Airway-Medicine

16/05/2026

Big thank you to Dean Marnie Oakley and for hosting us for ! We appreciate everyone who attended and helped to put together this amazing event. 🗣️

06/05/2026

You can’t solve a system by treating it in parts.

Airway, posture, function, sleep—these don’t operate independently.
But most care models still treat them that way.

That’s where progress stalls.

When you start seeing the system instead of isolated symptoms,
your diagnosis becomes clearer and your outcomes more predictable.

Learn more:
May 15–16, 2026
University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, PA
Register: www.thebreatheinstitute.com

05/05/2026

Sleep disorders don’t exist in isolation.
Neither does addiction.

Dr. Mark VanDyke brings a unique perspective from emergency medicine and addiction medicine, exploring how opioids directly impact respiratory physiology, sleep architecture, and airway stability.

In this session, he breaks down the relationship between opioid use and both obstructive and central sleep apnea—and what clinicians need to recognize when treating patients with complex medical histories.

Because if you’re not accounting for substance use, you may be missing a critical driver of sleep dysfunction.

🗓 May 15, 2026
⏰ 3:30–4:30 PM

Register for Collaboration Cures 2026 and understand how addiction and sleep intersect in clinical care.



1. Explain opioid effects on respiratory physiology
2. Differentiate between obstructive and central sleep apnea
3. Apply screening tools and treatment strategies in your practice

28/04/2026

You can’t treat sleep and airway alone.
Not anymore.

Dr. John Tucker has spent over two decades in dental sleep medicine, seeing firsthand where isolated approaches fall short—and where collaboration changes outcomes.

In this session, he shares what actually works in real practice: how to build interdisciplinary relationships, navigate challenges, and rethink how airway and sleep disorders are managed across providers.

Because complex conditions don’t improve when everyone works separately.
They improve when everyone works together.

🗓 May 15, 2026
⏰ 8:45–9:30 AM

Register for Collaboration Cures 2026 and learn how to move from siloed care to coordinated results.

27/04/2026

You don’t have to be there to be in the room. CC26 live stream now available.

25/04/2026

Resilience isn’t built when things are easy.
It’s built when everything is uncertain.

Chris Vasami was living out his dream as a professional athlete when cancer forced him into a completely different fight—one that reshaped how he sees identity, purpose, and what it really means to show up.

In this session, he shares what resilience actually feels like from the patient side, and how small moments from healthcare providers can carry more impact than we realize.

Because the way you show up for someone may stay with them long after the treatment ends.

🗓 May 15, 2026
⏰ 2:30–3:00 PM

Register for Collaboration Cures 2026 and reconnect with the human side of care.

23/04/2026

21/04/2026

If you’re still treating airway and sleep in isolation, you’re already behind.

The physiology doesn’t work that way.
And neither do the patients.

Dr. Jeffrey Hindin brings a different lens—integrating dentistry, biofeedback, and autonomic nervous system data to better understand how airway, jaw position, and physiology are connected.

In this session, he challenges the way most providers think, showing why siloed care fails and how true interdisciplinary collaboration changes outcomes.

Because complex conditions don’t need more isolated treatment.
They need aligned thinking.

🗓 May 15, 2026
⏰ 8:45–9:30 AM

Register for Collaboration Cures 2026 and start thinking differently about airway, sleep, and systemic care.



LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
1. Identify interdisciplinary team members and their roles in patient-centric care
2. Understand the need for an interdisciplinary collaborative approach in the future of healthcare.
3. Develop a new collaborative thinking process for the care of chronic, multidisciplinary disorders

17/04/2026

By popular request, live streaming is now available for CC2026.
Attend in person or join from anywhere.

Collaboration Cures isn’t a typical conference. It’s built around one idea: understanding the same patient through multiple clinical perspectives, in real time.

In partnership with the University of Pittsburgh, this year brings together ENT, sleep medicine, dentistry, oral surgery, PT, SLP, and more to connect how we diagnose, treat, and collaborate.

Case-based. Clinically grounded. Focused on what actually improves outcomes.

Can’t make it in person? Live stream gives you full access + CE credits.

May 15–16, 2026  
University of Pittsburgh  

Register:  
https://whova.com/web/TYstYTcYYEi50UfGHk%40-UnSykBHyrxmEhyLRpDtc2Jw%3D/

16/04/2026

What if airway collapse isn’t just structural…
but postural?

Dr. Jennifer Hobson brings a physical therapy and craniofacial lens to airway care, focusing on how oral posture, breathing mechanics, and pressure dynamics influence stability, development, and long-term outcomes.

In this session, she breaks down how resting posture—tongue position, lip seal, and nasal breathing—acts as a biomechanical foundation for airway function, and why overlooking it leads to relapse and instability.

• Identify early airway risk patterns
• Understand the pressure–posture–airway relationship
• Improve long-term treatment outcomes
• Reduce relapse and airway instability

Because small patterns, repeated all day, shape the entire system.

🗓 May 16, 2026
⏰ 9:30–10:30 AM

Register for Collaboration Cures 2026 and rethink the role of posture in airway stability.