Welcome to 2010 from Karen

Happy 2010 !  Welcome to all of our members to the upcoming year.  We have a great year in front of us.   We would like to announce the following board member updates.  As your new President, I look forward to serving NCAST in any way possible and am available by phone or email, so please feel free to contact me any time.  Everyone who submitted their “willingness to serve” was given a position to assist with NCAST.  Our many thanks to them for volunteering their time and effort.  It takes all of us to be successful, and everyone has something to offer.  If anyone is interested in assisting in any way, please notify the board with your interest.  Our individual emails and phone numbers are on the website:  www.ncastsleep.org .  Our NCAST email:  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

President:                  Karen Monarchy Rowe

President Elect:        Jimmy Singleton

Past President:         Will Underwood

Secretary:                   Tammy Williams

Treasurer:                  John Manning

Board Members:       Brad Vaughn, MD                 

                                     Giridhar Chintalapudi, MD 

Keeping in mind our Vision and Mission Statement of NCAST we are dedicated to advancing the standards and education of Sleep Medicine and will continue to be the leader in the country.  This field has advanced exponentially over the last 3 years with all of your help.  We will continue to provide an exchange of sleep information to all sleep professionals in the State of North Carolina and commit to helping anyone else outside of the state with their endeavors to move forward with their educational and legislative programs.It is important we all realize this is a group and team effort from everyone to have Polysomnography recognized as an autonomous profession. We all must strive to do whatever is necessary for the betterment of all. Our next NCAST Fall Meeting will be November 12 and 13 – Friday and Saturday (add dates) at the Friday Center in Chapel Hill, NC.  Please check the CEC page for more information.  Please feel free to contact me and/or any of the other Board members any time with any suggestions and questions you may have as your input is valuable to this organization and profession. We are excited about how far we have come and how far we plan to go.  Thanks to all of you – YOU have made this possible !!! 

Sincerely,

Karen Monarchy Rowe, President

Membership Dues for 2010 are now due!

- The dues for 2010 are now due.  You may pay your dues on line by using Paypal.  If you haven’t signed up with Paypal, it is quick and easy and nothing personal is involved – just click to register with them as it is a secured and safe site.  When you pay, you will immediately receive a confirmation back to your personal email with a receipt showing you have paid your dues.  It is so convenient.   Please make sure you fill out a membership application with the correct information so that we may have an accurate record and keep you updated for future mailings. Your dues help make these conferences possible and the sooner we receive your dues, the better we are at making advance plans. Once again, mark the dates and stay tuned to NCAST.  Your continued support to raise the standards in sleep medicine makes this possible.   Once again, the board congratulates and thanks all of our members for their continued support to make NCAST such a great state society.  We look forward to seeing everyone at the Fall Meeting.