AAST News

The AAST has focused in 2014 on developing educational programs and resources to support the evolving role of sleep technologists in the changing healthcare paradigm. We have produced many tools for the technologist this year including an updated sec   Read More >>

Membership renewal season is here!  Invest in yourself, your career and your profession by renewing as a member of the American Association of Sleep Technology (AAST). We work hard to promote the sleep technologist profession by advancing the educati   Read More >>

The Sleep Care Manager Course will be held September 19-20th at the AAST National Office in Darien, IL.  This two day course will cover how advances in technology related to diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders has altered the role of the sleep   Read More >>

In March all AAST members had the opportunity to participate in the 2014 Board of Directors election by reviewing candidate profiles and voting for the offices of President and three Directors-at-Large. I thank all of the members who cast a vote in t   Read More >>

On behalf of the AAST Board of Directors, I want to express my concern for all of our members and colleagues in the Midwest region who have been impacted by the recent tornados.  Meteorologists for the National Weather Service have determined that at   Read More >>

On September 21st the American Association of Sleep Technologists (AAST) Board of Directors hosted a Sleep Technology Summit at our national office.   The goal of this summit was to explore current trends, share knowledge with colleagues across the s   Read More >>

The AAST Board of Directors and I, on behalf of the AAST membership, wish to extend an enormous and heartfelt thank you to our Past President, Melinda Trimble, for leading the AAST through numerous changes and challenges these past two years. Melinda   Read More >>

As President of the AAST I felt it was vital that I have a vision of my organization's future leadership team. Over the past decade, sleep medicine has seen significant growth in terms of academic understanding of sleep disorders and the use of diagn   Read More >>

I invite you to join me for the AAST Spring Course, “Advances in Sleep Technology: The New Sleep Center Model.”  This course will be held at the National Office in Darien, IL (a suburb of Chicago) March 23-24.  The advanced registration deadline is F   Read More >>

Former President John F. Kennedy once said that “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other,” and I couldn’t agree more. That’s why the American Association of Sleep Technologists (AAST) held its first ever Leadership Development Confere   Read More >>