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Elie Matar
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Elie Matar is an Australian-trained neurologist, sleep physician, and NHMRC funded clinician-scientist with a unique combination of clinical subspecialty expertise across sleep medicine, cognitive neurology, and movement disorders. He completed his undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications through the University of Sydney and was awarded two University medals. He completed his foundational neurology and sleep training in Sydney, which was developed further through competitive clinical national and international fellowships and clinical visitorships including Mayo Clinic (Rochester, MN), Cambridge University and Addenbrooke’s Hospital (UK) and the National Hospital of Neurology and Neurosurgery (London, UK). He is currently Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney and a clinical academic neurologist and sleep physician based at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.

MANAGING SLEEP DISTURBANCES IN THE OLDER PATIENT

– Lecture 30 minutes followed by 10 minutes Q & A

 Deteriorating sleep quality is regarded as being part and parcel of getting older.  However, should we just accept fragmented sleep as the norm or do patients deserve better.  What are the keys to identifying reversible causes to explore their early, mid and late insomnia?  When and how should we be looking for Obstructive Sleep Apnoea, Restless Legs Syndrome and dream enactment (REM Sleep Behaviour Disorder).  Possibly most importantly, what treatments can we offer this cohort of older patients and what are the pitfalls to avoid.