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Panel Presentations

Sleep Medicine

So You Implanted an HGN Stimulator. Now What?

Monday, October 13, 2025
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT
Location: 136
CME/MOC Credit: 1
Disclosure(s):
Alan H. Kominsky, MD:

faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Vaibhav H. Ramprasad, MD:

faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Vaishal A. Shah, MD, MBBS, MPH:

faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Katherine K. Green, MD, MS:

faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Hypoglossal nerve stimulation has been commercially available for the last 11 years. The surgical technique of implantation has become quite refined. Success or failure of therapy depends to a large extent on post implant management. Activation and implant management can be done in different settings. Some implanters manage their own patients post implant. Other implanters partner with sleep medicine physicians to manage these patients. This panel will explore these different management settings and examine the benefits and pitfalls of each.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Explain the different practices of post implant management
  2. Recognize the benefits of managing your own implanted patients through activation and adjustments.
  3. Explain the management of HGNS implanted patients in a shared model of implantation, activation, and adjustments

    Moderator(s)

  • AK

    Alan H. Kominsky, MD

    Assistant Professor
    Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Cleveland, OH, United States

    Disclosure(s):

    faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

    • Panelist(s)

  • VR

    Vaibhav H. Ramprasad, MD

    Staff
    Cleveland Clinic Foundation
    Cleveland, OH, United States

    Disclosure(s):

    faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

  • VS

    Vaishal A. Shah, MD, MBBS, MPH

    Director, Sleep Disorder Center
    Cleveland Clinic
    Cleveland, OH, United States

    Disclosure(s):

    faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

  • Katherine K. Green, MD, MS

    Medical Director, Sleep Center at the University of Colorado
    University of Colorado
    Aurora, CO, United States

    Disclosure(s):

    faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.