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19th Annual Educational Symposium
September 18-19, 2026 – Flamingo Resort & Spa, Santa Rosa, Sonoma, CA
Thank you to our top supporters.
Thank you to Elsevier, who has and continues to generously donate text books to CSS to raffle at the Symposiums. Thank you!
Membership Benefits include:
- Education events in sleep medicine
- Contact listings with other sleep professionals
- Local networking opportunities
- Shared insights into sleep legislation and legislative advocacy
- CSS Newsletter and opinion pieces
- Discount on CSS annual meeting
- Ability to place ads or publish articles in Newsletter
- Access to the employment job board
Newsletter Contributions
If you would like to contribute a sleep-based feature article, we would love to hear from you. Email us at casleepsociety@gmail.com.
Surgical Evaluation for Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Practical Workflow for the Multidisciplinary Sleep Team
By: Chris Gouveia, MD
Surgical therapy for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) remains misunderstood and inconsistently applied amongst sleep providers. For many clinicians, surgery is viewed as a last resort after CPAP failure; because of this, it is an underutilized option that may meaningfully reduce disease burden or improve patient satisfaction when thoughtfully selected. As our field moves toward phenotype-driven OSA management, understanding the modern workflow for surgical evaluation—and how it integrates with non-surgical therapies—is increasingly important for the multidisciplinary sleep team.
About Dr. Gouveia: Chris Gouveia, MD is a board-certified ENT surgeon and sleep apnea specialist practicing in the Bay Area of California. He completed his medical training at UCSF, and sleep fellowship at Stanford. Dr. Gouveia treats a wide spectrum of OSA/sleep disordered breathing, with a focus on personalized care. He shares clinical insights and evidence-based analysis on the business, tech, and finance of sleep health through his newsletter at sleepdocs.substack.com.