Diagnostic Challenges of Pediatric Hypersomnia Disorders - Dr. Kiran Maski at HF's 2018 Conference
Channel: Hypersomnia Foundation
Date: 16/04/2020

Dr. Maski is an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School and a child neurologist and sleep medicine specialist at Boston Children’s Hospital. She runs the Neurology Sleep Clinic at BCH and is the assistant program director for the Child Neurology Residency. Dr. Maski has created a hypersomnia clinic at BCH, where she sees children and young adults with central nervous system hypersomnia conditions from all over the world.

In this video, Dr. Kiran Maski discusses the current challenges in diagnosing narcolepsy and idiopathic hypersomnia, particularly in pediatric populations. She discusses novel diagnostic procedures and sleep neurophysiological biomarkers that could improve diagnostic accuracy for these conditions.

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