Committees & Task Forces

2025-2026 Committees & Task Forces

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Each of these committees and task forces is created and approved by the AADSM Board of Directors to help the AADSM achieve strategic goals for the organization. The mandates describe each group’s purpose, and the goals describe the specific work the committee or task force should strive to complete during its term. This page lists information for each committee and task force with open positions in the 2025– 2026 term.

Members of the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine may serve on up to three standing committees. Appointments are made on an annual basis and run on a one-year term, up to a maximum re-appointment of three years. Committee and task force terms begin at the AADSM Annual Meeting.

AADSM Mastery Program Committee

Mandate: The AADSM Mastery Program Committee works with the AADSM Mastery Program Director to develop the educational content for the AADSM Mastery Program. This work includes updating the AADSM Mastery Program agendas, reading list, overviews and objectives; review presentations and reviewing competencies submitted by attendees.

2025/2026 Goals:

  1. Recommend content for the 2026 AADSM Mastery Program.
  2. Review clinical competencies submitted by attendees.
  3. Review re-recorded lectures.
  4. Develop a practice exam for mastery attendees looking to take the ABDSM examination.

Expectations:

  • Quarterly meetings via Zoom
  • Time commitment outside meeting attendance: approximately 3-5 hours per quarter

 
Academic Dental Sleep Medicine Council Steering Committee

Mandate: The Academic Dental Sleep Medicine Council Steering Committee advises on and develops on resources for DSM education in dental schools. It also serves as a resource for the Board of Directors on matters pertaining to dental sleep medicine education in dental schools.

2025/2026 Goals:

  1. Hold a virtual forum for council members in 2025/2026.
  2. Implement the recommendations from the Board following the evaluation of the lunch and learn pilot program at dental schools.
  3. Draft a dental school competency for a standardized SRBD risk assessment, which will be reviewed and approved by the Board.  
  4. Determine whether to submit an educational session proposal for ADEA 2026.
  5. Encourage dental schools to teach dental sleep medicine in alignment with AADSM standards.

Expectations:

  • Quarterly meetings via Zoom
  • Time commitment outside meeting attendance: approximately 3-5 hours per quarter
  • One or more committee members will be expected to moderate the annual virtual forum for council members
  • Speakers and content creators will be solicited from this committee for the activities listed in the goals

 
Annual Meeting Committee

Mandate: The annual meeting committee prepares the educational program for the annual meeting of the AADSM and facilitates all necessary arrangements to bring the program to a reality.

2025/2026 Goals:

  1. Develop recommendations for future AADSM Annual Meetings. As part of this, consider ways for increased networking and interaction among attendees.
  2. Plan and implement the 2026 Annual Meeting, including recommending topics and speakers for any pre-annual meeting courses.
  3. Incorporate interactive session types, sessions that promote evidence-based practice and increasing accessibility to OAT, tracks geared toward various experience levels, and sessions applicable to a variety of practitioners in the annual meeting.

Expectations:

  • Monthly meetings via Zoom
  • One in-person meeting, typically in the fall. This is a working meeting where the committee builds the schedule for the upcoming annual meeting.
  • Time commitment outside the meetings: approximately 3-5 hours per quarter
  • Members of this committee must attend the annual meeting to evaluate sessions and speakers and serve as session moderators


Education Committee

Mandate: The Education Committee reviews and recommends CE credit for dental and team member educational activities, including on-demand education, webinars, and other educational opportunities. The committee is responsible for the proposal, planning and development of clinically relevant educational products for AADSM members.

2025/2026 Goals:

  1. Annually, review the AADSM’s overall continuing education goals to ensure they are consistent with the goals and mission of the AADSM and relevant to the educational needs and interests of members.
  2. Provide the annual meeting committee with topics and speaker suggestions relevant to both dentists and DSM team members.
  3. Recommend topics and speakers for the Open Airwaves podcast and clinically relevant webinars.
  4. Review AADSM educational content and recommend updates as necessary.

Expectations:

  • Quarterly meetings via Zoom.
  • Time commitment outside the meetings: approximately 3-5 hours per quarter
  • Members of this committee serve as moderators for AADSM webinars (approximately 4-6 webinars per year)

 
Reimbursement and Practice Management Task Force

Mandate: The reimbursement and practice management task force reviews and evaluates existing AADSM education and resources and develops new resources and references related to reimbursement and practice management.

2025/2026 Goals:

  1. Review and advise on AADSM reimbursement and practice management-related educational offerings and resources for members.
  2. Develop tools, forms, guides and other resources related to reimbursement and practice management to complement AADSM educational offerings and website content.

Expectations: 

  • Quarterly meetings via Zoom
  • Time commitment: approximately 8-12 hours per quarter
  • Members of this task force may be asked to serve as faculty or moderators for live webinars and recorded lectures
  • Members of this task force should expect to commit time to reviewing and commenting on documents and other materials and to drafting new content and materials

 
Scientific Committee

Mandate: The scientific committee promotes and advances research in dental sleep medicine by the AADSM. The committee implements the AADSM research program, reviews research abstracts, and recommends candidates for the Pierre Robin award and annual meeting research awards.

2025/2026 Goals:

  1. Implement the AADSM’s research program.
  2. Recommend candidates for the Annual Meeting research awards and Pierre Robin Award.
  3. Provide the annual meeting committee with topics and speaker suggestions.
  4. Identify important research in dental sleep medicine and provide information to those researchers encouraging them to submit session proposals and abstracts to medical and sleep society meetings.

Expectations:

  • Meets semi-annually via Zoom
  • Time commitment outside the meetings: approximately 3-5 hours per quarter
  • Members of this committee are expected to contribute to the review and evaluation of grant proposals and abstracts submitted for AADSM awards