OUR PEOPLE
Richard W. Moore, DDS
rmoore@sleepmedicinenetwork.com 503-255-1200
Curriculum Vitae (PDF)
Dr. Richard W. Moore, a general dentist from Vancouver, Washington is a 1977 graduate of Northwestern University Dental School. Dr. Moore has lectured widely throughout North America since 1993, on the topic of dentistry's role in the management of the airway. An early member, he was elected to a three-year term (1996-1999) on the board of directors of the (ADSM) Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine (www.dentalsleepmed.org), an international society dedicated to the dissemination of current information in this growing field of dentistry. He also served as the Chairman of the Corporate Relations Committee. Dr. Moore is a Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine. Efforts of the ADSM have resulted in concurrent international meetings with the Association of Professional Sleep Societies annually in June. The ADSM has members on standing committees of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Dr. Moore has limited his practice to airway management.
As President and CEO of a commercial dental laboratory and dental manufacturing company (Comfort Acrylics, Inc. - www.comfortacrylics.com), Dr. Moore has participated in the research and development of appliances that hybridize mandibular repositioning with nasal and oral positive airway pressure. Comfort Acrylics, Inc. is a certified, ISO 9001 compliant, medical device manufacturer, in compliance with all provisions of the federal code regulating the fabrication of medical devices. Dr. Moore is the co-inventor and developer of Talon®, a thermoplastic methacrylate sold to dental laboratories from Halifax to Perth.
Joseph Zelk, FNP, BC
jzelk@sleepmedicinenetwork.com - 503-255-1200
 Nationally known speaker on sleep disorders and cardiovascular disease. He is an editor for sleep disorders-related articles for the Nurse Practitioner, Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. He has a comprehensive grasp of the full spectrum of sleep disorders. He is a speaker for the Sleep Consultants Network, Takeda Pharmaceuticals and previously a national speaker sponsored by Cephalon Pharmaceuticals. Other national sponsors have included Glaxo-Smith-Kline, and Sepracor. He has been an investigator for for multisite randomized controlled clinical trials on Requip XR and a novel hypnotic. He was a lead coordinator and was a chief sleep education advisor/consultant to the Sleep Disorders teaching videos series published and currently circulated by Wired.MD. This series is currently being used by large sleep diagnostic centers for improved patient education. One customer is Sleep Services of America Sleep Laboratories.
Joe Zelk is the only Family Nurse Practitioner in the country to have been the Clinical Director for a regional Sleep Disorders Center. He has published articles both on the topics of Insomnia Management, Interdisciplinary Management of Sleep Disorders Breathing, Fatigue Management Protocols for Shift-Workers, The treatment of Excessive Somnolence, and multi-media presentations on complex cardiac valvular assessment, as well as, advanced assessment of complex electrocardiographic findings on the 12 lead ECG. He co-authored the dermatology chapter for the Guidelines for the Family Nurse Practitioner and is the co-inventor with Dr. Richard Moore for the Sleep Medicine Network "Nasal dilator splint." He has been actively working on developing a mainstream sleep disorders curriculum for medical practitioners. Joe Zelk is proud to be actively enrolled in the inaugural Doctor of Nursing Practice class for Oregon Health Sciences University. He will be the first Family Nurse Practitioner in the country to be doctorally prepared with a specific focus in the study of sleep disorders medicine.
Joe Zelk is proud to have collaborated with Dr. Moore over the last several years in evolving the practice of Dental Sleep Medicine to our current level of evolution. We are at the forefront of both oral appliance therapy and hybrid therapy of oral appliance/with positive airway pressure therapy. Joe Zelk has trademarked with Dr. Richard Moore the first, Interdisciplinary treatment algorithm for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea and complex sleep apnea.
John E. Remmers, MD
www.sagatech.ca - 403-228-4214
CV available on request
Dr. John E. Remmers is a pulmonologist and professor of Internal Medicine and Physiology & Biophysics at the University of Calgary supported by the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research. He is a well-known expert on snoring and sleep apnea. He established the Sleep Centre at Foothills Hospital and has been clinically active in the field for 30 years. He and his colleagues have developed a simple home monitor which effectively diagnoses sleep apnea and several methods for treatment of sleep apnea. His research interests relate to neurobiology of respiratory rythmogenesis, chemoreception, and pathophysiology of control of breathing.
Dr. Remmers performs a wide variety of research, ranging from study of sleep-disordered breathing in animals to treatment of sleep apnea. Dr. Remmers served two terms as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Applied Physiology. He was selected to present honorary research lectures by the American Thoracic Society and the American Physiological Society, and was the keynote speaker at the Association of Professional Sleep Societies meeting in Denver, June 2005.
Insurance Management Department
503-255-1200
SMN can offer to SMN affiliate dentists, access to medical insurance coverage for Sleep Apnea Therapy. SMN will bridge the current gap between dental practice management and medical practice management of the dental provider who chooses to treat his/her patients' sleep apnea with oral appliance therapy.
Contact SMN for all the details.
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