Tue, Apr 22
|Meydenbauer Center - Rooms 404-406
Approaching Sleep Surgery as Restoring Missed Maxillofacial Milestones
Time & Location
Apr 22, 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Meydenbauer Center - Rooms 404-406, 11100 NE 6th St, Bellevue, WA 98004, USA
About the event
It is an honor for me, as an oral and maxillofacial surgeon, to share insights from a decade of dedicated sleep surgical practice. Inspired by a meeting with Dr. Nelson Powell during residency, I completed the sleep surgery fellowship with Stanford Otolaryngology and Dr. Robert Riley in 2014. I stayed as faculty and was promoted to Associate Professor and Director of the Sleep Surgery Fellowship. During those years, the original Riley-Powell Sleep Surgery Protocol was updated. Central to the update is renewed focus on the physiology of nasal breathing and pharyngeal stability during sleep. Beyond a discussion of diagnostic and surgical updates of sleep-disordered breathing, I will also share observations on the global rise of dental sleep medicine. Thank you for inviting me to promote the central tenet of my work (with your collaboration) – “Restoring sleep airway health is a gateway to wellness.” www.drstanleyliu.com
Dr. Stanley Liu is the…