Jerald H Simmons, MD, is the Founding Director of The Sleep Education Consortium (SEC) and Comprehensive Sleep Medicine Associates, PA (CSMA), he is Triple Board-Certified by the American Board of: Psychiatry and Neurology, Sleep Medicine and Clinical Neurophysiology. He graduated from medical school at Ohio State University, then trained in Neurology at Washington University, afterwards training in Sleep Medicine at Stanford University, and then Epilepsy at the University of California. Beginning his professional career as Assistant Professor of Neurology at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) while codirecting the UCLA Sleep Disorders Center and directing the Clinical Neurophysiology Lab at Olive View UCLA. In 1999, he relocated to Texas, establishing the Sadler Clinic Sleep Disorders Center, in 2001 he founded REST Technologies, Inc., and in 2006 he founded Comprehensive Sleep Medicine Associates, PA which has four Texas locations.

With his academic mindset, research has always been part of his professional activities. Recent research involves new technologies to monitor patients during sleep remotely; using simplified, wearable devices to enhance patient management. He was awarded a grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH), as principal investigator, on a study monitoring pregnant women throughout gestation, capturing the onset of obstructive sleep apnea using wearable technology. He is also the chairman of a task force sanctioned by the American Dental Association (ADA), Children’s Airway Screen Taskforce (CAST), directed to develop a new protocol for screening young children for sleep-related breathing disturbances, Children’s General Airway Screen Protocol (CGASP), for the detection of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) allowing for early intervention in young children, focusing on reducing the burden of obstructive sleep apnea in future generations.

He trained under the mentorship of the “father of sleep” William Dement, MD, PhD and sleep medicine pioneer who discovered the Upper Airway Resistance Syndrome, Christian Guilleminault, MD, while at Stanford University. Dr. Simmons is an early pioneer in the study and education of enhancing awareness of the important relationship between—clenching/sleep bruxism/TMJ disorder with OSA, as well as the relationship between ADHD and disturbances of sleep, having lectured to the healthcare community on these topics for approximately 30-years.

Also, education is an important aspect of his career, by training medical students, residents, and fellows in sleep medicine. Then establishing the SEC as an outreach to educate the healthcare community. He was instrumental in guiding the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners, leading to the new rules requiring dentists to obtain specific education in sleep medicine to provide appliance therapy to patients with OSA.

Collaboration has been a central theme for Doctor Simmons throughout the years, having worked closely with dentists since the mid-1990s and other types of healthcare professions, and he sits on the board of many organizations, including the American Academy of Physiologic Medicine and Dentistry, which promotes an annual Collaboration Cures conference.

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Maggie Lavender, MSN, RN, FNP-C is a Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner licensed in Texas with specialization in Sleep Disorders Medicine and Neurology. She attended Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, where she received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing. She began her career working in a pediatric intensive care and burn unit. She later moved to Houston, Texas and continued her career in a neuroscience intensive care unit at a level one trauma center. She then completed her Master of Science in Nursing and Post-Master’s Emergency Nurse Practitioner Certificate simultaneously at the University of Texas Health Science Center. Her Nurse Practitioner career began in Houston, Texas at Comprehensive Sleep Medicine Associates (CSMA) alongside Dr. Jerald Simmons, beginning in 2012. Maggie has evolved to be a recognized Nurse Practitioner specialist on a national level, and currently functions as a consultant and lecturer on the management of narcolepsy patients.

She is currently practicing again at CSMA and is specializing in comprehensive sleep disorders, neurology, and epilepsy.

Maggie’s passion for nursing and caring for people began in early childhood. She has always been driven to provide exceptional care to every one of her patients, not only treating symptoms, but also by educating and providing preventative medical care to promote healthy lifestyles. Maggie is forever grateful for the blessing and opportunity to care for and help individuals regain their happiness in life.

Maggie and her husband reside in Montgomery, Texas with their daughter and son. In her spare time, she enjoys cooking, gardening, and spending quality time with her family.

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