Coaching Session with Dr. Joe Zelk

Dr. Joeseph Zelk

Dr. Zelk is double board-certified in Behavioral Sleep Medicine and is a nationally known speaker on sleep disorders and Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome (OSAS). He has lectured to dental sleep medicine providers nationally on home sleep testing protocols and oral appliance therapy for the treatment of snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea. He is currently providing telemedicine sleep specialty consultation to partner dental offices in Washington and Oregon.

Although he is on the medical side of sleep medicine, Dr. Zelk is active in the development of novel mandibular advancement devices to help promote the field of oral appliance therapy for OSA. He has been at the forefront of both oral appliance therapy and hybrid therapy of oral appliance/with positive airway pressure therapy since 2003. He has also co-developed an Interdisciplinary algorithm for the treatment of difficult to treat Obstructive Sleep Apnea and has treated over 15,000 patients with sleep apnea. He is excited about the potential of airway development for sleep-disordered breathing treatment pathways and how to help you create a medical treatment team in your area to help these patients.