• Dr. Anette Fransson
• Dr. Marie Marklund
• Dr. Francisco Javier Puertas
• Dr. Joaquín Terán
• Dr. Roy Dookun
• Dr. Eduard Estivill
• Dr. Aarnoud Hoekema
• Dr. Joaquín Durán Cantolla
• Dr. Oliver M. Vanderveken
• Dr. Eduardo Padrós
• Mr. Edward F. Grandi
• Dr. Javier Vila Martín

• Dr. Alejandro Ferré
• Dr. Delia Linares
• Dr. Rosario Fernández Magnavacca
• Dr. Bruno Ardanza
• Dr. Carlos Concejo
• Dr. Enrique Fernández
• Dr. Sara Díaz
• Dr. Mercedes Martín
• Mrs. Sandra Barroso
• Mrs. Naoual Amecrane
• Mrs. Simone de Lacy RPSGT
• Mr. Francisco Muñoz

Dr. Anette Fransson
Dr Fransson graduated from University of Karolinska Institute, Stockholm (Sweden) in 1978.
Thesis ”A mandibular protruding device in obstructive sleep apnea and snoring” was defended at University of Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg (Sweden) in 2003.
Specialist in Orthodontics since 2005.
Boardmember in European Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine, Swedish Society of Sleepresearch and Sleepmedicine and Örebro Dental Society.
Member of the Editorial board of Journal Sleep & Breathing.
Responsible for postgraduate education in Orthodontics.
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Dr. Marie Marklund
Marie Marklund is Associate Professor of Orthodontics at Umeå University, Sweden. She works in collaboration with the Sleep Apnea Clinic at the Department of Respiratory Medicine, Umeå University Hospital. She is the head of the Orthodontic Department. Her practice focuses mainly on the treatment of patients with snoring and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) with OA.
The research interests of Marie Marklund include treatment effects and side-effects of OA. More recently she has focused on the management of side-effects, the symtomatic and cardiovascular effects from OAT and the long-term outcome. Prediction of effects and side-effects has also been covered in her research. She has lectured extensively over the world and published many articles in the field of OAT for OSA, including bookchapters and a new Task Force.
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Dr. Francisco Javier Puertas
Dr. Puertas received his degree in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Valencia (Faculty of Medicine and Odontology) in 1993. Master Diploma of Advanced Studies, Physiology, Pharmacology and Toxycology of the Cardinal Herrera University in Valencia in 2004. Specialist in Clinical Neurophysiology, University Hospital La Fe in Valencia in 1997. Inter-University degree “Wakefulness and Sleep”, Medicine Faculty from the University Montpellier (France) in 1998. Sleep Medicine Minifellowship, American Academy of Sleep Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MinnesotaUSA, May-June 2002. Doctor Degree, Cardenal Herrera University-CEU, Valencia, July of 2006.
Since January 1999 is the coordinator of the Neurophysiology Service of the Sleep Disorders Unit, University Hospital of la Ribera, Alzira, Valencia. Associate Professor of the Physiology Department of the Valencia University since October 2001.
Dr. Puertas is author and coauthor of more than 30 scientific articles and book chapters on national and international level. Member of various national and international scientific societies of sleep and its disorders. Since June 2006 he is the President of the Spanish Sleep Society.
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Dr. Joaquín Terán
Dr. Terán received his degree in Medicine from the University of Cantabria in 1981 and his Doctor of Medicine Degree from the University of Valladolid. Presently Dr. Terán is Coordinator of the Sleep Unit of the Pneumology Service of the Assistance Complex in Burgos.
Dr. Terán received more than 30 prizes for investigation. Speaker of multiple national and international conferences. Director of 11 national courses about respiratory sleep disorders, diagnostic and treatment. Member of the Scientific Committee of the Spanish Neumology and Thoracic Surgery Society since 2001.
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Dr. Roy Dookun
Dr Roy Dookun graduated from the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne (United Kingdom) in 1979. He now works in private General Dental Practice in Guernsey (Channel Islands) and is part of a multidisciplinary Sleep Disordered Breathing team. Dr Dookun chaired the ‘BSDSM Sleep Working Party’ who developed the BSDSM Pre Treatment Screening Protocol. He lectures regularly to GDPs on the role of oral appliances in the treatment of snoring and OSA and is on the editorial board of the International Journal of Sleep and Breathing. He is a board member of the European Academy of Dental Sleep medicine and the Association of Respiratory Technicians and Physiologists Sleep ApnoeaConsortium. Dr Dookun is a founding member and president of the British Society of Dental Sleep Medicine.
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Dr. Eduard Estivill
Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Barcelona. Specialist in Pediatrics and Clinical Neurophysiology.
From March 1989 to the present, Director of the Sleep Clinic Dr. Estivill USP Institut Universitari Dexeus in Barcelona.
