Awake In America
A national non-profit corporation focused on sleep and sleep disorder issues with the primary mission to help others launch successful community education and support groups. Awake In America is also involved in educational outreach to health care providers; elected officials and other representatives at various levels of government; public education and awareness programs; corporate and business outreach, education, and awareness; and legislative advocacy.

American Sleep Apnea Association
The ASAA is a nonprofit organization that promotes awareness of sleep apnea in order to reduce injury, disability, and death from this common but treatable disorder. The ASAA serves as an advocate for people affected by sleep apnea, sponsors the ASAA A.W.A.K.E. Network of support groups, and publishes an educational newsletter.

American Academy of Sleep Medicine
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) is a professional medical association representing practitioners of sleep medicine and sleep research. Sleep disorders medicine is a clinical specialty concerned with diagnosis and treatment of patients with disorders of sleep and daytime alertness.

American College of Chest Physicians
ACCP has nearly 15,000 members in over 100 countries worldwide who specialize in various multidisciplinary areas of chest medicine.

Canadian Sleep Society
The Canadian Sleep Society (CSS) / Societe Canadienne du Sommeil (SCS) is professional association of clinicians, scientists and technologist formed in June 1986 to further the advancement and understanding of sleep and its disorders through scientific study and public awareness.

Sleep/Wake Disorders Canada
The Canadian Sleep Society is a national voluntary organization dedicated to helping people suffering from sleep/wake disorders by distributing information, encouraging research, establishing self-help groups, and acting as an advocate when necessary. This web site aims to help raise public awareness while providing support and encouragement to both those afflicted with a sleep/wake disorder and their families.

Associated Professional Sleep Societies
APSS is a federation of the Sleep Research Society and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (formerly the American Sleep Disorders Association) that joins together for the APSS annual meeting and publication of the medical journal, SLEEP.

Sleep Research Society
The Sleep Research Society exists to promose understanding of the processes of sleep and its disorders through research, the training of practitioners of research and the dissemination of the fruits of their efforts to the scientific and medical communities as well as the general public.

European Sleep Research Society
The European Sleep Research Society is an international scientific non-profit orgainization and promotes all aspects of sleep research. These include the publication of the Journal of Sleep Research (JSR), the organization of scientific meetings, the promotion of training and education, the dissemination of information and the establishment of fellowships and awards.

Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation
Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation | The Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation is a nonprofit agency that provides information about RLS; helps develop support groups; supports research to find better treatments and, eventually, a definitive cure; educates physicians and patients about RLS; and publishes a quarterly newsletter known as NightWalkers.

American Board of Sleep Medicine
The ABSM is an independent organization developed for the purpose of establishing and maintaining standards of individual proficiency in clinical polysomnography. The ABSM is not affiliated with the American Board of Medical Specialties but has, as a long-term goal, the hope to establish itself as a subspecialty board of sleep medicine under its auspices.

British Sleep Society
The British Sleep Society aims to improve public health by promoting education and research into sleep and its disorders. The British Sleep Society consists of healthcare workers (medical, non-medical, nursing and technical) and scientists who have a particular interest in sleep and its disorders.

American Academy of Family Physicians
The American Academy of Family Physicians is the national association of family doctors. It is one of the largest national medical organizations, with more than 93,100 members in 50 states, D.C., Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam. The Academy was founded in 1947 to promote and maintain high quality standards for family doctors who are providing continuing comprehensive health care to the public.

American Academy of Neurology
The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) is a worldwide professional association of more than 17,000 neurologists and neuroscience professionals dedicated to providing the best possible care for patients with neurological disorders.

American College of Physicians
The American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine (ACP-ASIM) is the nation's largest medical specialty society. Its mission is to enhance the quality and effectiveness of health care by fostering excellence and professionalism in the practice of medicine. ACP-ASIM membership includes over 90,000 physicians in general internal medicine and related subspecialties, including cardiology, gastroenterology, nephrology, endocrinology, hematology, rheumatology, neurology, pulmonary disease, oncology, infectious diseases, allergy and immunology, and geriatrics.

American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery is the world's largest society of physicians who treat disorders of the Ear, Nose and Throat and related structures of the head and neck.

American College of Surgeons
The American College of Surgeons is a scientific and educational association of surgeons that was founded in 1913 to improve the quality of care for the surgical patient by setting high standards for surgical education and practice. Members of the American College of Surgeons are referred to as "Fellows." The letters FACS (Fellow, American College of Surgeons) after a surgeon's name mean that the surgeon's education and training, professional qualifications, surgical competence, and ethical conduct have passed a rigorous evaluation, and have been found to be consistent with the high standards established and demanded by the College.

Association of Polysomnographic Technicians
The APT is an international society of professionals dedicated to improving the quality of sleep and wakefulness in all people. Information regarding BRPT Registry Examination preparation, and a wide variety of technical reference material of interest to polysomnographic technologists is available here.