To kick off World Narcolepsy Day, Project Sleep organized a World Narcolepsy Day Pronouncement via FB Live, from World Sleep 2019 in Vancouver, Canada on Sept. 22, 2019. Our president & CEO, Julie Flygare, JD, brought together a very special group of narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnia researchers and advocacy leaders to share research updates and key insights.
Watch Now: World Narcolepsy Day Pronouncement
Julie Flygare interviewing Dr. Giuseppe Plazzi during World Narcolepsy Day Pronouncement
Featured Experts & Leaders:
- Kiran Maski, MD, MPH, Director, Sleep Clinic, Department of Neurology, Assistant Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School (USA)
- Rebecca King, Board Member, Hypersomnia Foundation (USA)
- Yves Dauvilliers, MD, PhD, Neurologist and Director of the Sleep Disorders Centre, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Gui-de-Chauliac, Montpellier (France)
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Giuseppe Plazzi, MD, Associate Professor, IRCCS Institute of Neurological Sciences, University of Bologna (Italy)
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Claire Donjacour, MD, PhD, Stichting Epilepsie Instellingen Nederland, Zwolle (Netherlands)
- Lynn Trotti, MD, Associate Professor of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine (USA)
- Matt O’Neill, Chairperson, Narcolepsy UK (UK)
- David Rye, MD, PhD, Professor of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine (USA)
- Claire Crisp, Executive Director, Wake Up Narcolepsy (USA)
- Mark Patterson, MD, PhD, President, Day4NAPs (USA)
- Eveline Honig, MD, Executive Director, Narcolepsy Network and Luis Ortiz, MD, Board Member, Narcolepsy Network (USA)
- Feri Ascencion, Vice President, PWN4PWN (USA)
- Todd Swick, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology, University of Texas Medical School (USA)
We live in exciting times, let’s make it worthwhile for everyone.”
-Todd Swick, MD, World Narcolepsy Day Pronouncement Video