From October 1999 to present, Director of the Sleep Disorders Unit at the Hospital General de Catalunya, Sant Cugat del Vallès.
Member of the following Societies: American Sleep Disorders Association, European Sleep Research Society, Societe Francaise d'EEG et Neurophysiologie Clinique, Spanish Society of EEG and Clinical Neurophysiology, Spanish Sleep Society (SES), Spanish Society of Neuropediatrics, Spanish League against Epilepsy, Sociedad Catalana d'EEG i Neurophysiología Clínica, Catalan Society of Pediatrics.
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Dr. Aarnoud Hoekema
Aarnoud Hoekema was born on July the 16th, 1977 in Groningen, The Netherlands. In 1996 he started his dental education at the dental faculty of the University of Groningen. After receiving his dental degree in June 2001 (cum laude), he started as a registrar in training to become a clinical researcher at the Groningen University Medical Center. The first three years of this training he combined his work as a dentist at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery & Maxillofacial Prosthetics with a PhD-project on the therapeutic outcomes of oral-appliance versus continuous positive airway pressure therapy. On March the 14th 2007 Aarnoud Hoekema completed his PhD-degree with a dissertation titled “Oral-Appliance Therapy in Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome: a Clinical Study on Therapeutic Outcomes”.
In 2004 Aarnoud Hoekema started his oral and maxillofacial residency at the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery of the Groningen University Medical Center. In 2010 he finished his medical degree at the Groningen University Medical Center. In 2011 he was registered as oral & maxillofacial surgeon. Presently he is active as president an founding member of the Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine in The Netherlands. He has published several articles on oral-appliance therapy for obstructive sleep apnea and presented his scientific work at numerous national and international meetings on this topic.
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Dr. Joaquín Durán Cantolla
JOAQUIN DURAN CANTOLLA was born in Spain (1956) and obtained his MD degree in Cantabria University, Spain (1980). He trained and become board certified in Pulmonary Medicine by Valdecilla University Hospital and the Ministry of Health (Spain, 1985) and completed his academic Doctorate (PhD) in Medicine in 1991. Between 1999 and 2011 he was head of the Sleep Unit at University Txagorritxu Hospital (Vitoria, Spain) and Professor of Medicine in the Basque Country University (Spain). He is a member of the CIBER of Respiratory Diseases funded by the Spanish Institute Carlos III. He has published 91 papers and is co-author of 21 books, has leaded 35 research projects, and authored 220 abstracts presented at National and International Conferences. He has been invited speaker at 350 scientific conferences and has won 11 research awards. He has been the president of the Spanish Sleep Group of the Spanish Respiratory Society from 2006 to 2009, and regularly serves as a reviewer in several specialty journals and is a senior consultant of sleep disorders. He is participating as Spanish delegate for the European Union in the Project Cost-Action B-26 for research in Sleep apnea and other related European and Canadian projects.
Since May 2011, he is the Scientific Director of the University Hospital of Alava, that includes the two major teaching hospitals in the region. In his position as Director, he is in charge of the coordination of all research performed in both hospitals.
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Dr. Oliver M. Vanderveken
June '01 : graduated "cum laude" for the academic grade of Medical Doctor (MD) at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Antwerp
August '01 – September '08: training ENT at University Hospital Antwerp and at the Middelheim General Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium
October '01 – September '05: research grant from University Antwerp
Public defense of PhD-thesis "Sleep-disordered Breathing: A Fundamental and Multidisciplinary Approach to Upper Airway Collapse", October 5, 2007; Faculty of Medicine, Antwerp University
CURRENT POSITION
Consultant ENT, Head&Neck Surgeon, Full-time Staff Member, at the University Department of ENT, Head and Neck Surgery of the University Hospital Antwerp.
Faculty Lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine, at the University of Antwerp.
Part-time Teacher and Instructor at the "Clinical Skills Laboratory" at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Antwerp.
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Dr. Eduardo Padrós
Doctor in Dentistry, University of Barcelona Graduated in Orthodontics, University of Barcelona Certificate in Orthodontics, Columbia University, New York. Master in logopedics, UPC-ISEP member of SEDO, Seol, SEOP, IAFGG, AAO, IAO, and so on.
Author of "Bases diagnósticas, terapéuticas y posturales del funcionalismo craneofacial".
Author of the CDROM in Castilian and English "Encyclopedia of functional appliances."
Member of the Board of the Catalan Society of Odontostomatology Editor of the Journal of the Ibero-American Association of Orthodontists. Member of the Scientific Committee of the College of Dentistry and Stomatology in Catalonia.
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Mr. Edward Grandi
Edward Grandi serves as the Executive Director of the American Sleep Apnea Association. He began his non-profit career as a director of development after 25 years as an insurance executive. His background in sales and marketing has transformed the association; making it more dynamic and responsive to the needs of the various constituents of the organization. He is frequently quoted in local and national media on the prevalence of sleep apnea and diagnostic and treatment options available to address this chronic disease.
