American Academy of Sleep Medicine
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine ( AASM ) is a US-based medical professional society in the field of sleep medicine. It was founded in 1975, has about 10,000 members and has its headquarters in Darien (Illinois ).
The AASM operates a process for accreditation of sleep laboratories and sleep medicine facilities, which are now using about 2,000 facilities. Objective of the procedure is to secure and improve the quality of patient care in sleep medicine. The first accredited sleep laboratory of the U.S. is as of 27 April 1977, the "Sleep - Wake Disorders Center " of the Department of Neurology at the Montefiore Medical Center in New York.
Objective
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine 's goal is to support its members and to improve the health care in the field of sleep medicine. These clinical standards for the field of sleep medicine to be developed and published.
Membership
The members are physicians, researchers and other health professionals who have specialized in the research, diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders. In addition, accredited institutions can become members.
Formation
The organization was initially referred to as " Association of Sleep Disorders Centers " ( ASDC ). William C. Dement was its president for the first 12 years. The end of 1984 the "Clinical Sleep Society " (CSS ) was established for individuals with an interest in the clinical aspects of sleep and sleep disorders. As of September 1987, from the ASDC - CSS, the "American Sleep Disorders Association " ( ASDA ) with the two branches " facilities " and " individuals ". Then the name was changed to " American Academy of Sleep Medicine " ( AASM ) in 1999.
Publications
The AASM published findings in sleep medicine in two scientific journals that use a peer review. The " Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine " is the official bimonthly publication of the AASM. The " Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine " in 2012 had an impact factor of 2.928, and thus was ranked 63 out of 191 journals in the category of clinical neurology.
The journal "Sleep" is published monthly, also uses a peer-reviewed and, together with the Sleep Research Society, an association founded in 1961 professional organization primarily devoted to the study of sleep and sleep disorders as well as the education and training of future sleep researchers, published. The Impact Factor of "Sleep" was in 2012 at 5,100. According to the statistics of the ISI Web of Knowledge, the Journal is out with this impact factor in the category of clinical neurology at Rank 16 out of 191 journals.
The AASM also has the classification system for sleep " International Classification of Sleep Disorders - Second Edition ( ICSD -2) " published.