org/ http://www.alpha1.org/
• http://www.cff.org/ http://www.cff.org/
• http://www.copd-alert.com/index.html http://www.copd-alert.com/index.html
• http://www.emphysema.net/default.asp http://www.emphysema.net/default.asp
• http://www.hpsnetwork.org/ http://www.hpsnetwork.org/
• http://www.lifeandbreath.org/ http://www.lifeandbreath.org/
• http://www.lungcanceralliance.org/ http://www.lungcanceralliance.org/
• http://www.necacommunity.org/ http://www.necacommunity.org/
• http://www.nsrc-global.net/ http://www.nsrc-global.net/
• http://www.phassociation.org/ http://www.phassociation.org/
• http://www.phcentral.org/ http://www.phcentral.org/
• http://www.pulmonaryfibrosis.org/ http://www.pulmonaryfibrosis.org/
• http://www.thelamfoundation.org/ http://www.thelamfoundation.org/
• http://www.trioweb.org/ http://www.trioweb.org/

Cardiovascular (Heart) Disease Patient Organizations

• American Heart Association http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/
• Heart Healthy Women http://www.hearthealthywomen.org/
• National Stroke Association http://www.stroke.org/site/PageNavigator/HOME
• Stop Atrial Fibrillation http://www.stopafib.org/
• The Mended Hearts http://mendedhearts.org
• Women Heart http://www.womenheart.org/

Diabetes (Metabolic) Disease Organizations

• American Diabetes Association http://www.diabetes.org/
• International Diabetes Federation http://www.idf.org/

Postive Airway Pressure Manufacturers Pages

• DeVilbiss Healthcare http://www.devilbisshealthcare.com/
• Fisher & Paykel http://fphcare.com/osa.html
• Philips/Respironics http://www.sleepapnea.com/
• ResMed http://www.myresmed.com/MyResMedUS/page.do

Online Support Groups

• ASAA Apnea Support Forum http://apneasupport.org/
• CPAP Talk http://cpaptalk.com
• http://livingwithsleepapnea.tribe.net/ http://livingwithsleepapnea.tribe.net/
• http://www.britishsnoring.co.uk/phpBB2/index.php http://www.britishsnoring.co.uk/phpBB2/index.php
• http://www.sleepeducation.com/Forums/ http://www.sleepeducation.com/Forums/
• http://www.snoring.com.au/snoringforum/index.php http://www.snoring.com.au/snoringforum/index.php
• Sleep Net http://www.sleepnet.com/apnea/apneainf.html
• SleepGuide http://www.sleepguide.com/
• SleepGuide UK http://www.sleepguide.com/group/uksleepapnoeasupportgroup?commentId=2549090%3AComment%3A121625&xg_source=activity
• Talk About Sleep http://www.talkaboutsleep.com/message-boards/viewforum.php?f=1
• Yahoo Groups on Sleep Apnea http://health.dir.groups.yahoo.com/dir/Health___Wellness/Support/Diseases_and_Conditions/Sleep_Apnea?show_groups=1

Online Health Groups

• Daily Strength http://www.dailystrength.org/
• Health Share Group http://healthsharegroups.org/
• Inspire http://www.inspire.com/
• The Patient Experience from the Patient Voice http://www.patient-experience.com/index.php/obstructive-sleep-apnea-blog/
• Wego Health http://www.wegohealth.com/

Accrediting & Credentialing Organizations

• Accreditation Commission for HealthCare http://www.achc.org/
• American Academy of Sleep Medicine http://www.sleepcenters.org/
• American Board of Internal Medicine http://www.abim.org
• American Board of Sleep Medicine http://absm.org/listing.aspx
• Joint Commission on Accrediting Hospital Organizations http://www.jointcommission.org/

Sleep Journals & Publications

• ADVANCE for Respiratory Care and Sleep Medicine http://respiratory-care-sleep-medicine.advanceweb.com/Default.aspx
• American Thoracic Society Journals http://www.atsjournals.org/
• Cambridge Research Centre - Treatment Strategies Respiratory http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/02beea6d
• European Respiratory Society Monograph, Vol. 50, 2010 http://erm.ersjournals.com/content/ermsa/1.toc
• Institute of Medicine Report on Sleep and Sleep Disorders http://www.iom.edu/Reports/2006/Sleep-Disorders-and-Sleep-Deprivation-An-Unmet-Public-Health-Problem.aspx
• Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine http://www.aasmnet.org/jcsm/
• Journal of Sleep Research http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=0962-1105
• Journal Sleep http://journalsleep.org
• Sleep and Breathing http://www.springer.com/medicine/internal/journal/11325
• Sleep Diagnosis and Therapy http://www.sleepdt.com/journal/
• Sleep Medicine http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/620282/description#description
• Sleep Medicine (Science Direct) http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13899457
• Sleep Medicine Reviews http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/623074/description#description
• Sleep Review http://www.sleepreviewmag.com/
• SLEEPClinician http://sleepclinician.com/

Continuing Medical Education

• Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Improving Patient Outcomes in the Primary Care Setting http://www.primaryissues.org/2012/03/osabpe421/
• Understanding the Diagnosing and Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea http://www.apneadiagnosis.org/