Non-profit Experience Executive Director, American Sleep Apnea Association, Washington, DC, May 2004 – Present
Director of Development, Safe Haven Outreach Ministry, Washington, DC, April 2000 – May 2004
Director of Development, InterFaith Conference of Washington DC, April 2002 – December 2003
For-profit Experience
Senior Account Executive, Hilb, Rogal and Hamilton, Rockville, Md, June 1996 – February 2000
President/Chief Executive Officer, ASSURANCE Incorporated, Washington, DC February 1993 – June 1996
Vice President/Account Executive, ASSURANCE Incorporated, Washington, DC June 1977 to February 1993
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Dr. Javier Vila Martín
Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery. Universidad Autonoma de Madrid 1992.
Specialist in Otolaryngology and ENT-Surgery. (MIR degree since 1997).
Degree in Dentistry. University de Barcelona 2002.
Work Activity
Specialist in Otolaryngology at the General Hospital Universitary Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, from May 2, 1997 to the current date. Dedication to patients with OSA by monographic assistance.
Punt Montcada Clinic (Montcada i Reixac, Barcelona). General dentistry, oral surgery and implantology and TMJ disease. Comprehensive treatment of chronic snoring.
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Dr. Alejandro Ferré
Alejandro Ferre is a specialist for sleep disorders in adults and in the pediatric field. He is an expert in neurophysiological techniques such as the electroencephalography and the polysomnography among others. These are very necessary tools for a correct diagnosis in the field of sleep apnea and snoring.
He graduated in medicine and surgery in the University of Lleida in 1998 and obtained a specialty in Clinical Neurophysiology at the “Hospital Universitario del Valle Hebron” in 2005. He was formed in the Epilepsy Unit at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Ohio, USA) and in the Sleep Disorders Unit at Stanford (California, USA). He worked at the University hospital of Bellvitge as a assistant clinical physician in neurophysiology during the period from 2005 to 2007.
From 2007 and until now he is part of the medical team of the multidisciplinary sleep unit at the University hospital of Vall d'Hebron.
He is currently pursuing a doctorate on "Sleep disorders in patients with Chiari I malformation," and participates in a FIS grant on "Sleep disorders in patients with chronic adult hydrocephalus,"Simultaneously he is working on other research projects such as: disorder idiopathic REM sleep behaviour, breathing disorders in patients with acute hemorrhagic stroke, polysomnography recording system with only two-channel ambulatory EEG recording and a study of exhaled air in patients with obstructive apnea-hypopnea syndrome, among others.
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Dr. Delia Linares
She graduated in Dentistry in the University of Sevilla (1998) and did her doctorate "Apto cum laudem" in the same university (2007), with the work titled "mandibular overdentures with osseointegrated implants in the treatment of patients with edentulous mandibula". She is also an expert in Gerodontology (2002), and a university specialist in periodontal and implant treatment (2003), both titles passed in the University of Sevilla.
She is a specialist in Oral Implantology at the University of Santiago de Compostela (2007).
She has been teaching Gerodontology in the Faculty of Dentistry of the University of Sevilla, between 1999 and 2006. She develops an intense research activity that has resulted in wide range of published studies and lectures at meetings and conferences.
She has an extensive additional formation in various techniques and treatments. Among others, "Orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics in the straight wire technique" (2000), with Prof. Jean Flour and Prof. Alejandro Romeo and in the method "Straight Low Friction" (2005), with Dr. David Suárez-Quintanilla, and also in "Orthodontics through the Damon system" (2008).
In addition, between 1995 and 2010, she has assisted more than 40 courses and seminars, always seeking continuous updating of knowledge and treatments.
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Dr. Mª del Rosario Fernández Magnavacca
Study of Dentistry in the University of Buenos Aires (1989)
Degree in Dentistry in the University of Santiago de Compostela (2004)
Profession: She has focused his career in private practice from 1993 to the present exercising hospital assistance between 1990 and 1993, as detailed below.
Odontopediatric in the “Hospital Zonal Especializado en Odontología y Ortodoncia de Olivos”, from 1990 to 1993.
Honored participation in the “Hospital Nacional de Odontología en el Servicio de Endodoncia”, from 1989 to 1992.
Honored participation in the “Hospital Nacional Piñeiro, sección Cirugía Buco-máxilo-facial, capítulo de fisurados labio-alvéolo-palatino, 1990.
Lectured by the theoretical-practical teaching course: clinical Arco Recto Technique, 1999/2001, 200 hours, Dr Alfredo Aldabalde Nappa.
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Dr. Bruno Ardanza
Doctor in Medicine and Surgery. Specialist in Stomatology.
Specialist in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
He has conducted numerous training courses and worked in several national and international centers, one of the highlight is his work at the prestigious Center for Dentofacial Deformities led by Dr. William Arnett in Santa Barbara (California, USA).
Author of numerous lectures on implantology and orthognathic surgery in national and international scientific forums.
Teacher of the Continuous Education Courses on Implantology organized by the company Biotechnology Institute.
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Dr. Carlos Concejo Cútoli
Doctor in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Navarra.
Degree in Dentistry from the European University of Madrid.
Specialist in Oral and Maxillofacial by Gregorio Marañon.
Graduated by the European Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
Former Head of Service of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. University Hospital. University of Navarra.
Member of the Editorial Board of the Spanish Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
Author of several publications in national and international magazines.
Private practice in Madrid and Pamplona.
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Dr. Enrique Fernández
Bachelor of medicine and surgery.University of Valencia. 1976.
Specialist in Otolaryngology, MIR degree, 1979-1982.
Doctorate in medicine and surgery. University of Valencia. 1984.
ENT Medical assistant. University hospital of Valencia, 1984-2009.
ENT department chief. University hospital of Valencia, 2010 till now.
Associated professor in surgery, University of Valencia.
President of the Commission for snoring and respiratory sleep disorders. Spanish ENT and cervicofacial pathology Association
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Dr. Sara Díaz Muñoz
Dental school graduate. Faculty of odontology in the University of Granada. (Last course year in the “faculty of dentistry of the University of Coimbra, Portugal, Erasmus year) 2004-2009
Title of radiodiagnostical instalations management. University of Granada. 2010
October 2009 – at the present: “Dental Office PUERTA DEL MAR” general dentistry.
February 2011 – at the present: Clinical collaboration in the trial 2011: Orthoapnea, Mandibular advancement repositioner for the treatment of sleep apnea and snoring
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Dr. Mercedes Martín
Graduation in medicine and surgery in the University of Málaga (1982)
Graduate with honors for extraordinary achievements (University of Málaga 1982)
Specialist in Pneumology (MIR system) in the University Hospital 12 de octubre of Madrid. Health ministry 1987
Doctorate in medicine and surgery (University of Málaga, 1996)
Assistant physician periods at pneumology ward of the University Hospital 12 de octubre (Madrid), at the Santa Ana Hospital (Motril, Granada), at the Axarquía Hospital (Vélez-Málaga), at the Hospital Costa del Sol (Marbella, Málaga), at the International Hospital Xanit of Benalmádena (Málaga) and at the University Hospital Virgen de la Victoria (Málaga), since 2008. Membership of diverse scientific societies (Spanish Society of pathologies of the respiratory apparatus (SEPAR), pneumologists of the South (Neumosur), Spanish Society of Sleep (S.E.S.), Spanish Society of respiratory endoscopy, the European respiratory Society.
Docent (classes and seminars) for students of the 4th course of medical pathologies in the faculty of medicine of Málaga, since 2008, in the fields of respiratory sleep disorders and non-invasive ventilation.
She has participated several national and international courses and congresses, multicentrical investigation projects, with scientific lectures, discourses and publications, elaboration of bookchapters in different fields of pneumology.
Currently responsible for the ward for respiratory sleep disorders of the University Hospital Virgen de la Victoria (Málaga), since 2008.
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Mrs. Sandra Barroso
Degree in Chemistry, Analytical specialty IQS-Ramon Llull University, from 1998 to 2005.
Experience:
September 09: Commercial in Respiratory Therapies in Oxygen Salud, S.A. Detail features Annex I.
July 8 to April 9: Purchase of Raw Materials, API’s and Intermediates of reaction in the Uriach Group, Inc.
November 7-July 8: Purchase of Raw Materials for Laboratorios Lacer SA
Aug. 05 - Jul. 06: Practices in the Purchasing Dept Gallina Blanca, SA Packaging Area.
July 4 to July 5 Practices in the I&D Dept. NUDEC, SA.
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Mrs. Naoual Amecrane
Study of medicine at the elite university RWTH-Aachen (Germany) till 2009
Scientific work (Germany):
Study assistant at the Research Institute for Tailored Early Clinical Research & Advice (ITECRA) in Cologne (Germany), diverse conducts of phase I and IIa clinical studies for pharmaceutical and biotechnological companies till 2009
Scientific work (Spain):
Coordination responsible for the Orthoapnea trial 2011 and conciliatory work to the university hospital Virgen de la Victoria, medical unit for sleep disturbances, pneumology under direction of Dr. Mercedes Martín and Dr. Raquel Rodriguez (Málaga)
International relations Department Responsible, Orthoapnea, S. L. (Málaga)
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Mrs. Simone de Lacy RPSGT
European President Clinical Sleep Techniques.
Technological Consultant at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.
Technological Consultant at St.Thomas' s Hospital.
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